RE: San Francisco GF Eats - 1st draft

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This is sooo helpful! Thanks!

From: caitlinganter <caitlinganter@...>Subject: [ ] San Francisco GF Eats - 1st draft Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:21 PM

San Francisco Gluten "Friendly" RestaurantsB44Neighborhood: Financial District44 Belden Place (between Bush St & Pine St)San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 986-6287 www.B44sf.com Very helpful (and pretty knowledgeable staff) who are happy to help;most fish, paella, and salads are all great options. Café GratitudeLocation: 2400 on St at 20th, in SF; 1336 9th Ave, at Irving, which is near Golden Gate; and 1730 Shattuck Ave at Virginia, in Berkeley.Hours: 10am to 10pm, 7 days a weekPhone: 415.824.4652Website: http://www.cafegrat itude.com. /locationsSummary: Delicious. Vegan and mostly raw. No dairy. Lots of smoothies, nut milk, cacao nibs. Red Bhutanese Rice (delicious) and quinoa are cooked. Guacamole, veggies, etc. Almost everything is naturally gluten-free. ~$15-20 for dinner.

Sit at the bar and get samples of the smoothies! Sample the progressive, hippie, artist side of SF.Dosa (on Valencia)Neighborhood: Mission995 Valencia St (between 21st St & Liberty St)San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 642-3672 www.dosasf.com Eagle Pizzeria1712 Taraval StreetSan Francisco415-566-3113Gluten free pizza crust now served!La MediterraneeNeighborhood: Pacific Heights2210 Fillmore St (between Clay St & Sacramento St)San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 921-2956 www.lamediterranee. net Pomegranate chicken is fantastic! Some dishes need substitutions, butthe staff is very helpful in doing this. Get the Large CombinationAppetizer and have them sub Baba Ghanoush for the Tabuleh (bring yourown sub for the pita bread!). Lettus Café OrganicNeighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow3352 Steiner St (between Chestnut St & Lombard

St)San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 931-2777 www.lettusorganic. com Ask for their gluten free menu (behind the counter in binders).Memphis Minnie'sNeighborhood: Lower Haight576 Haight St (between Fillmore St & Steiner St)San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 864-7675 www.memphisminnies. com Ask about various BBQ sauces (not sure which ones are gf) and askstaff about options. Osha Thai(4 San Francisco Locations – Cow Hollow, Embarcadero, 2nd Street,Valencia St)www.oshathai. com Great pumpkin curry, pad thai. Very helpful staff. Pane E VinoNeighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow1715 Union St (between Gough St & Octavia St)San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 441-2111 www.paneevinotratto ria.com/ Can make a few meat dishes and salads without gluten. Staff alwaysvery helpful but you must be careful as they serve mostly pizza and pasta.RNM

RestaurantNeighborhood: Lower Haight598 Haight Street (between Fillmore St & Steiner St)San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 551-7900 www.rnmrestaurant. com Menu changes but the staff was easily able to make recommendations andsubstitutions.San Francisco Soup Companywww.sfsoupco. comMany locations in San Francisco, check their website to see soups ofthe day. Those marked with a "G" are gluten free. ZadinLocation: 4039 18th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94114 (The Castro)Hours: 6pm - 10pm, Tuesday to SundayPhone: 415-626-2260Website: http://www.zadinsf. com/index. aspSummary: Delicious and fun. Nice atmosphere, very friendly staff. Strong flavors and tastes. Gluten free items marked on the menu. Could even be a good date place.The Gluten Free Guidebook also recommended the

following:(http://www.glutenfr eeguidebook. com/tag/san- francisco/)Café Tiramisu [address] 28 Belden Place, San Francisco, CA 94104 [tel]415-421-7044 [web] www.cafetiramisu. comBoulevard [address] 1 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 [tel]415-543-6084 [web] www.boulevardrestau rant.comThe Fly Trap Restaurant, Bar & Piano Lounge [address] 606 FolsomStreet, San Francisco, CA 94107 [tel] 415-243-0580 flytrap777hotmail (DOT) com [web] www.flytraprestaura nt.comThe & the Chef Bistro [address] 155A South Park Street, SanFrancisco, CA 94107 [tel] 415-896-2075 [web]www.thebutlerandthe chefbistro. comSteak houses were also included, but with the basic steak, potato,veggie option. These were Izzy's Steak & Chop

House, Morton's andRuth Chris. I also wasn't sure who to talk to about putting this in the files. Please send me any additions.

[Guest guest]

Alive!

1972 Lombard Street (Marina)

(415) 923.1052

http://www.aliveveggie.com/

raw, vegan, and, IMO WAY better than Café Gratitude. 

Service is slow though, so don’t go there if you are in a hurry.

Minako Restaurant

Neighborhood:

Mission

2154 Mission St

(between 18th St

& Clarion Aly)

San Francisco, CA 94110

(415) 864-1888

The owner is a friend of mine.  The stuff on the menu says “wheat

free”, not gluten free (you’ll have to asks for the GF menu), but I’ve

never had a problem with it, and I am *super*

sensitive.  You will, I promise you, never have a better Japanese meal in your

life.  They have GF tamari.

Danko

800 North Point (at Hyde)

(415) 749-2060

This is a HIGH END restaurant.  You need

reservations MONTHS in advance.  My husband and I had dinner there for our

anniversary.  We dropped over $400.00 on dinner, drinks and tips.  It was

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO worth it.  We will be going back again next year.

You SO rock for putting this together!

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Sent: Wednesday, September 24,

2008 10:25 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] San

Francisco GF Eats - 1st draft

This is sooo helpful! Thanks!

--- On Wed, 9/24/08, caitlinganter <caitlinganterhotmail>

wrote:

From: caitlinganter

<caitlinganterhotmail>

Subject: [ ] San Francisco GF Eats - 1st draft

Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:21 PM

San

Francisco Gluten " Friendly "

Restaurants

B44

Neighborhood: Financial District

44 Belden Place

(between Bush St & Pine St)

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 986-6287

www.B44sf.com

Very helpful (and pretty knowledgeable staff) who are happy to help;

most fish, paella, and salads are all great options.

Café Gratitude

Location: 2400 on St at 20th, in SF; 1336 9th Ave, at

Irving, which is near Golden Gate; and 1730 Shattuck Ave at Virginia,

in Berkeley.

Hours: 10am to 10pm, 7 days a week

Phone: 415.824.4652

Website: http://www.cafegrat

itude.com. /locations

Summary: Delicious. Vegan and mostly raw. No dairy. Lots

of smoothies, nut milk, cacao nibs. Red Bhutanese Rice (delicious)

and quinoa are cooked. Guacamole, veggies, etc. Almost everything

is naturally gluten-free. ~$15-20 for dinner. Sit at the bar and

get samples of the smoothies! Sample the progressive, hippie, artist

side of SF.

Dosa (on Valencia)

Neighborhood: Mission

995 Valencia St

(between 21st St

& Liberty St)

San Francisco, CA 94110

(415) 642-3672

www.dosasf.com

Eagle Pizzeria

1712 Taraval Street

San Francisco

415-566-3113

Gluten free pizza crust now served!

La Mediterranee

Neighborhood: Pacific

Heights

2210 Fillmore St

(between Clay St

& Sacramento St)

San Francisco, CA 94115

(415) 921-2956

www.lamediterranee. net

Pomegranate chicken is fantastic! Some dishes need substitutions, but

the staff is very helpful in doing this. Get the Large Combination

Appetizer and have them sub Baba Ghanoush for the Tabuleh (bring your

own sub for the pita bread!).

Lettus Café Organic

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

3352 Steiner St

(between Chestnut St

& Lombard St)

San Francisco, CA 94123

(415) 931-2777

www.lettusorganic. com

Ask for their gluten free menu (behind the counter in binders).

Memphis

Minnie's

Neighborhood: Lower Haight

576 Haight St

(between Fillmore St

& Steiner St)

San Francisco, CA 94117

(415) 864-7675

www.memphisminnies. com

Ask about various BBQ sauces (not sure which ones are gf) and ask

staff about options.

Osha Thai

(4 San Francisco

Locations – Cow Hollow, Embarcadero, 2nd Street,

Valencia St)

www.oshathai. com

Great pumpkin curry, pad thai. Very helpful staff.

Pane E Vino

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

1715 Union St

(between Gough St

& Octavia St)

San Francisco, CA 94123

(415) 441-2111

www.paneevinotratto ria.com/

Can make a few meat dishes and salads without gluten. Staff always

very helpful but you must be careful as they serve mostly pizza and pasta.

RNM Restaurant

Neighborhood: Lower Haight

598 Haight Street

(between Fillmore St

& Steiner St)

San Francisco, CA 94117

(415) 551-7900

www.rnmrestaurant. com

Menu changes but the staff was easily able to make recommendations and

substitutions.

San Francisco Soup Company

www.sfsoupco. com

Many locations in San Francisco,

check their website to see soups of

the day. Those marked with a " G " are gluten free.

Zadin

Location: 4039 18th Street,

San Francisco, CA,

94114 (The

Castro)

Hours: 6pm - 10pm, Tuesday to Sunday

Phone: 415-626-2260

Website: http://www.zadinsf.

com/index. asp

Summary: Delicious and fun. Nice atmosphere, very friendly

staff. Strong flavors and tastes. Gluten free items marked on the

menu. Could even be a good date place.

The Gluten Free Guidebook also recommended the following:

(http://www.glutenfr eeguidebook. com/tag/san- francisco/)

Café Tiramisu [address] 28

Belden Place, San Francisco, CA 94104

[tel]

415-421-7044 [web] www.cafetiramisu. com

Boulevard [address] 1 Mission

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

[tel]

415-543-6084 [web] www.boulevardrestau rant.com

The Fly Trap Restaurant, Bar & Piano Lounge [address] 606 Folsom

Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

[tel] 415-243-0580

flytrap777hotmail (DOT)

com [web] www.flytraprestaura nt.com

The

& the Chef Bistro [address] 155A South Park Street, San

Francisco, CA 94107

[tel] 415-896-2075 [web]

www.thebutlerandthe chefbistro. com

Steak houses were also included, but with the basic steak, potato,

veggie option. These were Izzy's Steak & Chop House, Morton's and

Ruth Chris.

I also wasn't sure who to talk to about putting this in the files.

Please send me any additions.

 

[Guest guest]

This is incredible! You might want to note that there are some dosas at Dosas made with wheat - I don't know if they're made using the same equipment as the gf dosas, but I ate there with no problems.

Pasta Pomodoro (or Pomodoro as they're now called, I believe) has a very knowledgable & helpful staff (though they do think blue cheese is a no-no). Their owner had been working with my gi doctor to create a gf menu then had a change of heart (fearful of liability), but there are non pasta items that are gf (including most of the delicious apps and salads) and everyone from the manager to the server to the chef to the busboy makes a point of letting you know they are taking good care of your gf needs.

Aslam's Rasoi on Valencia - fantastic Northern Indian and the staff is very helpful. Most entrees (except the deep fried apps and breads) are naturally gf.

I think Alive is fantastic, too, but believe they are only open for lunch? They are also at the Ferry Building farmer's market on Tuesdays. (My kids love the mushroom cheesecake...)

Thanks again!

In a message dated 9/24/08 10:41:40 PM, lillythdenaghykeogh@... writes:

Alive!

1972 Lombard Street ( (<st1)

(415) 923.1052

http://www.aliveveghttp://w

raw, vegan, and, raw, ve better than Café Gratitude.  Service is slow though, so don’t go there if you are in a hurry.

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[Guest guest]

Blue cheese is usually a no-no because the mold used is grown on bread

first in most cases.

I think I might have talked to the pasta pomodoro chef you are

referring to at that celiac event last december. They stopped doing gf

because they were having cc issues and needed to nail down more

logistics and training (collanders for the pasta etc). At the time he

said they were still working on bringing back a gf menu but that was a

while back... Have you heard this news recently? That would be a

bummer.

On 9/25/08, TrVerb@... <TrVerb@...> wrote:

> This is incredible! You might want to note that there are some dosas at

> Dosas

> made with wheat - I don't know if they're made using the same equipment as

> the gf dosas, but I ate there with no problems.

>

> Pasta Pomodoro (or Pomodoro as they're now called, I believe) has a very

> knowledgable & helpful staff (though they do think blue cheese is a no-no).

> Their

> owner had been working with my gi doctor to create a gf menu then had a

> change of heart (fearful of liability), but there are non pasta items that

> are gf

> (including most of the delicious apps and salads) and everyone from the

> manager

> to the server to the chef to the busboy makes a point of letting you know

> they are taking good care of your gf needs.

>

> Aslam's Rasoi on Valencia - fantastic Northern Indian and the staff is very

> helpful. Most entrees (except the deep fried apps and breads) are naturally

> gf.

>

>

> I think Alive is fantastic, too, but believe they are only open for lunch?

> They are also at the Ferry Building farmer's market on Tuesdays. (My kids

> love

> the mushroom cheesecake...)

>

> Thanks again!

>

>

> In a message dated 9/24/08 10:41:40 PM, lillythdenaghykeogh@...

> writes:

>>

>> Alive!

>> 1972 Lombard Street ( (<st1)

>> (415) 923.1052

>> http://www.aliveveghttp://w

>> raw, vegan, and, raw, ve better than Café Gratitude. Service is slow

>> though, so don't go there if you are in a hurry.

>>

>

>

>

>

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