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North Conway, Nh

ryebaby0

By ryebaby0
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

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I just thought I'd report on Rafferty's (Kearsage in N Conway, you can't miss it). It was a profoundly wonderful experience.

1. There were as many gluten-free choices as on a "normal" menu. Fish, seafood, pasta, burgers, salad, fries. pizza; my husband and son were just thrilled to actually have to CHOOSE.

2. The place itself is charming, clean, fun and great atmosphere. My sports-aholic son was thrilled with the plasma screens. The waitstaff was excellent.

3. The food was GREAT -- my gluten-free hubby had a roast beef sandwich at lunch, and the world's most hugest chicken parmiagiana on a bed of perfectly cooked linguine for dinner. My 13 y.o. had chicken fingers, fries, and for dinner had a hamburger. The fries were to die for. (Hey, we came back around the Whites for dinner, who'd blame us?)

These people know exactly what they are doing, down to carrying the gluten-free food away from the glutenated entrees. The cook came out to apologize for not having a gluten-free/egg free dessert (there are two gluten-free ones -- cake, and a brownie) and chat for a while. The owner said that on the night before we came, 20% of the business was gluten-free. They have just switched to Ken's salad dressings because those are gluten-free, and they check --themselves-- about the gluten-free status of food.

It cost us $33 for lunch/4, and quite a bit more than that for dinner because two of us had fried clams(I ordered gluten-free ones, so my son could try them. They were delicious!) which are at a price only summer people accept right now.

Happy, happy happy dining to anyone within an hour's drive (we came from a vacation in Rye). They have a website with a downloadable menu; Google Rafferty's Restaurant and Pub.

Joanna :)

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Yes, I've posted about them myself before. They are very sweet people. Their daughter was diagnosed with Celiac about the same time they went to open the restaurant, so they decided over time to make their restaurant a place where gluten-free people could go and just enjoy. And when they say they have gluten-free menu, they MEAN it! It is a FULL menu. From appetizers to pizza, to italian food and burgers, dessert and drinks, they carry it all. And they don't mind sharing what other restaurants in the area carry gluten-free foods either. The owner or the chef normally comes out when they hear you are gluten-free and chats a bit, offers a bit of comforting info about how they do gluten free things, etc. Great group of people. They teach all of their staff about the importance of avoiding CC as well.

They actually hosted a Celiac meeting recently there just to help people become more aware.

Oh, and the chocolate truffle... to die for :)

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Thanks for the info. We go skiing up there every winter and I can't wait to try it! :D

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