It all depends on where in DC you are going. Here is a link to a restaurants in DC, VA, and MD and by location. If you don't mind driving a half hour or so into the suburbs of DC you will find Ruby Tuesdays, TGIFriday's, etc.
Registered: 07/19/01
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Loc: New England, USA
My husband is taking our PA/TNA son to DC for April vacation, too. So if anyone has any recommendations for allergy-aware restaurants (we're looking for hotel recommendations, too!), I'd love to hear them, as well.
If you are willing to travel a little ways (no more than a half hour) outside of DC, you will find the normal assortment of restaurants. Growing up just outside of DC, I have found that Ruby Tuesdays is great! Anytime I ask what the food is cooked in, they are always very receptive and great at checking with the cooking staff and the manager. I posted above of a restaurant guide through the Washington Post. There are links to different areas in DC and in the DC Metro area. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the link. I already found one place that we Cannot go.... 5 guys burgers an fries... On their web site it states that they have open Buckets of Peanuts in the shell that you can scoop and buy.... Just an FYI.
Yeah...forgot to mention that. Red Robin is a great place to go as well as TGIFridays. Qdoba's is a mexican fast food type restaurant that uses no peanuts directly, the brownies are a may contain with peanuts and tree nuts. There is a pesto sauce, but at the Qdoba's I went to by my school and there was no pesto sauce. Here is the link. http://www.qdoba.com/Allergens.aspx
Registered: 03/27/06
Posts: 81
Loc: Columbia, MD USA
I would avoid TGIFridays - I ate there without my son and there was peanut butter (I checked after I had ordered and taken a few bites and noticed "nutty taste") in their veggie chili - staff did not know about it, manager did not know about it, and chef did not seem to know about it until I asked them to check and they had to pull "bin" to look at chili ingredient label. I crossed them off my personal list of places to take PA and TNA son.
Carrabba's (Columbia, suburb of DC) is great with food allergies and good for kids. Red Robin also very good. Three Brothers (pizza chain) in Columbia does not have peanut items on menu and has been fine for us.
Hmmm...the TGIFridays where I live has been great about it. Granted, I always get the chicken fingers. I would stay away from Applebee's personally. I had the nachos and went into an anaphylactic reaction. I had asked the manager about foods to stay away from and the nachos were "safe" according to him. On the first few bites they tasted nutty. Then the reaction started. Logan's Roadhouse is a no-go as well, has open peanuts as free appetizer.
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