Review of MOJO Old City BBQ

Based on previous reviews, I had high hopes about eating here. It's true that when informing your server of a gluten allergy, you receive a list of items to not order instead of a gluten free menu/list of what is safe to eat. You would assume that anything not on the list would be safe to order however when asking about their Smoked Wings which were not on the list but noted on the menu that they were "flash fried" we were told they did not have a dedicated fryer and were not safe. Oops. 1st red flag. Ordered the Smokehouse Chicken after repeating to my server that I had a gluten allergy and meal came out with a giant piece of jalapeño corn bread (not gluten free) on the plate. Sent it back, requesting a new meal due to likely contact with the rest of the meal. New meal came out within moments which raised concern that they just took the bread off and re-served the meal. Needless to say, within hours after eating it was clear I got "glutened." I did have a pleasant email exchange with the manager who refunded our meals, said that she would have meetings with the entire staff to retrain them on gluten allergies and would add the wings to the "do not order" list. A corporate response was a bit more troubling, explaining all their internal procedures to ensure food allergy diners safety but clearly they had no idea that frying food in a shared fryer would cause cross-contamination as it was news to them. I will avoid based on my experience. I hope they follow through and tighten up their internal systems to ensure their gluten free food is actually gluten free.

Celiac friendly?

No