MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN CLEVELAND AND SURROUNDING SUBURBS.
No gluten-free foods are offered
Thanks for this news, Dan:
I ate at the Winking Lizard in Avon on Tuesday night. They normally have Redbridge Beer and was surprised to hear that they substituted it for a beer called Omission from the Widmer Brothers Brewing Company in Oregon. I can attest that it is the best tasting “GF” beer I’ve ever had, and had no reaction (I am celiac).
Omission Beer is made with barley, like traditional beer. But the brewers say they have found a way to remove the gluten and leave the taste. Each batch is tested for the presence of gluten. Have you tried Omission Beer? What is your favorite gluten free beer?
4/21/14 NOTE by Diane: At this time gluten removed beers are not considered safe for people with celiac disease. See this report by Tricia Thompson, the Gluten Free Watchdog.
See also this more recent post.
Winking Lizard in Peninsula very unfriendly to GF. Don’t bother. Too many other restaurants willing to cater to us.
It is so unfortunate in today’s world that winking lizard is so behind the curve~
We would dine there so much more for 4 of us if they could get aboard including gluten free safety in their offerings
Red Robin and others do such a fantastic job
Hope it happens soon!
There is only salad at the Miles road location. Not worth going there for me. I am Celiac.
I have found that winking lizard is NOT celiac friendly. The miles road and Independence locations tell me that they cannot guarantee against cross contamination. Also Omission is NOT safe for celiacs.
Winking Lizard Brunswick offers MANY of their items in gluten free. We eat their often and safely.
After not being able to eat anything besides salad everywhere I ate yesterday and today – we stopped in here in hopes of something that I could eat- I was disappointed to learn that – nope- nothing I could eat here besides a salad- sigh…….
The Winking Lizards are very uneven from restaurant to restaurant when it comes to being gluten friendly. The one in Peninsula was very helpful on at least 5 occasions and the one in Fairlawn not much help at all on two occasions.
Agreed. The one in Fairlawn/ Montrose made me feel like I was an alien. No safe options, and I appeared to be bothering them.
Why is this restaurant listed? For someone printing the list off, it’s very misleading and I feel it should be removed. PS – Omission Beer has had to remove their GF tag that use to be on the bottles… it is NOT gluten free.
Angie,
We appreciate your comments about Winking Lizard and will take them under consideration for our site. Our comments at our Winking Lizard post cover most of what you have shared. Also, we have also covered the issue of Omission and Daura beer at our site previously.
With so many other restaurants offering gluten free menus, Winking Lizard is not helping the gluten free customer as much as they could. I hope they change in the future. I know I would like to dine there, but they are one of the last places I would choose.