According to Consumer Reports, four out of the ten best chain restaurants in America post gluten free menus on their websites. We can dine safely at Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano, Bravo Cucina Italiana, First Watch, and Fatz Eatz and Drinks. Our power page “Gluten Free Restaurant Meals” provides more information about these establishments and their gluten free menus. You may also want to look at the website for the Black Angus Steakhouse. The restaurant does have a gluten free menu, but it did post a full copy of the Consumer Reports findings

In another survey — this one limited to restaurants that provide gluten free menus — top honors went to Legal Seafoods, PF Chang’s China Bistro, Bonefish Grill, Pizza Fusion, and Carrabba’s Italian Grill. To find out more about these restaurants, use the link in the last paragraph.

Domino’s Pizza is now marketing a gluten free pizza crust but does not consider any of their pizzas to be acceptable for people with celiac disease or severe gluten intolerance. What are they trying to do? As one visitor commented after the original announcement: “Why would they make [the crust] gluten free and then contaminate it?” There is only one possible answer Domino believes that they have a product that so superior that people will pay $3 extra to purchase it even though — unlike many of us — there is no medical reason for them to do so.

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Today, our power page “Gluten Free Restaurant Meals” became even more useful today when I added links to several more pages. I’m promising links to all the restaurants by the end of April and (by the end of May)  a state-by-state breakdown that will enable you to find a ‘safe’ meal almost anywhere in the country.

For the time being, the “Gluten Free Restaurant Meals” power page is at least functional — it was totally-useless a week ago. Please keep up the search for ‘safe’ restaurants and let me know if you find information that should be published on this site. My e-mail address is gfceliac@gmail.com.