Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Gluten Free Las Vegas

Shawn and I took two trips to Las Vegas in 2011, one in September for a convention and one in late October for the PBR finals.

We stayed at Treasure Island for trip one, and at Mandalay Bay for trip two. Here's our successes and failures for both trips!

We started at the Coffee Shop in TI. They have a pretty decent knowledge of what gluten is, but we found they weren't particularly aware of cross-contamination. The hash browns were gluten free originally, but our resident celiac got sick from the, so I'm sure they cross contaminated on the grill. The eggs were cooked in their own pan, and the fruit was fine.

On the winning side for TI is the Isla Mexican Kitchen. They were extremely knowledgeable about their menu, and they had a GF dessert option, which was lovely. Their guacamole was excellent and the chicken tacos were so yummy. Their menu is varied and fresh, but also traditional Mexican.

We also skipped over to the Mirage to the Brazilian steakhouse called Samba. They're ready for you if you call ahead, but we found that even if you forget to mention your allergy at that time, they can accommodate. The only thing we couldn't eat was the bread basket, the creamed spinach and the teriyaki meats.
Also at the Mirage, we had burgers and shakes at BLT burger. I'm not sure how safe they are for someone who's very sensitive, but Shawn has never gotten ill there, and she can bleed internally from someone passing the bread basket over her plate.

Wow. I thought this would be short. I think I'll break it into more posts! Next up, the Paris!

Friday, January 6, 2012

not defunct

going to be trying to hit all my blogs at least twice a month

Look for random reviews here from the past year

XXOO