Top 6 Gluten-Free American Diners to Enjoy in San Carlos

Brenda Garcia

Evan Blaser

Always great. Even the protein style when I was avoiding gluten.

Daniel Grant

Lana Martinez

As the mother of a child with Celiac Disease, I have to research each and every restaurant we venture to eat at to ensure it can be a safe experience for my child. I rely heavily on people’s reviews, because if you have Celiac and you get glutened, you know how sick it can make you so you definitely do other Celiacs a solid and spread the word if a restaurant is not safe. And it is for this purpose I have to write this review. Not to slam the restaurant, which is a beautiful ambience with nice staff. But I do have to let other Celiacs know that after telling the waitress my daughter has a wheat “allergy” (easier to say it’s allergy than to explain how Celiac’s actually works) they served her gluten not once but twice. The first time it was in a seaweed salad that accompanied her sushi roll, after which the manager came over and let us know the mistake after my daughter already ate it. The second was a wafer in my daughter’s vanilla ice cream which was clearly visible so we sent it back. Both dishes had been fully discussed with the waitress upon ordering to ensure it would be safe for my child. And the dessert was ordered after the manager had already apologized for the first mistake. The manager and waitress were very apologetic and graciously comped our ENTIRE meal. Which was unexpected and appreciated. However, unfortunately, no amount of money will ever make it ok to poison my child with a food that will harm her. Twice. When I asked how the mistakes had happened, she said they had some new chefs and obviously they needed to do some training. They said they do care about safety and handled it the best way they could have. But it still caused harm to my child. We tipped the waitress over 20% of what the bill would have been for her work, as I am sure she put the orders in correctly, and the food runners were the ones to bring us our food -not her- so she couldn’t have intercepted the mistakes. But her and the manager’s response and taking full responsibility (which was appreciated) doesn’t help the fact that my child was harmed. It was just really disappointing and upsetting. The other part of this is a review of the food. Taking our bad experience out to just judge the food, I was actually surprised. This wasn’t my first time there and I remembered it to be delicious. However, every dish I got was only mediocre. I didn’t expect this! The sauteed spinach was eh, same with the mashed potatoes. The mac n cheese was heavy on the bechamel sauce and lacked the cheesey flavor and cheddar bite. Very bland. Unremarkable ceasar salad and the croutons were also not good! Usually that’s my favorite part of a Ceasar! My daughter’s sushi roll was good but not anything remarkable, either. Cheesecake was fine tasting but I’d have preferred a regular ‘ol graham cracker crust rather than a deconstucted cheesecake filling in a mason jar with cinnamon toast crunch and stawberries on top. Cool idea, but the classic would have actually tasted better imo. Bread pudding was the best thing I tried there. Definitely delicious. Others at our table feel Towne is their favorite restaurant, and loved their food. They had meat dishes, which I think is most what they are known for. I guess it just wasn’t mine and my daughter’s night!

Cheyenne ShineOn

Pastrami is always delicious!! I love their selection of gluten free beer too!

Beverly Vega