Asqew Grill! - new gluten-free menu!

June 8, 2010

I am thrilled to say that Asqew Grill is offering a g-f menu! They have three

locations in San Francisco, one in Emeryville and one in Mill Valley. I have

eaten in this restaurant, and their food is delicious! They specialize in

skewers, rice, grilled veggies and soup! I have uploaded Asqew Grill's new g-f

menu in the Files section of this group. Their g-f menu will appear soon on

their website and is available in their restaurants.

Mark Nicandri's (the owner) little daughter was diagnosed with celiac disease a

couple of years ago, so he has been diligent in creating a wonderful g-f menu.

I have cut and pasted his email to me below - AND the most exciting news is that

he is asking if we know of any fundraising events or drives focusing on celiac

disease. He is willing to use his company to help raise money and awareness for

celiac disease! Geez, it just doesn't get better than that! Does anybody have

any ideas or know of any upcoming fundraisers? What a great opportunity for us!

Please let me know so I can pass it on to Mark.

I'm not sure if Mill Valley or Emeryville are in the area that qualify for the

North Bay Celiac Group's g-f restaurant list, but if they do, can someone add

them to their restaurant list? Same with the google g-f map - I'm clueless how

to add restaurants to this list. We really need to support a restaurant who is

willing to " go the extra mile for us! "

Here is Mark's email to me:

It's good to hear from you! To answer your question; yes, we do have a

gluten-free menu! I am actually quite proud of it and I think it is one of the

better menus out there. We are in the middle of re-doing our website and will

have the menu available on our site hopefully by the end of the month. In the

meantime, we do have signage in our restaurants promoting our gluten-free menu

and have print menus available. I'm actually presenting our menu and doing a

tasting with the Gluten Intolerance Group of Marin tomorrow night.

My daughter is now 7 and is doing great. I am extremely proud of how she has

adapted and her level of awareness regarding food. I must say, in the 2 ½ years

that this has been part of our life, I am amazed at how the quality and quantity

of gf offerings has grown. You know when General Mills and Betty Crocker are

putting out gluten-free offerings that the awareness has reached a whole new

level!

Are you aware of any fundraising events or drives focusing on celiac? Over the

years I have been able to use my company to help raise money or awareness for

many different causes and would really like to be able to do that for a cause

that is so personal.

Thank you for reaching back out to me!

Mark

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