Restaurant Punk

GF Yourself: Celiac Disease and Cross Contamination in Restaurants


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If you’ve eaten or worked at a restaurant or strolled the aisles of a grocery store within the past decade, you’re bound to be familiar with the phenomenon identified most frequently by its two-letter acronym: GF. No, not girlfriend, and not go f*ck yourself, either. Gluten-Free. While Nikos has adapted his life to live with a Celiac Disease diagnosis, Yianni questions whether avoiding wheat, barley, and rye is really a necessity or more of a trend. Noelle moderates the debate with questions, including:

  • What is celiac, and is it a disease or a trend?
  • How can you tell when a customer has a legitimate allergy at a restaurant?
  • What are the impacts of cross-contamination on someone who has a true allergy?
  • Do you ever eat at a new friend’s house when visiting for the first time?
  • What advice would you give someone who recently became aware that they’re allergic to gluten?
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Restaurant PunkBy Kara Restaurant Group