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Gluten Free Restaurant - Johnny's New York Style Pizza
Submitted by JeBas on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 10:00.
When I heard that Johnny Pizza made a pizza without the crust, I got really excited. My oldest daughter loves pepperoni pizza, and there aren't any places in the Atlanta area that I can take her. I've heard a lot about Uno's in Chicago, but that is a little far to drive. I was hoping that I found a gluten free pizzaria, but I was severly disappointed.
It turns out that the crustless pizza was created for the people following the Atkin's diet. When I asked the waitress about gluten free options, she responded by asking why we cared if sugar was in the pizza crust. Unfortunately the manager of the store was not any better. He did not know what gluten was, and could not produce an allergen list for his food.
Since the staff could not answer my questions, I watched how they made the pizzas. They used a hand toss crust that was heavily dusted with flour. As the guy made pizzas, I watched wheat flour fall into the bins of pizza toppings. So this place is not safe for anyone avoiding wheat and gluten.
Though the pizza was very good, we will not be going back to Johnny Pizza. It is not safe for someone seeking a gluten free meal.
Wendy's Is Trying to Make It Safer To Eat Out.
Submitted by JeBas on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 10:00.
A while back, I reviewed Wendy's and found it to be a decent restaurant to get a gluten free meal. In fact it was one of the few fast food restaurants that you could get a meal, and not just drinks and dessert. Since then, they have added a few additional items, but I don't want to praise them for a change in menu. I want to praise them for a poster that I saw the last time that I ate there.
On the Wendy's website, they still have a pdf file with all of there gluten free menu options. They also have another pdf that lists all of their menu items with nutritional information and shows any of the common allergens that it might contain. It was that list, on a poster, that I saw as I left the building.
Now like the list on the website, the poster listed wheat as an allergen, but not gluten. However, this poster, that can easily be seen from the ordering counter does make it easier to buy food for my wife and oldest daughter.
Thank you.
