Review of Abby Lane

Abby Lane has their menu marked "gluten free" on the appropriate items. It's a fairly standard list-they have gluten free pizza crust and sandwich bread, and most of the salads are on there. However, exercise caution when ordering (read on for details).

Have been here twice. First time (4/16), ordered the nachos, which we were assured were fried separately and a pizza. My girlfriend (celiac) had no issues.

We returned in 10/16, planning to order the nachos (since they are so hard to find). We asked the waitress if they were still fried separately. She said, "no, but the chef tells me the gluten from other products in the fryer gets cooked off in the process." Obviously, this contradicted what we were told last time, along with common sense and basic food science. Our waitress had the good sense to say that she really didn't trust that logic, and that we best stay away from the nachos. We did, and had no issues.

I followed up with the manager, who stated that the menu has changed, and that the nachos are now subject to cross-contamination in the fryer. She did apologize that the theory about gluten being cooked off had made it to the wait staff, and said they would be re-training their staff. However, it definitely raised some red flags about how careful the kitchen is about cross contamination, since they seem to not understand it. This is why I didn't rate it Celiac friendly.

Celiac friendly?

No