Costa Vida

Me and my family usually love Costa Vida, but one of the reasons we loved Costa Vida was their commitment to offering gluten free options with careful food preparation for gluten allergies. Me and my wife both have Celiac disease, and cross contamination is a real concern for us. When we went this last time, they did their whole “change the gloves and wash their hands” routine which I appreciated, but I had just watched the last 10 people in front of us have their meat weighed out on top of their flour tortilla and then the excess just tossed back until the bin. That meat had been in direct contact with gluten and was being tossed over and over again onto a flour tortilla and back into the bin, then back onto someone else’s flour tortilla then back into the bin. Weighing the meat could be done on a separate tray if it really MUST be weighed, but it should NOT be done on top of each customers food with the excess tossed back into then bin. Needless to say, we may end up going elsewhere, which breaks my heart because we have enjoyed Costa vida for years! PLEASE change this policy and stop cross contaminating your food simply because you want to weigh the meat!

Gluten free!!! I was just here tonight! (Friday night) and I wish I could complement the staff that was working 💪 because I just got diagnosed with Celiac and have been so afraid of having to mention it to places I go out to because i dont want to seem like a burden. When I mentioned it action was taken IMMEDIATELY! I felt welcomed and taken care of with a knowledge of my options, not to mention how fast the crew changed their gloves and communicated so kindly to me. Thank you to the staff and this location for being so awesome and understanding! 10 stars 🌟 🤩