Cuchi Cuchi
795 Main Street
Cambridge, MA
Cuchi Cuchi is one of the most fun restaurants I've been to. They have great decor and the waitstaff dresses up in a Moulin Rouge type theme. (There is a costume room in back, we had to ask our waitress where their outfits came from!) Rarely does a restaurant have a theme and costumed waitstaff AND fantastic food all in one, but Cuchi Cuchi does it all. The drink menu has one fun named drink after another and since it was a girl's night out with a group of friends, I think we must have tried them all! The menu is a variety of small plates (the menu points out that it's not tapas which are Spanish) and there is a special gluten free menu. I tried the seafood avocado, ceviche, gratin dauphinois, and berries with fruit kissel and cream. Everything was amazing.
Seafood Filled Avocado at Cuchi Cuchi
Scallop Ceviche Shot at Cuchi Cuchi
Joe's American Grill
181 Newbury St
Boston, MA
I liked Joe's so much that I ate here three times! There is a special gluten free menu so ordering was a breeze. The gluten free pizza was really good, good enough that I got it twice : ) The third visit, I decided to roll the dice and get the lobster mac&cheese with the gluten free noodles. The waiter told me that it might be a little soupy since they would have to leave off the breadcrumbs that usually soak up some of the sauce - I was not to be deterred and ordered it anyway. The gluten free lobster mac&cheese was pretty good and I did enjoy it, but the waiter was definitely correct about the soupy-ness.
Gluten Free Margherita Pizza at Joe's
Gluten Free Lobster Mac&Cheese at Joe's
Jacob Wirth
31 Stuart Street
Boston, MA
You can't argue with a historic pub restaurant that offers $1 Root Beer Floats - especially when they also have a special gluten free menu. I enjoyed the potato pancakes with roasted apples and cinnamon cream. Jacob Wirth's is also special because it's located in one of the only remaining Victorian bow front row houses in that area of downtown. It's been in the same location since 1878.
Potato Pancake with Roasted Apples at Jacob Wirth
Finale
1 Columbus Ave
Boston, MA
Finale is an uppity dessert bar adjacent to Boston's Park Plaza hotel off of the Commons, but has amazing desserts (most of which aren't gluten free). But - they do offer a gluten free menu. I enjoyed the cheesecake with berries and a flight of hot chocolates!
flight of hot chocolates at Finale
gluten free cheesecake at Finale
Nebo Italian Restaurant
90 N. Washington
Boston, MA
Nebo is a completely delicious Italian restaurant on the edge of Boston's famed North End. They even won a throwdown with Bobby Flay - though the reason I picked it was the extensive gluten free menu. They offer a special gluten free menu and everything we got was amazing. There were so many appetizers on the gluten free menu, so we ordered two: the mascarpone polenta with wild mushroom ragu and burrata with proscuitto and a balsamic fig glaze. For dinner, I had the gluten free pasta bolognese. There was barely room for dessert, but we managed to enjoy a couple of slices of the dessert pizza with chocolate, nutella, and hazelnuts. We also ordered the flight of bellinis (strawberry, raspberry, mango and peach), which was completely amazing but my picture is awful (and yes, I took it before drinking the bellinis!) so I'm putting up the picture from their website because it's so beautiful.
bellini flight!!!
what survived of the gluten free dessert pizza at Nebo
Montien Thai
63 Stuart StBoston, MA
Possibly the best Thai food I've had. Rumor has it that visiting dignitaries from Thailand eat here when they come to Boston, and I believe it.
B.Good
locations around the greater Boston Area
Any burger place that offers gluten free hamburger buns is ok by me (especially if they have a big sign advertising it!)... and the ones at B. Good were fantastically soft and had a great texture. The milkshake and fries were tasty as well.
Ufood Grill
locations around Boston
I liked the idea of a place serving healthy fast food, but it turns out that they didn't have a whole lot of gluten free options and what they had, I wasn't really into - though I applaud them for noting which are gluten free right on the menu (like all restaurants ought to!).
Kickass Cupcakes
378 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA
This is one of my favorite cupcake shops and I was so glad to see that it's still around (and expanded even) since the last time I was in Boston. The cupcakes are so nice looking that last time we were there, my husband even accidentally ordered one that was meant for dogs (don't worry, the clerk then told him he probably meant to pick a people flavor) - the dog ones are on the bottom shelf and he's pretty tall so he couldn't see the sign.
Tasti D Lite
Newbury St
Boston, MA
An import from NYC, Tasti D Lite is soft serve ice cream and pretty tasty. The allure is mainly that they have around 100 rotating flavors and it's a different selection every day (therefore making it fun!). We ate a fair amount of Tasti D Lite during our three weeks in New York a year ago August... but it wasn't until we were in line this time behind some savvy Boston regulars that we learned you can get them to mix up a personal batch of ANY of their flavors for you for around $1 extra. So you can have orange creamsicle every day!
Farther Afield:
Alice's Diner
Fall River, MA
I didn't get to go here because of their hours on Monday, but I'm including it because it's quite a find. The gluten free menu is out of this world and if everything tastes as good as it ought to, it would be worth a visit! Gluten free offerings include: belgian waffle, pancake, french toast, crepes, fried chicken, fried seafood, sandwiches, and onion rings.
O'Brien's Pub
Newport, RI
We took a day trip down to Newport, RI to check out the mansions (a couple of which had ballrooms as large as our entire house no joke) and found this place for dinner. The weather was great, so we ate outside on the really large patio. People had their dogs along for drinks/dinner and it was fun to watch them. The dog behind us is clearly into our food! Moments later, she jerked so hard on her leash that the owner's chair (with the lady in it) fell over sideways. Note to self: don't tie your large dog's leash to your plastic chair). O'Brien's had limited gluten free offerings, but most importantly, they were labelled and in a section of their own, and I will take good menu labeling over lots of top secret gluten free options that you have to ask a waiter about any day.. The pizza was fantastic!!!
Gluten Free pizza at O'Brien's
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