Re: Re: Digest Number 1106

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On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:33 AM, seamaiden399 <seamaiden399@...> wrote:

> The best places are in Oakland (Mariposa), Windsor (Mangiamos

> Italian Restaurant), SF (Zadin vietnamese), and (Farmer's

> Kitchen Cafe). Windsor and are especially far, but maybe ok for

> a long weekend expedition.

I have been to Zadin and frequent Mariposa now, and can highly

recommend both. In addition, we keep a Google map for the entire bay

area here:

http://tinyurl.com/45x3qu

That should be a valuable resource when getting oriented. Welcome to

the Bay Area!

--

Joe

http://sanbeiji.com/

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- THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I had no idea that Mangiamo existed! I just went to their website to view the menu and I am going to have to make a trip to Windsor very soon! Did you know you can sign up to be a preferred customer and get free stuff on your birthday and anniversary? Check it out! http://www.mangiamofood.com/GF_menu.html\

Trudy

-------------- Original message -------------- From: "seamaiden399" <seamaiden399@...> > Hi Janette, > The offerings right here in the area are a little disappointing, > but you can check out Spica on Castro Street in Mountain View. (It's > the town one over from Sunnyvale). They have (or at least had) some > gluten-free offerings, but one of the main suppliers went out of > business. I think they still have some baked goods, and maybe > sandwiches. Also, a Japanese cake shop called Satura has a gluten-free > "Yuna" cake. I can't speak to all of the CC issues, but the cake > slices are wrapped in individual plastic after it is made so at least > is unlikely to come into physical contact with others. I have had it > several times successfully, but YMMV. This cake shop is in Los Altos > (close) or Palo Alto (farther). There may be a shortage of cute, > gluten-free coffee shops but we have lots of coffee shops, especially > on Castro Street in Mountain View. There is also one nice coffee shop > in downtown Sunnyvale that has ice cream and blended drinks. (I > haven't checked there, just have espresso.) You can also go to local > Whole Foods like in Los Altos and get snacks and coffee there > (including GF Bakehouse Pie) and enjoy it there. Not perfect, but it's > pleasant. > The best places are in Oakland (Mariposa), Windsor (Mangiamos > Italian Restaurant), SF (Zadin vietnamese), and (Farmer's > Kitchen Cafe). Windsor and are especially far, but maybe ok for > a long weekend expedition. > > Here are write ups I did about gluten-free life in the Bay Area. > http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/category/bay-area/ > Some entries are not centered on restaurants, but i

f you keep clicking > "previous" you'll get there. > > Here's if you want to skip to : > http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/something-in-season-dinner-back-to-davis-500.html > > Or skip to Oakland: > http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-dining-adventures-berkeleyoakland-part > -two-cafe-mariposa-bakeshop-460.html > > Or skip to Windsor: > http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-dining-adventure-mangiamo-italian-rest > aurant-in-windsor-ca-440.html > > Hope this helps! > - > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "JANETTE.FOSTER@..." > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2008 9:25:23 AM > > Subject: Re: [ ] Digest Number 1106 > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I live in Austin, but will be staying in Sunnyval

e for about 3 > months this summer. > > > > I'm used to having a few small local cafes that offer a large > selection of gluten-free eats > > (or are entirely gluten-free) . Are there any in the San area? > > > > > ------------------------------------ > >