Review of State Fare

I ate here by chance with friends. I do know I had a mild cross contamination reaction. I had a garden salad with salmon. They did attempt to accommodate and the “salad” (romaine, red onion, tomato- a small bowl was $10) was very fresh and the salmon (additional charge) was very good. (For some reason the waitress decided to eliminate the cucumber on my behalf… I had to ask for it. I ordered the same garden salad other persons at the table ordered. She said she was trying to accommodate me because of the gluten by eliminating the cucumber?)The establishment is not set up for someone with any kind of allergy and the staff seems very uniformed. They also seemed to need to have a discussion as to whether I really “needed” gluten free or if it was just a “preference”. I also repeated myself several times to the staff to serve the other persons in my party first but they kept hovering and trying to get an order from me. It’s very frustrating when everyone else wants their food and staff is asking me questions repeatedly and not listening while everyone watches. I don’t think it’s considerate to keep everyone else waiting and they were being pushy about having me eat something I didn’t want. (Plain steamed white rice.) The only real accommodation is gluten free buns. I also cannot have dairy and I was not even able to get a portion of olive oil as a substitute for salad dressing. The waitress tried to give me malt vinegar. The whole experience was extremely stressful (as it has been with restaurants who are not allergen friendly). I can’t speak against the establishment as far as quality of the food but I wouldn’t recommend eating here.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much/None

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent