Gluten Free Northern California

Better late than never... this is a continuation of this article.


After a week of conferencing in Vegas, I headed up to Concord, California to see a friend of mine from college , his fiancee and their one year old son.

I took a US Airways flight from Vegas to Phoenix and then from Phoenix to Oakland where I rented a car and drove up to Concord. The flights were pretty painless and they had Starbucks right next to the gate in Vegas so I got a soy latte and a huge bottle of water. I landed at about 3:30pm and made it to Concord around dinnertime Friday. We decided to try Guadalajara Grill for dinner. It was a huge painful disaster. We ordered take out and I got the Chilies Relleno and a taco combo. I've had Chilies Relleno before. It's a Chile stuffed with cheese and covered in more cheese. I ordered over the phone and asked the guy if the Chilies were deep fried, he said no. I asked if the corn tortillas were made of only corn. He haughtily answered 'no, what else would be in corn tortillas?!' I said that sometimes people put wheat flour in them, to which he responded 'there's no wheat in what you're getting'. I should have hung up the phone and tried another place, but it was late and I was tired and hungry. We finished placing the order and then went and picked it up. I opened up my container back at home to find the tip of a taco and a sea of cheese. The dinner supposedly had one chili relleno, one taco, beans and rice. All I saw was cheese and a taco screaming for help underneath. I preemptively dug around a little bit and found the rest of the food. After eating most of the chili relleno I found an unexpected texture in my mouth... mushy bread. There was a huge hand sized piece of bread under the chili.... hiding from me under all the cheese and sauce. Needless to say I was sick later that night... Moral of the story... Don't trust people that won't politely answer your food allergy questions.