I first tried downtown Spokane’s Red Robin gluten free offerings several years ago and have had mixed feelings about the experience ever since. I was impressed by the printed menu with an expiration date and specific GF items listed. And their attention to cross contamination detail: they used a separate fryer for the fries. But …
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White box pies was one of the first gluten-free establishments I tried in Spokane. I needed a dessert a few years back, and was excited to find them. They had just moved to their location on division, and I remember the peach/berry pie well. The flakey crust came as a surprise. My guests did the …
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Originally published at Foodbeat NW. Italia Trattoria is one of those places where it feels like you’ve come home for dinner. And not just to your home or your grandma’s home; it’s like coming home to Italy. You could easily be in Santorini, at a small restaurant, full of loud Italians, but with food so …
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When I review a restaurant, I usually go in stealth mode. I might make a phone call, to check gluten free awareness, or quiz the host or hostess about menu items, but I don’t announce this site from the top of my lungs on approach. So, when I was called by the Spokane Tomato Street, …
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As I stepped in the front door of this decidedly neighborhood bakery, the loud chatter from the tables was an immediate comfort. People were steeped in their conversations, and were not paying any attention to my strange behavior: digging for my camera, the uncomfortable scan of the case, desperately looking for something gluten free. It …
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Happy hour is made “happy” by good food and good company. A cheap drink and eats without friends might be easy on the wallet, but it leaves something to be desired in the social category. As a celiac, it can be hard to find a good happy hour that doesn’t leave one asking a million …
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Sante Restaurant & Charcuterie is well known for its exquisite dinners served with a creative showing of ingredients and flavors. But have you tried them for breakfast? The coffee, roasted by Spokane’s Four Seasons, is brewed thick, and the pace is un-rushed. If you enjoy watching people or just like feeling connected to downtown, grab …
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Agave is one of those places that reminds me that we are squarely in Spokane. You know that feeling: getting better and sort of trendy, but still missing something. It’s spo-trying. Which I appreciate; it’s better than not. Even the ambiance is a bit half-hearted, pleasant, but not posh and lent a bit of eeriness …
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Technically not a restaurant, the deli case at the Main Market Co-op (the exact spot my car would sit for an oil change when it was a Goodyear auto shop), is full of some gluten free favorites. On my last visit I gently asked what was gluten free. Since the gf indication on the signs …
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We usually decide to go out to eat on a whim. I’d like to think it’s because we are spontaneous, but the real reason usually has to do with the fact that we don’t want to cook because the kitchen is dirty, or we are tired. This time it had something to do with the …
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I love steak. I have always loved steak. My mom was vegetarian while I was growing up, and there was a point when I tried to be vegetarian too. I eventually gave up, with the excuse that I was anemic and needed the red meat for the iron. Not that I would eat it every …
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I jump at every chance I get to go to Sante. It is not an inexpensive indulgence but is generally regarded as the best restaurant in Spokane by bloggers and reviewers. There are a few particular things I like about Sante. The flavors are complex. Even after a few bites, I can’t quite tell what …
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Mexican food can be naturally gluten free. Corn tortillas, meat, veggies, salsa, cheese….. need I go on? It’s the additives in taco seasoning and the flour tortillas that make it not so good for us celiacs. Taco Del Mar does a good job. Not only do they have a gluten free menu (online), but the …
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