Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern
$$ • Restaurant
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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.
Celiacs beware. They use butter/dairy in almost everything.
They have a gf menu. And each and every time I've eaten there (which is 12+times) I've never had an issue. Food is reliable and good. Not great. But safe. Which is more than I can say for many restaurants that offer a gf menu. I always order peel and eat shrimp. And then one of the gf entrees.
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Excellent gluten free menu. I had the peel And eat shrimp and the salad with salmon. Scrumptious! And they have Redbridge beet!
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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.
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!
I had the quesadilla and my stomach hurt afterwards. The manager brought out my food and made sure to say it was gluten free
