Re: GF Dining in Santa Cruz

[Guest guest]

I just received my copy of " The Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant

Guide " yesterday. I have been navigating through my 2 month

diagnosis now and found this book to be somewhat helpful. However in

Santa Cruz there are only 2 listings. Cafe La Vie on Front st

downtown. It says that they do not have a gluten free menu but there

are many options and to consult the server on the ingredients. The

other listing is for Clouds Downtown on Church st. They point out in

the book that the kitchen can handle gluten free requests but that

there is no gf menu.

Although I do not live in Santa Cruz, I work there about 5-10 days

out of the month. I would recommend the Trader Joes downtown as her

biggest resource. They are expected to get a Whole Foods in '08 and

that will be extremely helpful. What I do for lunch is go to Jamba

Juice. Not all the drinks are gluten free but you can read the

ingredients of the individual drinks to find one that is. They also

wash, rinse, and sanitize to ensure no cross contamination.

I have also found that the Nob Hill in ville on main st. (15

minutes away)has the largest GF section that I have seen. They blow

TJ and WF away with their selection.

Another tidbit would be to make sure and read the labels on

beverages. I was continuing to drink Diet Coke until I read that it

had Caramel Color but Diet Red Bull is okay if she needs it for

studying.

Take care and good luck.

Tania

>

> Have a daughter that is 2nd year at UCSC (we're from Illinois) and

she

> was just diagnosed celiac 2 days ago. It's all very new to her and

to

> us as well. She's terribly upset because of her concerns for being

> able to eat out of the food services on campus and the restaurants

in

> town. Like many college kids she loves pizza, pasta and such. Can

the

> group provide recommendations for restaurants downtown SC with GF

> menus/items or where she could walk in and say " gluten-free " and be

> fairly assured that she what the server/cook will provide is really

GF?

>

> Appreciate any direction.

>

[Guest guest]

Appreciate the info on Nob Hill in ville - we get down there

frequently to do some shopping.

Randy

> >

> > Have a daughter that is 2nd year at UCSC (we're from Illinois)

and

> she

> > was just diagnosed celiac 2 days ago. It's all very new to her

and

> to

> > us as well. She's terribly upset because of her concerns for

being

> > able to eat out of the food services on campus and the

restaurants

> in

> > town. Like many college kids she loves pizza, pasta and such.

Can

> the

> > group provide recommendations for restaurants downtown SC with

GF

> > menus/items or where she could walk in and say " gluten-free " and

be

> > fairly assured that she what the server/cook will provide is

really

> GF?

> >

> > Appreciate any direction.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Argh!! This is my problem, being so new at this. " Don't eat wheat " is

easy for me, because it's on the label clearly. It's all the other

stuff, like this, that throws me. Can someone fwd me that link again

(that I think was sent, unless I dreamt it!) of where to check to see

if an ingredient is gf? I had no idea about caramel color, but since

I'm not a coffee drinker, soda is how I keep going through the day.

Haven't been able to figure out why I've been sick, but I had a soda

(regular Coke or Dr. Pepper) every day I was sick. So caramel color

has gluten?

I was continuing to drink Diet Coke until I read that it

> had Caramel Color

[Guest guest]

Caramel color *can* contain gluten, but most mainstream colas are gluten-free.Coke says:

" We are able to confirm that Coca-Cola classic, caffeine free Coca-Cola classic,

Coca-Cola C2, Diet Coke, Diet Coke with Lemon, Diet Coke with Lime, caffeine

free Diet Coke, Sprite, Sprite ReMix Berryclear, Diet Sprite Zero, vanilla Coke,diet vanilla Coke, cherry Coke, Fresca, and our 100% juice products (without

added ingredients) are gluten free. "

Pepsi is also gluten-free (their coloring is derived from corn sugar, last I checked)., good chance you're sick from all that awful high-fructose corn syrup, the high level of caffeine, and/or aspartame. There's so many things in a cola that could make one sick, I think gluten is probably the least of our concerns ;-P

Isaiah (who misses Coke a lot but can't risk the terrible anxiety she gets from the caffeine/sugar combo)

-- Gluten-Free Bayhttp://glutenfreebay.blogspot.com

[Guest guest]

I work in Santa Cruz and live close by. I go to

La Vie every now and again. It used to be just a raw foods restaurant,

but they’ve now incorporated some fish and hot dishes. I’ve

never gotten sick. The food is ok (the old menu was better) it is pricey

though. I’ve eaten at Clouds once, didn’t get sick.

There’s a New Leaf in downtown SC

(and on the West Side) – New Leaf has

some great options. There’s also a little kiosk out front

(Alfresco) that has GF, DF options (salads, rice bowls, rice paper wraps)

The women is very knowledgable there.

Hula’s Island Grill downtown has

options…ive eaten there a few times and haven’t gotten sick (I’m

am VERY sensitive (and have additional intolerances) and do not like to go out

to eat for that reason, so I’d say these places are pretty safe.

One of the servers cannot eat gluten, so the cooks understand.

As for the pizza and pasta, therent aren’t

any restaurants that serve it, but New Leaf, Staff of Life and Nob Hill (in

Capitola, only 5 minutes away) carry Amy’s Rice crust pizza and different

pasta options (but as far as im concerned, it’s Tinkyada or nothing) –

Staff of Life carries a few crust options and also Glutano rice crust pizza.

I really don’t brave too many other

places, rather cook at home, but if I think of anything else, I’ll reply

again.

-

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of tshanrock

Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007

11:02 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: GF

Dining in Santa Cruz

I just received my copy of " The Essential

Gluten-Free Restaurant

Guide " yesterday. I have been navigating through my 2 month

diagnosis now and found this book to be somewhat helpful. However in

Santa Cruz

there are only 2 listings. Cafe La Vie on Front st

downtown. It says that they do not have a gluten free menu but there

are many options and to consult the server on the ingredients. The

other listing is for Clouds Downtown on Church st. They point out in

the book that the kitchen can handle gluten free requests but that

there is no gf menu.

Although I do not live in Santa Cruz,

I work there about 5-10 days

out of the month. I would recommend the Trader Joes downtown as her

biggest resource. They are expected to get a Whole Foods in '08 and

that will be extremely helpful. What I do for lunch is go to Jamba

Juice. Not all the drinks are gluten free but you can read the

ingredients of the individual drinks to find one that is. They also

wash, rinse, and sanitize to ensure no cross contamination.

I have also found that the Nob Hill in ville

on main st. (15

minutes away)has the largest GF section that I have seen. They blow

TJ and WF away with their selection.

Another tidbit would be to make sure and read the labels on

beverages. I was continuing to drink Diet Coke until I read that it

had Caramel Color but Diet Red Bull is okay if she needs it for

studying.

Take care and good luck.

Tania

>

> Have a daughter that is 2nd year at UCSC (we're from Illinois) and

she

> was just diagnosed celiac 2 days ago. It's all very new to her and

to

> us as well. She's terribly upset because of her concerns for being

> able to eat out of the food services on campus and the restaurants

in

> town. Like many college kids she loves pizza, pasta and such. Can

the

> group provide recommendations for restaurants downtown SC with GF

> menus/items or where she could walk in and say " gluten-free " and

be

> fairly assured that she what the server/cook will provide is really

GF?

>

> Appreciate any direction.

>