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I love to go out to eat! At heart, I’m a foodie with fear and paranoia! About 4 blocks or so from my house are a bunch of restaurants… George’s South Miami is one of them. I like Georges…semi open air… Good drinks… Super Delish French fries (I have a thing about fries… Especially truffle fries…), good friendly service, and a cool atmosphere.

My youngest has been asking for a night out alone- sans siblings – and we made plans for tonight, so off we go! For awhile, I feared eating out. So many bad experiences… Worshipping of the porcelain goddess … But now .. I have a system. It’s easy to follow… Just these simple steps:

1- ask- “do you have a gluten free menu?” … Gauge reaction…

2- if answered with ANY hesitation or BS like our chef will modify “just for you” go to step 4… Surgeon’s motto “trust no one”! IF (and only IF ) they say “yes! And our chef (or his mother or girl/boyfriend has celiac ” enjoy and proceed to 3.

3- ok!!! How 2015 of them!! Order from the official preprinted gluten free menu at will and enjoy! Preprinted =safe (mostly)

4- ok… They are lying or ignorant or think that because I’m a skinny,tall blond that I’m on a diet. … Hmpffff… Order either salad without dressing (which they are clearly expecting), risotto, or if you eat meat (which bummer for me, I don’t) order meat! Add fries! Yum!

5. Drink, dine and be happy!

6. Ice cream or Creme brûlée for dessert!

7. Ahhhh… Delicious and you didn’t have to cook!!

Ok.. Disclaimer…Fries can be fried with gluten stuff.. Scan the menu.. If there are breaded fried items then don’t order the fries at a non gluten friendly establishment!

So tonight, we went out, grabbed a table and it just happened (really!!!) to be ladies night with free champagne !!! We had a great dinner!! I had truffle fries and a stracciella mozzarella, tomato and grilled peach salad ( yep… That was GOOD), my daughter had penne pasta and my fiancé fish & chips. Yum. No tummy aches… Never have gone wrong and they have no gluten free menu. Their beet salad is delicious too!

delish! no gluten & plenty of yum factor. thanks georges!

Great Gluten Free Eats in Miami! Deli Lane & Misha’s Cupcake’s Cookies for Dessert! (Yes. That’s Right…GlutenFree)

By GlutenFreeHolly

On April 22, 2015

In Gluten Free Dining

I usually eat out 1-2 times per week, and of course, have some degree of anxiety over what I may accidentally ingest. I have really found that well written menus with simple fresh ingredients are more reliable than “gluten free”. There are some great, reliable gluten free places in Miami, but I like to find somewhere that my friends don’t make the “gluten free face”….. Yeah… It’s true, right? So I choose places that don’t have complicated sauces or salad dressings, and have delicious fresh foods!

Deli Lane is a Miami favorite… Especially for brunch… Weeknights and weekend evenings, the wait is non existence, the service great, the atmosphere chill and the menu casual, and varied…. As a bonus… They always have a gluten free item of the day (which in fairness, I have never ordered because their salads and omelets are just too good).

This time, we grabbed an outdoor table on Saturday evening, and I ordered a Strongbow Cider at the recommendation of our waiter and it was GREAT!

cold, crisp, light and delicious

For dinner (brunch is served all day) I ordered the brunch enchilada. Corn tortillas layered with refried beans, eggs, cheese and tomato…. Just great & with a side of cheese grits! The gluten free special of the day was pancakes with berries…yum.

brunch enchilada at Deli Lane

I have been dining here for years. The staff knows what gluten is and can tell you if the dish you would like is safe, the food is consistently good, the happy hour is fab and I have never gotten so much as a stomach ache… Although once I ordered potato skins for dinner and I had to be rolled home…

Dessert?

Now… If you come to Miami, or you live in Miami, you’ve got to try Misha’s Cupcakes. There are stores throughout Miami and Misha recently began selling gluten free foods. High quality ingredients with high flavor desserts. If you need a sugar fix, this should be it. I don’t eat too many sweets, but tonight I tried her new ginger cookies… Soft, right texture and ginger snap taste inside and out. I ate 3… Yes, I did and don’t judge.. One word, Yum.

Misha’s Cupcake’s Gluten Free Ginger Cookies

Groovy Enviornment& Gluten Free Pizza… Mellow Mushroom, South Miami

By GlutenFreeHolly

On March 22, 2015

In Gluten free, Gluten Free Dining

I’ve been watching the “coming soon” sign for weeks, and finally, it’s open! The Mellow Mushroom in South Miami. www.mellowmushroom.com. Dark tinted windows belie the bright, colorful, modern-psychedelic decor. Widescreen TV’s line the full service bar and the center aisle, so sports fans won’t miss a minute of March Madness.

cool lights, tiled features add to the vibe

elephant greets you at the door

The menu reads like a reassuring gluten free dream….they are educated in cross contamination, use a separate area, special screen, change gloves and aprons….sounds good to me!

gluten free menu with vegan options

I order the “Veg Out” gluten free pizza and a lemonade (on-call) and my date ordered half of a steak and cheese hoagie and a Fiery jalapeño pineapple margarita (yummmm….jealous). The pizza was good and made perfectly to order. The crust, which is vegan, was crunchy and evenly cooked. My able-to-eat-gluten date ate half of my pizza and also thought it was good! Of course, he enjoyed the margarita!

YES!!!

Pretty good! Reasonably priced! Great decor! And….fabulous for a dinner out with or without the kids! Best news, no pain! Enjoy and get out there for some gluten free dining!