Glasgow Gluten Free

Due to Covid-19  restrictions, a late dinner in the city is not an option, luckily most of these restaurants are also open for lunch and takeaways!  As always, menus and ingredients often change so be sure to double check and always inform your waiter that you are coeliac.  Check out the GGF guide:  Coeliac or Gluten Intolerant? Here Are 10 Tips to Follow When Going Out For a Meal Click on the title of each restaurant to be taken to the menu and feel free to view GGF's interactive map to find them (look for the stars):  Burgers Bread Meats Bread - GF Burger bun, patty and fries from separate fryer. © 2020 Keith Davison-Timeout Buck's Bar - GF chicken burgers and wings. Reassured by a separate preparation area and fryer for all gluten free food.  © 2020 Buck's Bar Monterey Jack's - GF burgers, separate fryer for chips (be sure to ask for it) and great cocktails!                Mexican Bibi's Cant...

                    Nervous about eating out with Coeliac Disease or an intolerance to gluten? We've all been there, follow these tips to help boost your confidence...    Phone a restaurant or café before you go. Although many places advertise a gluten free option (GF bread, pizza base etc.), occasionally you will arrive and they may have run out. If in doubt about a restaurant, its helpful to find the customer reviews on Trip Advisor and then search ‘gluten free’ in the results or ‘coeliac’. Often people list bad experiences which helps take away risk.   When making plans with friends, always try and suggest places you are confident cater for coeliacs. Even if your friends have their eyes set on a place, it’s worth politely explaining to them that its best to go somewhere you ALL can enjoy and where you don’t have to stress falling ill from. Always notify any staff immediately that you have ‘coeliac disease’, no...

It’s Sunday morning and you’ve woken up on the sofa in the living room. You didn’t even make it to bed before passing out at an earth shattering 11pm. You managed to see off a good majority of the alcohol left in your flat during the Zoom quiz with your mates. The hangover is going to hit like a ton of bricks come 1pm or earlier.  Maybe you say a prayer, spend 10 minutes frantically googling ‘hangover cures’, down 2 litres of water… or best of all... decide to go for BRUNCH. There is always the instagrammable ‘avo’ toast- topped with chilli flakes for the wild ones- or eggs benedict. But let’s be honest we all just want a fully cooked breakfast.   In Milnathort (my hometown), the cafés 'Heaven Scent' and 'Loch Leven’s Larder' both offered great gluten free full breakfasts. When I came to Glasgow, initially they were a bit harder to find. One time out of desperation I gave a Wetherspoons staff member my gluten free bread to toast and effectively made my own out o...