Today I am launching the first of a series of pages that will empower America’s gluten free community to find restaurants that provide wonderful meals, excellent service, and food that is ‘safe’ for us. Today I am introducing two of those pages:

The first is a list of chain restaurants whose websites promise gluten free options. I started with chain restaurants because they are available virtually anywhere. They are operated by large corporations that employ dozens (probably hundreds) of attorneys and quality control experts who are responsible for making sure that individual restaurants do not make promises that they can’t keep. Restaurant chains have excellent websites that include gluten free specifics as well as directions to their individual restaurants.

The second page is a list of the fifty states (as well as the District of Columbia) with the names of the restaurant chains serving that state. This list should be especially useful to persons who are traveling in unfamiliar territory. There are several links that will enable users to bounce back and forth between the two pages.

I will test these pages for the next two weeks and then add information about how to study a website to determine exactly what is said, and perhaps most importantly, what details are ignored.

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is a great place to relax and enjoy yourself. It’s not a place for a gourmet meal and I could probably make a better margarita. But that is not the point — the atmosphere is a combination of a totally drug-free San Francisco in the early sixty’s and the world in which Forrest Gump lived his remarkable life. You’ll love, for example, the unique system for summoning your server. You’ll enjoy the shop that sells Forrest Gump memorabilia. You’ll have a great experience.

Bubba Gump’s operates restaurants in nine states and several foreign countries. First, choose your location and then you have the opportunity to download that restaurant’s gluten free menu.

ALERT!!!: A member of America’s gluten free community recently e-mailed me with the information that Bubba Gump’s is no longer posting its gluten free menus on-line. I’ve contacted the company to get some clarification on this. In the meantime, ask lots of questions if you visit Bubba Gump’s or any other restaurant. All I can promise is that the information I give you matches what was posted on the internet on the day I wrote the article. Please let me know when I need to publish an Alert!!!  like this. My e-mail address is gfceliac@gmail.com.