Red Robin Gluten-Free Eating Out

It was time for my sons hockey team to have an endactually getting to choose from a menu. Ultimately, Jac
of the season party. This is usually an unpleasantchose a cheeseburger without the bun and their
experience due to the fact that his teams usually willbottomless french fries, without the seasoning added.
go somewhere that either does not offer a gluten freeThey have dedicated fryers at the location we were
menu or has never heard of how to make dishes thatat, but did point out the seasoning they put on the fries
are not cross contaminated. This time, I decided towhen they come out of the fryer is not gluten free.
take over the task and pick a place that would beGiven the large amount of people in our group, the
appropriate for our team to go and for our son toprepared food was brought out quickly. This is always
have a menu to choose from like everyone else.a nervous time for us because we want to make
When doing research, I had heard that Red Robin nowsure that Jac's food is indeed prepared as intended.
offers a gluten free menu and I thought it might be aTwo managers from Red Robin brought Jac's food
good time to try it. Our friends often frequent Redout separately and assured both him and us that
Robin as a favorite in family dining because they offereverything was prepared correctly. His meal was
a kid friendly environment and great burgers! I decidedeven served on a different looking plate giving us more
it would be a good place to go for our team get partyassurance that it was gluten free. We were able to
and try it out.visibly see the difference in the fries between Jac's
Upon arrival, I was pleasantly surprised with theplate and the rest of the team.
environment. I had called ahead to make sure theyThroughout our meal, the manager checked back with
offered a gluten free menu and to makeJac to make sure everything tasted good and to see
arrangements for our large group. The staff wasif he needed more fries prepared gluten free. It was
organized and had an area for our team (40+ people)wonderful to be able to relax and enjoy the adult
all set up. They placed us in the back of the restaurantcompany without worrying constantly about cross
where we had an entire section to ourselves. Theycontamination issues.
had assigned two waitresses just to take care of theWe could not have been more pleased with the entire
kids and one waitress for the adults.experience at Red Robin. Since our first dining
I immediately asked for a menu for my son, Jac, whichexperience there, we have gone back and every time
they promptly brought out and gave to him. Thereceived the same treatment.
waitress took the time to point some favorite itemsAs always, be sure you call Red Robin in advance to
out to him which showed us that she had dealt withverify gluten free menu options at the location you will
this before. The menu was a print out of all gluten freebe visiting.
options, pages of options. My son was in heaven,