Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern
$$ • Restaurant
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I had the quesadilla and my stomach hurt afterwards. The manager brought out my food and made sure to say it was gluten free
Have eaten here a couple of times and I feel like they take gluten free seriously. Have a separate gluten free menu with some good variety. I have had the bacon burger and the blackened fish tacos and both were good. Also really good gluten free cheesecake for dessert!
Definitely celiac friendly, have eaten there a bunch without issue. Burgers, pasta and the like have all treated me well!
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Gf bun for burgers. They have updated their menu over the years
Server very knowledgable. Had a GF menu. Ordered steak broccoli and mash potatoes. Wonderful!
The double decker Quesidilla is very good as is the gluten free pasta.
My son and I ordered off the gluten free menu. He got fish tacos and I got sirloin steak. He said the fish in the taco was great but the other ingredients weren't so good. Overall he gave it a 5. When my steak arrived it had cheese on top (which wasn't mentioned on the menu) and fried onions on the side. I questioned the waitress about it. ..sure enough, the onions weren't gluten free. I sent it back. The manager came out and offered top get me something else while I waited for a new steak to be cooked. Everyone else in my party had their food. I asked for my other side dishes. ..steamed broccoli and a tomato cucumber salad with gorgonzola cheese. .They were great and my new steak appeared just as I finished eating the sides. The steak was only so so, but that's what you get for ordering a steak at a place that specializes in fish. My husband enjoyed his breaded fish and chips for father's day so it all worked out.
They have a decent gluten free menu, so that's a plus. I ordered a pasta dish and it was pretty good... but I'll never be going back. Afterward, I got so sick that I seriously thought that if I didn't go to the hospital I was going to die. At about 2am - several hours after the meal - I was sobbing because I was so miserable; I've never felt that sick in my entire life. I'm still unsure if it was actually gluten contamination or if I just straight up got food poisoning. Either way, the food was not good enough for me to risk it again.
You have to ask for the separate gluten free menu. I had the quesadilla and it was very good. Our server also had a gluten intolerance/sensitivity so she understood and was very helpful.
Ordered off the gf menu many times and enjoyed my meal. However it's pretty limited. Kitchen did catch my mistake of ordering ranch that wasnt gf.
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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!
