Scrambl’z Restaurant in San , California

[Guest guest]

Scrambl'z Restaurant just opened at 5055 Almaden Expressway in San

. (408) 269-2900. I stopped in to ask the manager some

questions about their ingredients and was pleasantly surprised!

They are opened only for breakfast and lunch. Their breakfast menu

has a lot of the usual pancakes, crepes and waffles; however, there

are a lot of g-f menu items we can choose from! I spoke with their

manager, Joleen, who did some research for me. Their hash brown

potatoes and campfire potatoes (boiled potatoes with g-f seasonings)

are gluten free. Their bacon and sausage have no flour or wheat

products. You get two sides with your bacon and egg breakfast, so

you could order some potatoes and then some cottage cheese, fruit,

tomatoes or maybe their yogurt (I did not check these ingredients

yet). You can split plates without a charge, too.

Now for lunch....drum roll please....their french fries are gluten-

free! No other floured product is fried in their oil – in fact NO

product is fried in their oil except their french fries! Jim, the

owner, understands food allergies are becoming very common, so he is

trying to make his food as simple as possible. They have all kinds

of listed hamburgers for lunch (with bacon, cheese, avocado,

mushrooms, etc.), so you could actually order a hamburger (w/o the

bun of course) and french fries for lunch! Their chicken in their

salads and sandwiches is gluten-free – no marinade or sauce is put

on their chicken. If you order any of their salads with chicken in

it, be sure to ask any pertinent questions about the other

ingredients in the salad (i.e., their chicken and walnut salad

contains glazed walnuts – glazed with what?). Regarding their salad

dressings, I only asked about their spicy ranch dressing and they

use the Hidden Valley Spicy packet, so do not know if it is g-f or

not yet. Need to do more research. I did not want to overwhelm

them with tons of questions at first – right now I'm just happy to

be able to order bacon, eggs and potatoes for breakfast and a

hamburger and french fries for lunch!

This is just a preliminary informational post - I have NOT eaten at

this restaurant yet. I just wanted to pass on the information that

they are very open and friendly about accommodating our gluten free

diet. Eating out is risky, so it is your responsibility to ask

whatever questions you need to in order to enjoy your meal there.

Sue