Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern
$$ • Restaurant
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Our favorite neighborhood place! Our CHEERS!!! Be very specific about your needs & they're met every time.
The food is good here, but I don’t feel safe eating here even with gluten free modifications on the menu. My server was very aware I couldn’t eat gluten, and my salad came out with croutons. I asked if they were gluten free, and he said no, so I asked for a new salad. No big deal, mistakes happen. But then he served me the same salad, with the croutons picked off (with obvious crouton crumbs). The manager did end up bringing me a new one after I talked to him, but if you have celiac, I wouldn’t risk it here.
NOT celiac safe, but would be great for gluten sensitive. They marked gluten free items and were great about preparing it separately, but I got sick from I’m assuming CC or seasonings.
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Good food, good atmosphere, a small variety of GF but generally the options are pretty good. If you want to have tortilla chips, they fry those in a fryer that cross-contacts with gluten.
They no longer have a GF menu. There are a few items that noted as GF (or modified to be) but not many choices. Burgers are pretty good. Their fryer is definitely mixed with other foods and not dedicated GF.
Overall it seems like a place that's conscious of Celiac Disease and makes an effort to provide gluten free food, but maybe is a little lax in their execution and their protocols.
I feel ~mostly okay after eating here, but I definitely do not feel 100%. Got the Baja tacos, with gluten free corn tortillas. When the tacos came out, there wasn't any indicator that the tortillas were corn based and not flour based, which scared me. They ended up being corn tortillas (I think - if they had been flour, I would be much sicker right now). Had to rely on the server for help there, but the server did not inspire a great deal of confidence, and said some things that kind of made my eyebrows raise. The menu did have a few gluten free options but everything was labeled "gluten free friendly" which, I mean, I understand. It is a chain, they serve a lot of gluten food, they can't guarantee there will be no cross contamination, but still, the use of the word "friendly" in relation to gluten always strikes terror in me.
So I don't know. Seems like a lot of people have had great experiences here. Maybe I'm just especially sensitive.
Menu items were clearly marked, staff was very knowledgeable and accommodating. Very good food, satisfied with my experience.
Best burger ever!! Service was great!
