Restaurant Guides

See the "SD Restaurants" section for restaurants specifically in the San Diego area. The "Eating Out Tips" in that section also gives information about how to eat out successfully. The following are restaurant guides on a national scale. Also see Gluten-Free Restaurant Cards for cards that are available to take to restaurants to help you communicate with the staff effectively.

Celiac Handbook
http://www.celiachandbook.com/
This website provides free celiac/gluten-free related information, including a listing of gluten free restaurants throughout the world.

Delphi Forum Celiac Support Group
http://forums.delphiforums.com/celiac/start
Just a reminder that I constantly update our list of restaurants with a GF menu. http://tinyurl.com/37vjro
It is very handy to print it and have it on hand when traveling. Mireille, 3/08

Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant Guide
www.triumphdining.com
This guide is from the people who sell the popular Truimph Dining cards (see Gluten-Free Restaurant Cards above). It's 300 pages include 3,900 restaurant locations recommended by other Celiacs, 80 gluten-free lists from chain restaurants, and strategies for safe restaurant dining. It must be purchased.

Foodie Bytes
www.foodiebytes.com
This site allows you to select "gluten free" in one search window, and a city in the other. It is hit or miss as far as which cities have something listed.

GF Registry
www.glutenfreeregistry.com
"Our mission at the Gluten Free Registry™ is to put people and gluten-free friendly restaurants, bakeries, caterers, grocers and more together. Utilize our free, searchable database of over 5,100+ gluten-free friendly business locations to find one near you or your travel destination. Also available on your mobile phone at www.gfregistry." mobi

Gluten/Wheat Free Guide to Eating Out
www.goodhealthpublishing.com/listserv.html
This guide includes 59 restaurants and their GF menu items. It may be purchased from the website. It also includes a GF dining card.

Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program of North America (GFRAP)
www.glutenfreerestaurants.org
This program is sponsored by the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG). It is a well-organized program designed to have restaurants voluntarily participate in providing information for an easier gluten-free dining experience. As of March, 2008 there were 1287 restaurants participating.

SillyYaks (Celiacs)
www.yahoogroups.com
You must first register with the Yahoo group called SillyYaks to be able to access the group’s free restaurant listings of over 120 restaurants. As of August 2004 it is in PDF format, which can be easily printed or downloaded onto a pocket PC. The restaurants are located nation-wide. The site is maintained by Melanie Katz, and also includes active interactive postings by members, a recipe file, and much more.

Wikicities site for gluten free dining
http://celiac.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Main_Page
http://celiac.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
This site (established 6/05) by Alice allows anyone to add celiac-friendly restaurants to the list. It is free and all info on it can be freely distributed. Restaurants are organized by U.S. state groups. Addtionally, it provides website links to other sites that give information about local GF dining both in the U.S. and well as other countries.