Chicago’s restaurants are a treat for everyone, including those of us living the gluten free lifestyle. My search on the internet suggests that you could dine gluten free somewhere in Chicago daily for at least two months without repeating yourself. Here’s the good news:
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Just thought I’d share our experience at Ben Pao (downtown Chicago)
We contacted the restaurant before our recent trip to Chicago to find out a bit more about their Gluten Free dishes. We have not been able to find a good sweet and sour chicken for OVER a year since going gluten free due to our son’s Celiac Disease. So, we thought we would ask to see if they could accomodate and accomodate they did.
The VP came out and introduced himself and was very interested in making our son’s dining experience with them special AND SAFE!
The sweet and sour chicken was flavorful and plentiful. The sauce was not heavy and the breading on the chicken was not so heavy you couldn’t find the chicken. The taste was excellent and our service was excellent. It was NOT loud during our dinner. It was busy and we had no problems with getting drinks refilled or things delivered quickly.
We WILL definitely be back. We had gluten free and gluten filled items at our table and enjoyed them all.
The wheat free beer on the menu is an ale that had lots of taste and I would have never known it was wheat free. My husband ordered the wheat free beer although he didn’t need to and really liked it.
He also ordered a chicken that was lightly breaded in an orange flavored sauce that was awesome. Very light again on the breading and lots of great flavor.
Our compliments to Ed Culleeney for making our dinner out both safe and enjoyable!
Kudos to Ed and his staff,
Meli Café is proud to announce Vegan, Gluten Free, Vegetarian, and other healthy minded options which do not deter from your traditional fare. Please visit one of our Greek town or River North locations or our website at http://www.melicafe.com.
-Tamara Edwards
Meli Café is proud to announce Vegan, Gluten Free, Vegetarian, and other healthy minded options which do not deter from your traditional fare. NOTE: I e-mailed Meli’s cafe on 12/31/10 asking them to confirm their gluten free status. I’ll add their listing to the body of the article as soon as I get that confirmation. Paul “the Gluten Free Guy”