During a recent trip to Washington, DC for the Fancy Food show, I got to experience a little of what the area has to offer gluten-free diners. Can you imagine having gluten-free pizza and pasta delivered to your front door? Frankly, I before I experienced it myself, I could not. One night when we were beat from walking the show floor all day, where we ate food samples most of the day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Delight gluten-free team decided to order dinner in. We ordered gluten-free pizza, gluten-free pasta and a Greek salad from Mamma Lucia’s, a place that happens to deliver to our Executive Editor’s area of town.
I could hardly believe that we could just call the restaurant, place our order and then wait for the order of gluten-free food to appear in about 30 minutes. But in fact, that is exactly what happened! I was in the mood for pasta and salad but managed to snag a small piece of pizza from one of the two gluten-free pizza boxes as well. The pasta was very good and the pizza, made with a Still Riding Pizza crust, was surprisingly tasty!
For lunch one day, we enjoyed standard lunch fare from Lilit Café. Not only do they offer gluten-free French fries and onion rings, they offer gluten-free sub rolls and sandwich bread! It was a little overwhelming to decide what to order with so many options, but I settled on a Chicken & Cheese Philly sandwich on a roll. It did not disappoint! I’m pretty sure you could get away with serving the sandwich I had to a gluten eater and they’d never question the roll. It just tasted like a sub roll – no odd texture or taste – just great bread!
One evening we went to Austin Grill for a Tex-Mex dinner. The place has a great gluten-free menu and there were many terrific looking items to choose from. For the first time in over five years, I was able to order chicken enchiladas (made with corn tortillas, of course) with a red sauce. My meal came with rice and beans, but all I really cared about was the delicious enchiladas! The food is made with very fresh ingredients, yet the prices are very reasonable. There are several locations of Austin Grill in and around our nation’s capital.
It seems that the gluten-free set in DC and the surrounding areas have it made in the shade!
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