Below are the restaurants that we have found to be safe for people with Celiac Disease in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please add any that you have found as we are desperate for a comprehensive list in this area...

1 - Zadin - Castro - Fantastic Vietnamese/French - good prices, good wine, and they seem to understand gluten free very well. Average price for entree $10-18

2 - Ayi Yoshi Ya - Burlingame - Inexpensive Sushi Restaurant in Broadway Ave. - probably the only thing gluten free is the sushi however.

3 - Mangiamo's - Windosor (not exactly SF Bay area but has gluten free items - pizza was pretty good considering some gluten-free crusts that we have had)

4 - Mamacita - Marina - fantastic mexican food - wait staff was very accommodating and most things were gluten-free (not the desserts obviously)

5 - First Crush - near Powell Bart Station - fantastic food and wait staff. They don't have a gluten free menu, but the waiter checked on everything for us to be sure and it seemed most things didn't have gluten. Polenta cake was safe (usually there is a problem with this). Great wine list too (not by the glass however.)

6 - Andalu - SF - I heard the chef will accommodate gluten-free needs and I heard the food was good but we haven't had a chance to try it yet.

7 - Hola's Mexican Cantina - Burlingame and Belmont - Most dishes seem to be gluten-free - their tamales are not gluten-free we have been told. The chips seem to make my husband a little sick - so I believe they are fried in the same oil as flour tortillas - so I would avoid those. Entree items seem to be ok though. Ave. price $12-18

So far, these are the only places in the San Francisco Bay Area that we have found that are gluten free or that appear to understand the term and how to accommodate us...doesn't San Francisco have more options than this??? Please help as we enjoy going out to dinner but can't find much that passes the gluten-free test.

So not exactly in SF area, but I highly recommend a trip to The Melting Pot, this is a fondue place so if your doing dairy free it's not so great ;-)

How ever if gluten-free is the concern they where willing to go that extra mile to make my vist enjoyable.
Review: The Melting Pot

Planning to go to San Fran - bit disapointing to see this short list But thankyou all the same

check out GFRAP to see what they have

Also check with whatever SF-based celiac societies you can find

There is a Morton's in SF and in San Jose. Just ate at Morton's Steakhouse in Stamford CT last night - they have a laminated list of *everything* on the menu sorted into not gluten-free and gluten-free categories, and truly kept track - runner bringing the asparagus said "here is your unmarinated asparagus". (they were not on my local GFRAP list though...)

generally white table cloth type restaurants and/or smaller from-scratch single cuisine or health food type restaurants work best for me...even if they're not explicitly "gluten-free". Just remember to remind all of soy sauce, miso etc. easy-to-miss type items (and don't eat anything that was marinated before it arrived at the restaurant, who knows what's in that!).

Happy eating

There is an Outback Steakhouse in Marin County just off of the 101 by Tiburon/Sausilito.

There is also a gluten free bakery/lunch pizza place in Oakland called Mariposa's, I haven't been there yet but intend to someday.

I'm too scared to eat out since I can't do dairy, sugar, gluten, oil or red meat...BUT...I have done some research and can add to the list

Chipotle

Red Lobster

and Whole Foods (for lunch!)