{"id":233,"date":"2008-01-30T13:10:26","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-26T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T13:48:09","slug":"gluten-allergy-risk-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/gluten-allergy-c\/gluten-allergy-risk-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Allergy Risk in Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I went to Nates, an Ottawa-area deli-restaurant.<\/p>\n

This was not a good choice for anyone with an allergy<\/a> to gluten<\/a>. The choice of restaurant was not mine to make however. I was stuck with the choice of deciding to go, and risk triggering<\/strong> my gluten allergy<\/strong>, or just not going.<\/p>\n

For various reasons, which I will not explain here, I decided to go.<\/p>\n

This is not a place that is sympathetic to allergies. <\/p>\n

I called ahead, to see what might be safe to eat. They had such a bad attitude over the phone, I seriously had my doubts. So I prepared by eating before showing up. This was definitely a good strategy.<\/p>\n

When they took my order at the restaurant, I explained my wheat and gluten allergy. The waiter was not interested. “Just give me your order” was his attitude and pretty much his exact words. So I ordered the smoked meat (they are known for their smoked meat in Ottawa), without bread<\/a>. This was a risky move as I could not be sure that crumbs would be kept well away from my food.<\/p>\n

I skipped the fries that came with the meat for two reasons:<\/p>\n

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They might be coated in flour (unfortunately, this is quite common)<\/li>\n
The fries are probably deep-fried in the same oil as onion-rings, pierogi, and other wheat-infested foods.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
It is too early to tell if I will be OK or not, but certainly I will not be eating at Nates again (for obvious reasons).<\/p>\n
The building in which Nates is housed will be torn down in May 2008, which is no loss as far as I am concerned!<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, they also have a branch at the Ottawa airport<\/strong>, so if you must eat at that airport, definitely bring your own food if you have a gluten allergy!<\/p>\n
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Internal Links<\/h3>\n
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Gluten Allergy<\/a><\/li>\n
Gluten Allergy Symptoms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The dangers of trying to eat gluten-free in some restaurants. Tips for people with gluten allergy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[24],"tags":[44,68,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1164,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}