The Local Kitchen & Drinks Wellesley

We’ve never loved the food at the local but we decided on getting burgers there as it was kind of late for Wellesley on Saturday night (8:30pm). I ordered a burger on gluten free bun and a Cesar salad without croutons. Of course burger comes out on regular bun and the salad had bread on it. I politely asked if they were sure the order was correct and the waitress apologized saying that she had forgotten to put in the request to accommodate my allergy, took it back and said it’d be a minute. Literally a minute later the plate came back out again. I asked if it was the same meat and toppings on a different bread and she stared at me and very rudely said it was, and then proceeded to ask if my allergy was serious in a very condescending tone. Added to that the GF bun was cold and by this point the meat was getting cold and hard as well. Worst part is she never offered to recook the burger, didn’t comp any cost, or send anything to apologize. Awful awful experience. I must add that their wine glasses looked filthy and I regret not saying something to the manager.

Excellent food and most of the items can be made gluten free. For apps, we had the chips but the dipping sauce was the star of the show. Had the stuff acorn squash with chicken which was really good (and hot). Others had the scallops which were really tender and fresh. The only downside was we were sitting in the bar area and it was a little loud. Will definitely be back.