WOWOW my first post in 2 years, what a time to be alive!! We’ve emerged out of peak pandemic, pros at the art of online food delivery… and dare we say…traveling again?Yes, you’d better believe it. Traveling! On planes! On trains! In automobiles! In fact, I started a new job at the start of 2022…
Restaurant Reviews
Pearl #55: 15 Healthy-ish Gluten-free Chicago Restaurants
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I’ve just finished a 12-day road trip traveling down California’s Highway 1, eating out for almost every meal and tasting delicious things BUT after so.much.food all I want is green and healthy things. I got glutened a couple of times, too, so as I type this on the airplane I’m already thinking…
Pearl #54: Gluten-free at Wrigley Field (Chicago) – UPDATED
UPDATE, SUMMER 2018: Big news!! All of the stars have aligned. Gluten-free hot dogs are BAAACK at Wrigley Field in Chicago! You can find GF hot dogs and GF buns at Marquee Classics, near Aisle 120. I’ve never been happier. I ate two last night. The GF hot dog is not listed on the menu…
Pearl #53: Gluten-free at Wheat’s End (Chicago)
Peeps! Let’s talk about Wheat’s End, in Lakeview! It’s fab. It’s 100% gluten-free. Go there! My friend Liz and I had brunch there a couple weeks back on a beautiful sunny Sunday. I’ve popped in a couple times over the past couple years to pick up goodies to go, but hadn’t physically sat down in…
Pearl #52: The Definitive Ranking of Gluten-Free Cheese Crackers
Pre-Celiac days, there’s nothing I loved more in the world than Cheez-Its. (Except Wheat Thins…but their name alone, by definition, rules out any possibility of finding acceptable GF substitutes, being they are literal Gluten Thins.) So I set off to find the next gluten-free Cheez-It. Having traveled the far corners of my grocery store, I…
Pearl #51: Gluten-free at Ema (Chicago)
Ema is one of my fave places in Chicago right now and they are so gluten-free friendly — they even have a separate gluten-free menu. It’s a Mediterranean, California-inspired restaurant that is so v chic. And they’re Lettuce Entertain You, which you know I love. I’ve made two visits here, once with my vegan mother,…
Pearl #50: Gluten-free at RPM Italian (Chicago)
I swoon over pasta. Thank GOD there are gluten-free substitutes. I really don’t know what I would do. So naturally I’d been dying to try RPM Italian, AKA Bill and Giuliana Rancic’s modern Italian restaurant, in River North. RPM, in the Lettuce Entertain You group, has a gluten-free menu. Like, an actual one, not just oh…
Pearl #49: Gluten-free at Japonais by Morimoto (Chicago)
Officially crossed Japonais by Morimoto off the bucket list when Ken and I went for our anniversary a couple months back. My first impression of the atmosphere was a little off-putting…but the food was great. When we checked in for our reservation at 8:30, they asked us to head down to the “lounge” downstairs for…
Pearl #48: Gluten-free at Derby (Chicago)
In light of the end of the 2014 college football season…and Mizzou’s clenching of the SEC East Division Title…and the win by Mizzou Tigers against University of Minnesota Gophers in the Citrus Bowl, I thought a blog post on gluten-free options at Derby, the official Mizzou bar, would be fitting. Sports bars + gluten-free can…
Pearl #47: Gluten-free at Mercadito (Chicago)
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve put out a new blog post. Work has been insane…I had been trying to soak up Chicago before polar vortex sunk in…it was the holidays…insert excuses here. But 2015 is a new year, so I’m back at it! Luckily, I’ve still been doing my fair share of eating in…
