Daily News | Can you eat gluten-free at the Jersey Shore? Craig LaBan has 12 best bets.
The fried chicken taco hovered tantalizingly like a promising lunch — but also a juicy open question. Could it possibly be gluten-free, as advertised?
The news was deflating, not only for us after making a special trip here for lunch, but also for Tacoshop owner Lucas Manteca, who prides himself on gluten-free offerings. To eat out in restaurants requires extra fortitude, from putting trust in others to having the confidence to advocate for yourself. Imagine the indignity of going to a Chipotle, which has common sense protocols for accommodating allergy requests, and watching the staff roll their eyes as they change their gloves and then ask with a dismissive sigh: “What’s wrong with you, again?”
the advertised tomato-lemon vinaigrette for the octopus with a sesame-soy sauce that contained gluten. Alice took one bite of octopus, recognized the Asian flavor profiles and instantly sounded the alarm to the mortified server, who’d not been apprised of the change, though the Ken’s Dressing label on the container very clearly said it contained wheat. Luckily, Alice had not eaten more than a bite, suffered only from a headache that evening.
“There’s a demand for it and I want to be the supply for it,” says Betty’s Marchel. “The seasonal crowd that comes here is generally more health-conscious, and I’d estimate that at least three-quarters of the people who order gluten-free are not even celiac.”
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