Review of Axel's Bonfire

This Bonfire location is historically one of our family's favorite restaurants, so I reserve the right to adjust this review up or down based on subsequent visits.

Our daughter was only very recently diagnosed with celiac. We do not yet know her sensitivity levels with cross-contamination or trace amounts. This restaurant "local-chain " has mixed reviews from the boards I've read. Some glowing, some not, presumably based on location?

What we do know is:

Pros: Staff at Eagan seemed knowledgeable about "gluten-free" (note the air quotes) and menu adjustments and prep separation *until* pressed.

Cons: On the Eagan menu item chosen by our daughter - the Bull Bites - the GF accommodation is along the line of a "less food for the same price" adjustment .

Cons: Staff didn't know difference between "gluten-free" and "not containing gluten ingredients ."

Pros: Food is super yummy and some (not this Eagan one?) locations are known as celiac friendly.

Cons: Our celiac daughter ordered the GF Bull Bites with no spices. They were spicy nonetheless.

Bottom line: Not sure.

We're NOT sure if she was okay or not afterwards (24 hours after our visit, our friends' kid vomited (stomach flu) less than 2 feet from her... hours later,our daughter got sick again despite GD diet... she only had vomit, and not her full array of GI symptoms. I'm inclined to believe the tummy flu.),