Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern
$$ • Restaurant
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I was so excited about the Baja fish tacos, which were delicious, until l realized they were made on flour tortillas. I threw them out after the first bite.
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Ordered the delicious Bacon Burger on a gluten-free bun that held up well. No separate fryer, so I substituted mashed potatoes that were nothing special. Great service and atmostphere.
Good burger and sweet potato fries. Server was knowledgeable and nice.
They have a separate GF menu with more choices than most restaurants. They served my food separately and noted it was GF.
I ordered an entree that had no mention in the description that it had cheese on it. I am highly allergic to all dairy and gluten. I didn't ask the run down of what was in it trusting the menu to say it had cheese. They remade my food without all the dairy, and we still paid full price for my meal. Needless to say we will not be returning to Rusty Bucket.
4 stars only because the food was wonderful. The service all 4 times we've been there not so great. My husband refuses to go back after the last time.
Excellent options. They even have a quesadilla on corn tortillas.
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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.
I had the quesadilla and my stomach hurt afterwards. The manager brought out my food and made sure to say it was gluten free
