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The final of my year-end round-up posts covered the cream of the crop of chain restaurants I visited this year. Unlike my top picks from Baltimore (click here) and Washington D.C. (click here) this year, the good thing about the following chain restaurants is that there’s a good chance there’s a location near you. As an added bonus, chain restaurants are nice because they are located across state borders, which ensures a little piece […]
To see my 2015 Best Gluten-Free in Baltimore list, click here. To see the 2014 list, click here. As 2016 is quickly coming to a close, I have to do the difficult task of determining the highlights of my favorite gluten-free eats I’ve had this year. This year I’m spotlighting my top favorite foodie finds of 2016 in both Baltimore and D.C., the locales I’ve covered most this year. Because I want […]
Although Baltimore is technically my home, I’ve spent far more time in Washington D.C. this year exploring the foodie scene. From food trucks to sit down restaurants, I’ve visited restaurants that have run the gamut in cuisine. Narrowing down my top ten favorite restaurants of 2016 was quite the challenge, so I want to clarify the criteria used for the ten that have earned a spot on my annual round-up of […]
Back in Orlando for only a few weeks, I came home with a lengthy list of places I wanted to check out for gluten-free eats. After enjoying lunch at Disney Springs, I suggested a stop at The Tasty Trend Bakery for dessert, a gluten-free bakery in Winter Garden that has allergen-friendly options on hand. In a town overrun by chain bakeries where gluten-free is often an afterthought, The Tasty Trend focuses on those […]
It’s been quite a while since my last visit to Orlando, but in my absence I couldn’t help but notice a buzz building around the transformation of Downtown Disney to Disney Springs. With a new layout, new shops, and new dining options, I knew I wanted to check out the complex soon after arriving home for the holidays. After going to a movie at the AMC located on property, my mom and […]
The next item I ordered was the pretzel brittle, which consisted of pretzel pieces coated in a decadent, sticky, sweet caramel. So often dairy-laden, it was a treat to be able to enjoy the crunchy brittle, but my enjoyment was tampered by bits of the box sticking to the brittle. I don’t want to eat paper, so I had to painstakingly cut away contaminated sections and throw out a decent […]
Taking the honor of the last restaurant I will review in Baltimore this year is Birroteca, a modern Italian restaurant with rustic sensibilities. Birroteca has two locations in the central Maryland region, one in Baltimore, and one in Bel Air. Owned by the same owners of Encantada (my review here), I couldn’t wait to see how Birroteca would compare. My standards for gluten-free pizza have been elevated to almost unreal level, […]
On my last D.C. trip of 2016, I had less than 24 hours to check out new restaurants or visit old favorites. I decided to use the time to trek up to Bethesda (via the red line Metro) to finally pay a visit to a gluten-free friendly restaurant that I have only heard good things about for years. A little off the beaten path (especially on foot), Lilit Cafe proved […]
Although this is not the case everywhere, December is certainly not prime smoothie-drinking weather here in Maryland. This time of year we tend to go for hot drinks and foods over frozen concoctions. However, upon hearing that Towson’s latest gluten-free friendly restaurant was Pure Raw Juice, a 100% organic and raw juice and smoothie bar, I did not let the season- nor freezing temperatures- deter me from checking out the newcomer […]
For someone who lives and works in Baltimore, a disproportionate amount of my recent reviews have covered Washington DC in lieu of my hometown. It’s been a while since I did some culinary sleuthing in Charm City, but was craving Thai food, which called for a new expedition to find a gluten-free restaurant in my home city. After scouring Google, I came across Thai Landing, a restaurant in the Mount Vernon neighborhood- just […]