Gluten-free in the footnotes - mainly east bay

[ritaville]

I am looking for restaurants that offer gluten-free options, usually noted in the footnotes or with an * such as (but not limited to)

sandwiches (in the east bay) (Ike's place offers gluten free bread as a bread choice, american grill cheese has gluten free bread as an opton a bit more money)
hamburgers
hot dogs

soba noodles (100%buckwheat)
pasta (filippo's on college offers a rice gnocchi as a gluten free option)
naengmyeon

middle-eastern--any place that offers gluten free pita

I am hoping these are not just pipe dreams...

Thanks

[oaklandfoodie]

How I wish I could find all those things! But thanks for the tips - as I didn't know that Rustica offered GF crusts. Along those same lines, Bobby G's Pizza on University has an option for a GF crust, I believe it is the Mariposa bakery crust.

[milklady]

Gather in Berkeley has about half its menu labelled as gluten free, if you're looking for higher end dining.

[ritaville]

I am hoping to find restaurants that offer items available in gluten-free or non-gluten-free (sandwiches and pastas are good examples) ..rather than dishes that are gluten free (I have been reading the gluten-free posts for those items)

Thanks.

[lucymom]

askew grill, half their items are gluten free.
chipotle, everything there is gluten free except for the tortillas.
cafe gratitude at whole foods in oakland is all GF.

mexican food in general is GF. i eat a lot of tacos.
vietnamese and thai are more GF then chinese, japanese, and korean since they use rice noodles and fish sauce rather than soy sauce which has wheat.

as far as restaurants providing a GF and non GF versions of the same dish, i don't think you'll find those. are you trying to do some comparison tasting?

[ritaville]

Not so much comparison tasting but that the man is non-gluten free ( a little unadventurous in his eating) and I am newly gluten free and it seems like it has been the hardest to find hamburgers and sandwiches that we both can eat (unless I want the hamburger wrapped in lettuce as the gluten free option)...

Thanks

[lucymom]

got it. i'm in the same situation. we used to go out for pizza and burgers all the time but we don't do that anymore unless the place has a salad option for me. haven't found a GF place for hamburgers or pizza yet. i know pizza rustica has GF pizza but was never a fan of their pizza in the first place.

[achefsbest]

Mariposa, the place that offers gluten free breads, has a little cafe off of Telegraph Ave.

Pizza Rustica on College uses their crusts on some of their pizzas.

I have heard that Ethiopian food is pretty gluten free, but you might want to check and make sure they don't use flour in their injera.

[escargot3]

A few months ago, I had my godson visit. He's on a GF diet.

I called all the Ethiopian restos on Telegraph and asked about their injera. None uses 100% tiff grain. All cut it with wheat.