Review of Me-n-Ed's Pizza Parlors

I had been hearing about Me-n-Ed’s for a while. I’m hesitant to order pizza or pasta in a restaurant unless it’s 100% GF because of the high chance for CC but I had previously emailed this location to ask about their protocols for GF and they sounded like they were super knowledgeable and had good procedures in place. I was told they had a separate prep area, separate oven, and they made the GF pizzas in the walk-in cooler so there’s no flour in the air and they use fresh ingredients that haven’t had floury hands and utensils in them yet. Sounded better than most places so I was in the area on Saturday and running late so I ordered a GF pepperoni pizza for myself and a regular pizza for my child. I was sure to tell the person who took my order thatI had celiac disease so it wasn’t a preference, it was a medical necessity. When I picked up the pizza, my GF pizza was clearly labeled. When I got the pizza home I was hungry and tired so dived right in. I was underwhelmed with the crust and felt like most frozen GF pizzas I’ve tried were better than that. Then after a couple of very thin and small slices I reached for another, to find a black wiry hair on it. It looked like a beard hair. Hair does my gross me out as much as some people and I’d caught it before it got in my mouth so I wasn’t impressed but I didn’t stop eating it. It certainly wasn’t the best pizza I’d ever had and my kiddo said their cheese pizza wasn’t particularly good either, but we were fed and I didn’t have to make it so, off to bed. Only to be woken a few hours later with the worst stomach pains. I spent the next two days on the toilet, and fighting nausea. It’s now four days later and I’m still nauseous, my joints are achy, I’m sluggish and foggy and headachy and feeling generally unwell and shaky still. I got fully glutened. I was diagnosed 8 years ago and have never eaten gluten like this since. The worst I’ve done was took one bite of pasta from Olive Garden and realized right away they’d served me regular pasta. And I’ve been hit with CC before. But not an entire meal. I’m super disappointed and definitely will not be eating here again.

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

— Not at all

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

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

— Below Average