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Interesting Experience At Cheeseburger In Paradise Last Night.

wolfie

By wolfie
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

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wolfie Enthusiast
wolfie
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Let me start by saying that I eat at CIP pretty frequently and know what is gluten-free and I usually eat the same thing. I usually bring the gluten-free menu with me that I printed out from online, but last night I didn't. I asked the server for one b/c I was wanting something different and he told me that their entire menu is gluten-free. I looked at him and said "Are you sure?". He told me that all of their menu items were gluten & peanut free. I asked him if he knew what gluten was (wasn't trying to be a smarty pants) and he told me that it was something in wheat. I then went on to say that the hamburger buns have wheat flour in them, so how can they be gluten-free? He said that he was pretty sure that they were. So, I handed him my Triumph Dining card and asked him to go speak with the manager and that if I was right, he should buy my dinner. He said if he was right that I owed him a HUGE tip. We shook hands on it. About 5-10 minutes later he came back with a printed out gluten-free menu and said that we tied (maybe in his mind) and that everything was gluten-free minus the buns and fried onion strings. Which isn't exactly true, either. There are several items that aren't modifiable (is that a word?). So, no free dinner, but he did wear a sparkly mermaid sticker around that my daugther gave him while we were there. LOL!! I hope that now the server will know for the next time someone asks about the gluten-free menu.

Then, to top off my experience, I found a fried onion string in my fries....ACK!!! I spoke with the server and manager to make sure they have a dedicated fryer (which I always check) and the manager said it must have been a plating incident. I know that eating out is risky and fortunately it was under some fries that I didn't eat and stopped eating when I found it. So far, so good, no glutened symptoms. (knocking wood)

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kabowman Explorer
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The servers at our CIP are starting to recognize me - pretty scarry since I have only been there a handfull of times!!!!

gfp Enthusiast
gfp
Posted

Good luck on the CC!

As for the other, I guess its lets educate the world 1 server at a time!

schuyler Apprentice
schuyler
Posted
I guess its lets educate the world 1 server at a time!

I love that quote :D

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