Celiac Awareness Night at Quicken Loans Arena with the Cleveland Cavaliers

Join us for Celiac Awareness Night at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. and watch your Cleveland Cavaliers face the Portland Trail Blazers.

Discount tickets are now available online at . Handicapped seating available:

Each ticket includes $5 for food or drink.  In addition to the usual arena fare, a mobile cart with gluten free choices will be located near our group seats.

A thirty second Celiac Disease Public Service Announcement will be repeated on the Jumbotron, and our group will host an information table in the concourse with free goody bags (1 per family) for all who purchase tickets.

Please show your support for this one of a kind event. Let’s send the message to this arena that we want gluten free food so we can enjoy a game like everyone else. Support our home town team and come to support our group!

GF in Chicago – Restaurant Reviews

Chicago

Judy reports on her recent trip to Chicago:

We had a fabulous time in Chicago.  We went to the German restaurant and Roses Bakery.  Also, a restaurant/bakery called OMG! It’s Gluten Free, which is a gluten free facility.  They had the best chicken fingers.  They specialize in gf lasagna and chicken parmesan.  MaryLou and I both got frozen dinners to take home. They screwed up our order at the table so they gave both of us a free pound of choc chip cookie dough for home baking.  The place is in Frankfort.  But the absolute best of all was the French Cafe that did crepes.  OMG!!!!!  This was the best we have ever had of any gf restaurant!  We went to dinner Wed. night and loved it so much that we did breakfast there too on Thur. It’s a tiny place with 8 small tables and french ambiance with french music.  This french chef (he is literally French Morrocan trained in France) developed his own recipes for gf crepes.  He does savory, dessert, and breakfast crepes. All of the items on the menu can be made gf and he also does dairy free, soy free, corn free,  —  any allergy.  The place is called La France and is located in Lombard.  If you are in the Chicago area, this is an absolute must go.  The chef was so tickled that we would put his restaurant on our website that he kissed my hand.  Yikes!!

Here’s a list of the restaurants:

1) Bavaria Hof Restaurant in Schaumburg, IL – Gluten Free German food and beer Large gluten free menu

2) Rose’s Bakery & Cafe, Central St., Evanston IL. Worth the drive, lunch menu and bakery! GF Pita bread for wraps
Update: Closed.

3) OMG..It’s Gluten Free, Bakery & Café, Frankfort IL

4) La France, Lombard IL,  Gluten Free Crepes!

Wish we had these restaurants in Cleveland.  I might need to take a road trip.

Have you eaten at any of these restaurants?  Feel free to add your favorites to the list.

Dinner at Pura Vida

Pura Vida hosted another GF dinner earlier this week and Mariann shared her experience.

The menu:

1st course:  Shrimp and Grits with Roasted Kale and Barbecue Sauce

2nd course:  Black Quinoa, Seared Scallops with Herb Oil and Mache

3rd course:  Duck Confit, Cassoulet with Lemon Drizzled Spinach
champagne palate soother


4th course:  Vanilla Whipped Cream with Blonde Cranberry Nut Brownie – Topped with a scoop of Pumpkin Ginger Ice Cream and G-F Ginger Snap Cookie

Our meal was divine, each dish perfectly prepared, plated and served!

The wine selections were great too!

 

Check here for details about the GF dinner at Pura Vida last April.

Have you eaten at Pura Vida?  Please share your experience by commenting on this post.

GF Luncheon at Tri-C Eastern Campus

Cafe 4250, the culinary student run cafe, will offer a GF lunch special on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct 3 & 4, 11:30-1pm, Tri-C eastern campus.

The menu is: Cold Summer Soup, Honey Mustard Barbecue Chicken Breast with Grilled vegetables and Butternut squash puree, Peach Cobbler with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.

The cost is just $8.95. Make a reservation by calling 216-987-2496. Ask to be seated with the celiac support group (CDF NEO Chapter) on either day.

I enjoyed the GF lunch last spring.  The food was delicious and a bargain at the price.