Vermont is a wonderful place to vacation and to live. As it is everywhere, celiac friendly living is not easy but it is certainly doable. Here are comments about gluten free living in Burlington, written from first hand experience by one of the visitors to this site: "Here are a few Burlington suggestions: We go to Souza's regularly and have had great success. They are at the corner of Main St and St-Paul (moved up from lower on Main street). It's a Brazilian rodizio style restaurant and the chef/owner is very knowledgeable. The bread that comes to the table is already gluten free being pao de queso (chebe) and the meats they pass around are all simple and GF. They have a huge salad bar with lots of seafood and the owner pointed out that one of the salads had wheat in it (taboule), the rest were fine. They use manioc flour and crumbs on some items. It is pricey in the evening (around $40/pp) so we tend to take our  2 celiac boys for Sunday brunch, though they recently opened for lunch too at I think $12.95/pp. The only non-GF desert there is brownies, the rest are okay. Where Souza's used to be is now Big Fatty's BBQ and though I can't vouch for the flavour as we haven't been yet, I have been in contact with the owner/chef and their sauce (therefore meat) is GF.  We've been succesful at Roque's at the end of Main St near the water as well, where they make their own corn tortillas and fry them in separate oil as chips. Most of their sauces are not Okay, though their salsa is. My kids like the tacos and nachos. They can also provide you with corn instead of wheat tortillas for the fajitas. For groceries, Healthy Living is a staple and we just got another great store in Essex called Sweet Clover Market."  Thank you, Michele.

Roque's Restaurant Mexicano Cantina in Burlington posts their "Gluten Free Menu Ideas" and is located at the historic harbor in Burlington.

The Celiac Support Group of Vermont publishes a list of of suggestions for gluten free dining in their state.

The Hannaford Supermarket Chain serves the state of Vermont and provides a gluten free food products list that is useful in any store.

  These restaurant chains serve Vermont's residents and visitors:

99 Restaurants

Chili's

Outback Steakhouse

P.F. Chang's China Bistro

Uno Chicago

Click here to learn where these restaurants are located and what they have to offer.

  I have a strong hunch that this page is not finished. I can't imagine why restrauranteers would go to a great deal of effort to make their eating place gluten free and then not advertise that fact on the internet. I do know that it happens; chefs and web masters do not talk to each other. So I urge everyone who has the good fortune to be in Veront to share their first hand knowledge with me and with the 5000+ celiacs and friends of celiacs who visit this site every month. Use the top button in the middle sidebar to send me an e-mail message.

PUBLISHED: 9/29/07