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Travel To Minneapolis

bryan

By bryan
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bryan Newbie
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hey,

I am from Ireland and will be going over to visit my brother and his wife over christmas. However i'm a coeliac.

Does anybody have any advice on how to eat gluten free while over there? In particular does anyone know of any good places to eat out that are coeliac friendly around minneapolis? That would be a great help.

Thanks all in advance

Bryan :D

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Bryan-

I live in the Minneapolis area, and although I am new, here is what I found so far (mostly mainstream restaurants). For Mexican, Don Pablos has been really great, as well as Outback Steakhouse. Both offer gluten-free menus. PF Changs (for Asian) is usually pretty adaptable if you advise your server about what you are looking for. There are a couple of Italian restaurants, Buca and Biaggis, which will both substitutions for their pasta dishes.

In the immediate downtown area, there are a couple of vegetarian restaurants, Cafe Brenda on 1st Ave. N., and Seward Community Cafe in Uptown that I can only imagine would be able to offer gluten-free. (Cafe Brenda is the better of the two). There is also a vegan raw restaurant in that area.

If you have transportation, there is a gluten free bakery that I discovered yesterday in a southern suburb, and several whole food/co-op stores that offer a lot.

If you want to e-mail with where you are staying, I would be happy to give you more specifics.

Since I am new to this, I have not yet bonded with my local support group, but you may want to contact them for specific local information. They are the Northland Celiac Support Group at www.geocities.com/northlandceliacs/

Also, I was just about to post some info about the Annie's Naturals Dressings offering packets of salad dressing...great for traveling.

Good Luck!

Chantal

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