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Being diagnosed with Celiac disease (wheat-gluten intolerance) is sort of like being condemned to *Heck* for the rest of your existence.. It's certainly not *Hell* .. providing you observe your dietary restrictions, you are not suffering any pain and torment.. it's just that suddenly the eating-out aspect of your life becomes.. somewhat less fun... no more *regular* pizza, beer, pastry, pastas, breads, brownies, cookies, sandwiches, dishes with soy sauce, soups with roux... etc... Still, since my condition was diagnosed..I have found the following places that accomodate my condition (also.. if you avoid the flour tortilla offerings.. Mexican restaurants..)

 1. Falafel's Drive In

2301 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 294-7886

Category: Middle Eastern

5.0 star rating
  Update - 1/28/2011

So why'm I bothering to update my dusty century's old review of Falafel's Drive-in.. when every good thang about the place that *can* be said, *has* been said in a jillion different ways by a jillion different Yelpers?

Well.. I'm *celebratin'* is…More »

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  • 5.0 star rating
    10/17/2007

    OK... I ate the first falafel in my life here at this place back in the '70's.. at the dawn of… Read more »

 2. Maggiano's Little Italy

3055 Olin Ave
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 423-8973

Category: Italian

4.0 star rating
  5/10/2010

Mother's Day was celebrated at Maggiano's. My intention was lunch with the kids and Susie there, present her with a card with a C-note inside, and take her for a little M Day purchasing of some nice clothing items at Chico's and Corvis across the…More »

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 3. Gather

2200 Oxford St
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 809-0400

Category: American (New)

Neighbourhoods: UC Campus Area, Downtown Berkeley

5.0 star rating
  4/5/2010

The menu said "Roasted Sardines," so I of less-than-well-rounded palate, whose entire sardine dining experience to that point was strictly of the out-of-the-tin variety, selected that item.

I did not have to hesitate and inquire further about the…More »

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 4. I Gatti

25 E Main St
Los Gatos, CA 95030
(408) 399-5180

Category: Italian

4.0 star rating
  1/21/2010

We booked a reservation here by accident! I thought this place was another place (The Pastaria and Market, a little less elegant) that we had noticed just a few yards down the street last time we were in Los Gatos. Duh...

Anyway, after we arrived and…More »

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 5. Mezcal

25 W San Fernando St
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 283-9595

Category: Mexican

5.0 star rating
  9/23/2009

Sob.. I'm Celiac.. gluten-intolerant .. and their mole contains a small bit of wheat flour and thus is not gluten-free.. so none of their mole for me! though my wife, my son, and god son all seemed to be having a good time with it.

What I *did* find…More »

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 6. Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza

1072 Willow St
San Jose, CA 95125
(408) 971-7080

Category: Pizza

4.0 star rating
  6/23/2009

Sigh.. as a guy who used to relish tearing into a good thick-crusted pizza.. My life has definitely taken a turn for the less-indulgent since my Celiac condition (wheat-gluten intolerance) was diagnosed, last August.

Now my only opportunities for…More »

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 7. Kaita Restaurant

215 Jackson St
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 287-5551

Category: Japanese

4.0 star rating
  6/2/2009

I guess sometime last year I did something to really, really irritate (but not enrage) God, because he then, in turn, decided to consign me not to living hell, but to living heck.. and cursed me with Celiac disease (wheat-gluten intolerance).…More »

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 8. Antonella Ristorante

1701 Park Ave
San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 279-4922
4.0 star rating
  Update - 3/24/2009

A little update in the way of a gluten-free dining tip for this restaurant. Since my Celiac diagnosis last August.. I've had to forego a *lot* of what Italian eateries have to offer.. no pasta.. no pizza.. nothing containing wheat flour product..…More »

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  • 4.0 star rating
    7/17/2008

    My wife and I have rather different preferences.. like when we walk ourselves or our dogs, I'd… Read more »

 9. Sugar Butter Flour

669 S Bernardo Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
(408) 732-8597
4.0 star rating
  3/13/2009

Ever since I was diagnosed with Celiac disease (wheat gluten intolerance) last August, I resented the very presence of a business called "Sugar, Butter, Flour," .. since the Flour part of the equation put all those beautiful lookin' cakes, and…More »

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 10. Tee Nee Thai Cuisine - CLOSED

1423 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 947-7927

Category: Thai

4.0 star rating
  3/8/2009

As many times as I've driven down the Alameda, this place somehow never registered with me.. Then yesterday my son notices it while i'm driving with him and his girlfriend to eat somewhere else.. and we decide trying this place out seems a little…More »

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 11. Fresh Choice Restaurant - CLOSED

1654 S Bascom Ave
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 559-1912

Category: American (New)

5.0 star rating
  1/16/2009

OK.. the five stars are just me.. I don't expect anyone *else* to pass out five stars.. to a restaurant chain that serves up solid but unspectacular cuisine in a cafeteria setting.. But as a recently diagnosed Celiac with wheat-gluten intolerance,…More »

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 12. P.F. Chang's China Bistro

98 S 2nd St
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 961-5250
5.0 star rating
  1/3/2009

Some damn bozo is gonna have to be the one to give this place 5 stars.. So it might as well be me...

I hereby bestow on the P.F. Chang's China Bistro chain... Five Stars.. For being the *first* restaurant I've been to that has a nice labeled *menu of…More »

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 13. The Joint Pizzaria & Deli

1219 Wharf St
Victoria, BC V8W 1T9
Canada
(250) 389-2226

Categories: Delis, Pizza

4.0 star rating
  10/19/2008 First to Review

Four stars to this place for being where it was.. just at the time we were needing something to eat.. AND me being in the mood for a pizza.. but needing it to be a *gluten-free* pizza.. since I have been recently diagnosed as afflicted with Celiac…More »

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Location

San Jose, CA

Yelping Since

August 2006

Things I Love

warm smiles, dancing eyes, easy laughter, kind people, piano bars, karaoke, singing, dancing

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Home, work, or some place with a mic that customers can sing into

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San Jose, CA

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