for people age 18-35, living in the Edmonton area, looking for good restaurants to eat gluten free

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Mexican

I was thinking some genuine Mexican/El Salvadorean food would really hit the spot. The tentative plan for now is El Rancho Restaurant on Friday February 16th. They are only open until 9, so we might have to make dinner a little earlier this time, so I'm aiming for 6:30. The food is awesome, and not too expensive. The most expensive entree is around $16, but most are less than $12, and are still quite filling. I have yet to talk to the restaurant about us coming, so I don't want to make definite plans, but hopefully I will get a hold of them this week (the food is so authentic, it is difficult to get somebody on the phone who speaks English!). I will send you all an email when I have the exact details. As usual, see the link on the sidebar.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

January Dinner

Hey all! I haven't forgotton about the dinner club, I just don't know when to set the date. I am waiting for my nephew to be born, and so I don't want to set the date until I know when I will have to go down to Calgary to see him (it is my first time being an aunt, so I am way too excited to have to wait any longer than I have to). Since he has inconveniently not been born yet, the dinner may not be until the end of the month or the beginning of February. I have found a place to go that is not to hard on the wallet, but still tastes super great though! More info to come soon....

Monday, January 08, 2007

Celiac Restaurant Cards

Several months ago, my friend David was travelling to India on business, and was asking me if I knew about gluten free Indian food. I told him that Indian food is a great gluten free choice, since most of it can easily be made gluten free, and usually is! I also referred him to this great website that has gluten free restaurant cards in at least 20 languages, including Hindi.
It only occurs to me now that others in the club may travel as well, and could find this site useful. The website is http://www.celiactravel.com/restaurant-cards.html.
Here is a sample of what the card says in English:


www.CeliacTravel.com

Sunday, January 07, 2007

SPLITT closed!

I know that I've never really posted about SPLITT before, because it is a restaurant in Calgary, but as many of us Edmontonians travel to Calgary on a fairly regular basis it may have some impact. SPLITT is a restaurant where nearly every menu item for breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be ordered gluten free/dairy free which is perfect for Celiac's and non-Celiacs alike. They even serve gluten free beer! They have the absolute best gf fish & chips, and everything else is pretty good too (when's the last time you had ginger beef?). Unfortunately right around Christmas time, they had to close their doors. Hopefully this is just a temporary thing, as they are fighting to reopen.
Here is a copy of an email I received from Dave, the owner of SPLITT.

Hello Celiac friends. Dave from Splitt here. Yes it is true Splitt is done and it is very unfortunate. We definitely want Splitt to come back but I need all of your help. We are currently in a legal battle for defamation and I need to build as strong of case as possible. In order for this to happen I need to show that Splitt was a destination for allot of people not just a neighborhood pub/restaurant. So if at all possible can each person on this list please send me there postal code with there name so I can show that people travel to come here and either NW / NE / SW / SE. Believe me this information will go no further than myself and my lawyer and possible the court if it goes that far I need to put a geographical representation of our patrons.

I would appreciate all of your help....Please....

Thanks,

dave


If you want to support SPLITT, please email your name, postal code, city to splittclosure@hotmail.com.