Here are 3 Santa Monica restaurants, besides Raw which
was already mentioned, that I've had success with:

1. Fritto Misto
You can order the wheat-free pasta (which is also
gluten-free). You just have to make sure to tell them
to cook it in a separate clean pot, which they're
happy to do.

2. Cafe Bolivar
Prepares arepas (Venezuelan corn sandwiches), which
are gluten-free. Fillings range from mango, cheese and
avocado to beans.

3. Violet
I've only been here once, but the server was extremely
knowledgeable about the ingredients in each dish and
understood what gluten-free meant. He double-checked
with the kitchen about everything I ordered.

Hope this helps!


--- Suzanne Frieder <Sfrieder@...> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> Check out our list of gluten-free friendly
> restaurants on the file
> menu, however we do need to update it.
>
> Fogo de Chao is a great restaurant, pretty sure it's
> on the list.
>
> The other day I ate at Julliano's RAW restaurant on
> 6th and Broadway
> in Santa Monica. It is totally gluten-free. I
> don't believe it was
> last year when I went.
>
> Also, at our support group meeting in January, one
> person
> recommended HUGO's.
>
> Anyone else have recommendations?
>
> Suzanne
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Kevin Holliday wrote:
>
> > One of the reasons the I joined this list was I
> hoped that I would
> > hear
> > about more gluten free / Celiac friendly
> restaurants in LA. I am
> > always
> > astonished when I travel, at the number of gluten
> free restaurants
> > in other
> > cities. For example, how can Portland, OR have
> dozens of Celiac
> > friendly
> > places to eat and Los Angeles can seeming have
> none? So, I thought
> > that I
> > would send out a review in the hopes that I would
> inspire others to
> > review
> > their favorite Celiac friendly restaurants. Here
> goes...
> >
> > Fogo de Chao <http://www.fogodechao.com/> is a
> traditional Brazilian
> > churrascaria. Basically how it works is you pay a
> flat fee, for
> > dinner it
> > is $50+, you get an unlimited salad bar and
> gauchos bring around meat
> > on skewers and serve it to you until your are
> stuffed to the gills.
> >
> > The salad bar:
> >
> > Save the croutons, the sourdough bread, and some
> tabouli, all the
> > items at
> > the salad bar are gluten free. There is plenty of
> roasted veggies,
> > cheeses,
> > and very high end salad fixings. The best part
> about the whole
> > experience
> > is the Yucca rolls that they bring out at the
> beginning and
> > throughout the
> > meal. They are totally gluten free, and so good.
> The first time I
> > ate one
> > I literally cried tears of joy as I had not had
> warm bread in a
> > restaurant
> > in 3 years, I was so happy.
> >
> > The meat:
> >
> > When you begin the meat course they gauchos bring
> three hot side
> > dishes,
> > fried bananas, fried polenta, and mashed potatoes
> -- all gluten
> > free. The
> > also have rice and beans if you want, but you have
> to ask. The gauchos
> > bring around over a dozen cuts of meat. You pick
> the ones you want. My
> > favorites are the lamb chops and a new rib eye cut
> of beef. The
> > fillet and
> > their signature cut of top sirloin are also great.
> The one cut of
> > meat you
> > have to avoid is the chicken legs, as they are
> marinated in beer.
> >
> > To be sure, this is not a place for vegetarians.
> And, if you do not
> > love
> > red meat you will want to skip this place, too. At
> $50+ per person
> > it's not
> > something one can afford to do very often, but for
> special
> > occasions when
> > you do not want to have that long talk with the
> waiter only to find
> > out that
> > there is only one thing on the menu you can eat,
> Fogo de Chao can
> > not be
> > beat.
> >
> > The restaurant is located on Restaurant Row on La
> Cienega in
> > Beverly Hills
> > just south of the Beverly center.
> >
> > So, where does everyone else eat?
> >
> > -kevin
> >
> > PS I was serious about Portland, it is like gluten
> free mecca up
> > there. It
> > is a definite must visit for the gluten intolerant
> guy or gal.
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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