The obvious are Liquid Earth, One World and Great Sage, but also all Ethiopian restaurants make Ingera, which I'm almost certain is always gluten-free.

Woodberry Kitchen has a seperate gluten free menu that's available if you ask the server or let the host know in advance

Good to know about Woodberry.. I usually end up with a salad, no croutons at unfamiliar places. One of the virtues of going out a great deal is getting to know chefs, who usually are happy to help. Most sushi (as long as it hasn't been tempura'd ) is gluten free. The things to watch out for are the non-obvious ones.. Many brands of tatertots have wheat flour in them, along with sauces and soups ( gluten used to thicken texture as a rue)

We usually give out a menu "cheat sheet" to the staff when we have them come in for the "menu tasting" meeting that occurs whenever the menus change (seasonally). As part of this list, we include all potential allergens in a dish, including gluten. Our chef is very sensitive to this issue.

FWIW, we started keeping a stock of gluten-free beers (Green's. an Anglo-Belgian hybrid sorghum-based ale) around, since we are a beery kind of place...

Is this shilling?
Cheers,

-V

Must go to Grano in Hampden for excellent pasta. Also-Sweet Sin Bakery in Charles Village, desserts (double chocolate mousse), breads soups, etc. They're also opening a full restaurant next door--coming soon. And Pizzazz Tuscan Grille on Pier 5

On the chain side of things, PF Chang's has an excellent gluten-free menu; I recommend the Chang's Spicy Chicken and the Singapore Street Noodles. They're nice because you can easily order multiple meals worth of food and take leftovers home, or just order for pick-up. Their sister chain Pei Wei also has a small GF menu, not too many options but the sweet & sour dishes are good. One of those in Towson and in Columbia.

There's a good list of options here in the restaurants section of glutenfreebaltimore.blogspot.com , that's the best single list of options in this town I'm aware of.

Injera at Ethiopian restaurants is not necessarily gluten-free. It's often teff flour mixed with wheat flout. You have to ask. I've had no problem getting rice on the side at any Ethiopian restaurant.

Austin Grill has a gluten free menu.

I'm looking forward to seeing the final list. My mother-in-law has celiac disease and when she visits we have been sticking to Austin Grill and PF Changs just because we didn't know of other options.

Not shilling, Volker--that's very useful information!

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Bluestone(Towson) as well as Outback and BoneFish have gluten free menus

I suppose if Volker gets away with it....Joe Squared has a variety of Gluten Free items (aside from pizza of course). Risottos, salads, and some choice appetizers (including the calamari which is breaded in graham flour). We also just started carrying a Gluten free beer, Lakefront breweries New Grist. Shilly shilly shilly shill.
captcha: flunkey international (so true)

Volker, quit shilling and complete my cider taste test!

Joe Squared, graham flour is whole wheat flour, which is definitely not gluten free.

Volker and Joe Squared, as someone with friends who are on a gluten restriction, I'm gratified to learn of your concern. However, would it be asking too much if either of your restaurants' websites would actually set forth a list of available gluten-free menu items? Otherwise, my friends would have to show up and play the equivalent of "Go Fish" with your wait staff in order to find out which items might actually be safe for their consumption.

Graham flour is made from part of the wheat. Gram flour is made from chick pea flour.

Meerkat, the correct spelling is ROUX, not rue

As someone who has been recently diagnosed with Celiac's, I can you tell that going out to eat has become so stressful that I usually prefer to eat at home. I CAN tell you that many local restaurants I used to eat at when I had "normal" eating habits, are accomodating when you mention the word "allergy." Salt is one of those places as is Blue Hill Tavern and the new Langerman's. BUT you really need to be educated to make sure the server and the chef are clear on what "gluten" means. You can't assume anything.

On a side note, Outback Steakhouse and Pizzeria Uno also have GF menus. And the pizza at the latter is pretty good.

MDtopdad, the correct spelling is Meekrat, NOT Meerkat -- at least when it comes to the nym of that Sandbox regular.

MDtopdad, you are quite right about roux vs. rue (the herb of that name is not for culinary use, I believe). But the poster in question is Meekrat, not Meerkat.

Sorry I meant gram flour (the chickpea one). I don't know why my fingers typed that. Not enough coffee yet I suppose. And I'll change the menu tonight to reflect the flourless items. Another excellent idea coming from the sandbox.

I figured, J2. :-)

Gram flour sounds interesting, graham slightly horrifying. Mmm... Teddy Squid Grahams with grape jelly.

P. F. Changs has a very large gluten free menu with gluten free sauces and dessert, the chocolate dome (my favorite) they also use no MSG.

hmpstd, a great idea indeed, and if Joe Squared is going to do it then I had better do it as well! Keeping up with the Joneses and all of that...

The cornbread at Golden Coral is gluten free.

Volker and Joe Squared, just the fact that you are accepting of a request to change something as simple as that, is why I like to go to your establishments.