Every year since we started dating, Mike and I have gone camping/ hiking in Acadia National Park in Maine. This year was our third year making the trip. Each year we get up early on a Thursday morning and drive up to the Kittery Trading Post, buy way too much stuff and grab some breakfast. This year we decided to try a local place.
Showing posts with label Gluten Free Bar Harbor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gluten Free Bar Harbor. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Bar Harbor, ME - Gluten Free Mexican Two Ways
Every year Mike and I head up to Acadia National Park in Maine for four days of hiking and camping. This year we stayed in a screaming child infested campground called Hadley Point. It sucked so much we actually spent time driving around looking at campgrounds for next year.
While out in Southwest Harbor looking at Seawall Campground, which looks awesome by the way, we decided we wanted nachos. I busted out the google phone and typed "nachos" into the yelp application. It turned out there was a Mexican place called XYZ right around the corner. When we pulled up it was only about 4pm and there was only one car there and it was way back on a side street. We decided to go in and were very pleasantly surprised, not by nachos, but by an authentic Mexican restaurant. The food was incredible. I got some kind of grilled shrimp with a stuffed relleno pepper which was to die for and a margarita made with rum. The owner seated us and talked to us about gluten free options for me and they even gave me corn tortillas instead of bread to use with the various fresh salsas. By the time we left, I was pleasantly full, mildly buzzed and the place was packed. I would highly recommend this place to anyone who loves delicious authentic Mexican Food and staying gfree. I can't wait to go back next year.
XYZ Restaurant Website
** Update: Miguel's has been sold and is now a different restaurant. Sadness**
The first year we went to Maine I googled "Gluten Free Bar Harbor" and found an article someone wrote about Miguel's. This place is more of an americanized Mexican restaurant, but is still pretty sweet. They have a special gluten free menu that has their regular menu color coded red and green. Red = Not Gluten Free and Green = Gluten Free. I always get the tacos when I go and they are pretty tasty. If you're up in Bar Harbor give this place a try.
Miguel's Mexican Restaurant Website
Other Restaurants in Bar Harbor:
Bar Harbor is pretty good with gluten free. I've been told that most restaurants can put together gluten free options for you or have special menus if you just ask. We always go to Main Street Diner for breakfast and never have a problem. I just ask them to leave the toast out.
Also, try A & B Naturals. It's an awesome natural foods store and even carries St. Peter's Gluten Free Beer, which in my opinion, is some of the best gluten free beer around.
A & B Naturals Website
Places to be careful eating at:
One place I did go to though, didn't leave me feeling so great about the food I was eating. We went to Tamarind one morning for breakfast and I ordered an egg sandwich on a food for life gluten free english muffin. They prepare the sandwiches out in the open so I asked the teenager that was making my sandwich if he could change his gloves and put down some foil so he wasn't making my gfree sandwich on bread crumbs from regular bread. The haughty attitude I got in return was not appreciated. I explained again that my food cannot touch anything other bread touched. He got all offended and told me that he cleans the surface all the time and that I didn't need to worry. I was pretty worried and stupidly ate the sandwich anyways... bad idea.
All in all. Bar Harbor is really safe place to travel to and stay gluten free. There's amazing hiking and puffins if you're willing to get up early and go on a boat. ;o)
View from Champlain Mountain!
While out in Southwest Harbor looking at Seawall Campground, which looks awesome by the way, we decided we wanted nachos. I busted out the google phone and typed "nachos" into the yelp application. It turned out there was a Mexican place called XYZ right around the corner. When we pulled up it was only about 4pm and there was only one car there and it was way back on a side street. We decided to go in and were very pleasantly surprised, not by nachos, but by an authentic Mexican restaurant. The food was incredible. I got some kind of grilled shrimp with a stuffed relleno pepper which was to die for and a margarita made with rum. The owner seated us and talked to us about gluten free options for me and they even gave me corn tortillas instead of bread to use with the various fresh salsas. By the time we left, I was pleasantly full, mildly buzzed and the place was packed. I would highly recommend this place to anyone who loves delicious authentic Mexican Food and staying gfree. I can't wait to go back next year.
XYZ Restaurant Website
** Update: Miguel's has been sold and is now a different restaurant. Sadness**
The first year we went to Maine I googled "Gluten Free Bar Harbor" and found an article someone wrote about Miguel's. This place is more of an americanized Mexican restaurant, but is still pretty sweet. They have a special gluten free menu that has their regular menu color coded red and green. Red = Not Gluten Free and Green = Gluten Free. I always get the tacos when I go and they are pretty tasty. If you're up in Bar Harbor give this place a try.
Miguel's Mexican Restaurant Website
Other Restaurants in Bar Harbor:
Bar Harbor is pretty good with gluten free. I've been told that most restaurants can put together gluten free options for you or have special menus if you just ask. We always go to Main Street Diner for breakfast and never have a problem. I just ask them to leave the toast out.
Also, try A & B Naturals. It's an awesome natural foods store and even carries St. Peter's Gluten Free Beer, which in my opinion, is some of the best gluten free beer around.
A & B Naturals Website
Places to be careful eating at:
One place I did go to though, didn't leave me feeling so great about the food I was eating. We went to Tamarind one morning for breakfast and I ordered an egg sandwich on a food for life gluten free english muffin. They prepare the sandwiches out in the open so I asked the teenager that was making my sandwich if he could change his gloves and put down some foil so he wasn't making my gfree sandwich on bread crumbs from regular bread. The haughty attitude I got in return was not appreciated. I explained again that my food cannot touch anything other bread touched. He got all offended and told me that he cleans the surface all the time and that I didn't need to worry. I was pretty worried and stupidly ate the sandwich anyways... bad idea.
All in all. Bar Harbor is really safe place to travel to and stay gluten free. There's amazing hiking and puffins if you're willing to get up early and go on a boat. ;o)
View from Champlain Mountain!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Stay Tuned - More Gluten Free Shenanigans Coming Soon!
Like I mentioned in my last post, I have a huge back log for you. Upcoming articles include:
1) Bar Harbor, Maine - My Mexican Food Heaven
2) North Conway, New Hampshire - BBQ, Pizza and Mexican Oh My!
3) Northbridge House of Pizza - A Hidden Gluten Free Gem
4) Gluten Free Beer
5) My Thanksgiving is Even Better Gluten Free
Not necessarily in that order. ;o)
Also, I'll be attending Autodesk University in Las Vegas at the end of November and stopping up in Oakland, CA "On my way home". This adventure will take me on six different flights, a three day conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and a weekend with my friends and their "new" baby. We'll see how this goes. Let's just say I'm packing a tub of reduced fat Jif, which I'm 99% sure is gluten free and a bag of Udi's for good measure. I sure hope the TSA doesn't count peanut butter as a liquid. Ha.
1) Bar Harbor, Maine - My Mexican Food Heaven
2) North Conway, New Hampshire - BBQ, Pizza and Mexican Oh My!
3) Northbridge House of Pizza - A Hidden Gluten Free Gem
4) Gluten Free Beer
5) My Thanksgiving is Even Better Gluten Free
Not necessarily in that order. ;o)
Also, I'll be attending Autodesk University in Las Vegas at the end of November and stopping up in Oakland, CA "On my way home". This adventure will take me on six different flights, a three day conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and a weekend with my friends and their "new" baby. We'll see how this goes. Let's just say I'm packing a tub of reduced fat Jif, which I'm 99% sure is gluten free and a bag of Udi's for good measure. I sure hope the TSA doesn't count peanut butter as a liquid. Ha.
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