Mangiamo in Windsor - My GF Happy Birthday

[Guest guest]

Today is my birthday and on my way up north from San Francisco my

parents took me back to Mangiamo's in Windsor as they have a GF menu

which we have talked about before here.

I had great GF salad, pizza and chocolate cake and am still very full

At the end of the meal the owner came over to my table and said he

heard we had ordered a GF meal and wanted to know how it was, and talk

to me about Celiac Disease(What a nice birthday present that was!)

Anyway, he said that he just bought the restaurant a few months ago

from the family that had started it and they wanted to keep GF items

on the menu. He said I was the third person of the night to order a

GF meal. They also own Langley's which is a few doors down and he

said since they don't serve lunch at Langley's they make the GF dough

there in the clean kitchen and then bring it over to Mangiamo. The

woman who runs the Celiac support group in Sonoma County (not sure if

they're in this group or not) I guess came in and went over restaurant

procedures and cross contamination issues with them as well (though it

isn't a fully dedicated GF kitchen).

All in all it was a lovely birthday and I thanked him for making the

effort so people like me can enjoy a nice, fun meal out and be

virtually worry free about it. So if you are on your way through wine

country Mangiamo (or even Langley's due to the affiliation) is a great

place to stop. I told him I'll be back and I'll send some GF friends

in too

It really was a happy birthday!