Gluten Free in Las Vegas

Another trip to Vegas, more great and interesting Gluten Free Dinning Options! 

First and Foremost my Favorite West Coast Restaurant is coming to the strip. In-N-Out Burger!! A burger Protein or Animal style with a side of fries is enough to keep me happy when I'm on the West Coast, so I look forward to an easy trip to In-N-Out on my next Vegas trip! The new location will be in the Linq Promenade right next to Sprinkle's Cupcakes who make a great Gluten Free Red Velvet cupcake to top it off. You can't miss In-N-Out or Sprinkles as you walk towards the High Roller Wheel at the Promenade. 
Going to the opposite end of the states, there is a Wahlburgers in front of the Bally's Hotel in the heart of the strip. I'd read that they had gluten free options so we waiting the 40 minutes at lunch time on a Friday to get a burger. They have their own propitiatory recipe Gluten Free Buns! Even better, they tasted wonderful! I got a double burger with bacon and a root beer float. It was an amazing meal. They made sure to note allergy when delivering my food so I felt even better about eating there. 

Crossing over to TI (Treasure Island) From my hotel the Palazzo seemed like forever (3 walk ways, up and down and the chilly weather made it seem forever), but totally worth it for this pizza. Pizzeria Francesco's was so good my fiance asked if I was certain it was gluten free. What was amazing they took new ingredients to make the pizza, made them in their own oven separate from the other pizzas they were making, and when they came out, they went in back to a special pizza cutter, not the shared ones up front. The pizza was so good. They're only 10" personal pizza's so I got two. We finished both without hesitation!

Another Positive, there are several Chipotle locations on the strip now. So if you want something quick and familiar they're there in several locations. 

I was slightly miffed with Tao Las Vegas. While I've had good success with places on Find Me Gluten Free, I've had options fall flat. This one fell flat, even with 7 Positive reviews and so many "Celiac Safe" Reviews. Their menu has Gluten Free Labels but not all are "Celiac Safe" Because the Chicken powder (I'm assuming this is bullion) has barley, so not everything marked GF is really Gluten Free! The Steak, Thai Chicken, Chicken Pad Thai and Asian Street noodles all marked Gluten Free, Contain Barley!! The waitress started out asking if I had a gluten allergy or celiac, cause that would make a difference. She tried telling me with a gluten allergy I could have these items with barley in them. That made me mad! But she directed me on the "safe" options, and gave me a wrong item, but the note to the chef that I have Celiac he corrected the option by not adding the sauce. Personally I'm glad I tried this place, as I've wanted to try it each time I've been to Vegas, but I won't be going back. It was a very expensive for chicken and veggies with no sauce! There were

Chili Dog Casarole

This is a super easy meal that honestly anyone can make. I made this the other night, as the temperatures were turning colder, and I had an errand to run. Started this, threw it in the oven as my fiance got home, and told him to pull it out when the oven dinged! Super easy and I was home right after he pulled it out. Turned out amazing. 

Ingredients:

• 3 Cans Hormel Chili with beans. (Careful the Hormel Chili w/o beans is not Gluten Free!!)
• 6 Hot dogs, chopped up
• ½ a bag of Ore Ida Tater Tots
• 1 package shredded Cheddar cheese
• Optional: Sour Cream

Directions:

1. Take a casserole dish, 10x10 or so in size, pour in 1 can of chili and evenly spread on the bottom of the dish.
2. Next layer in 3 chopped up hotdogs, and top with the 2^nd can of chili.
3. Repeat this step one more time, layering the rest of the hot dogs and the 3^rd can of chili.
4. Sprinkle the top with cheddar cheese.
5. Next layer Tater tots laying on their side to cover the entire dish, and sprinkle with some more cheese.

Set the oven to 370 degrees and bank for about 45-50 minutes. When you take it out it will be bubbly and hot. I served it up in bowls, and added extra cheese to the top. If you like you could even add a dollop of sour cream to the top!

Explorium Brewpub

While up in the suburb area of Milwaukee we found the Explorium Brewpub, in Greendale. They are a small brewery inside the Southridge Mall, in the upper level by Macy's. They have a cute outdoor seating area, with an outside bar and fire pit. we opted to sit inside, cause winter is coming quickly here in the midwest! They brew their own beers, but unfortunately, none of their beers they brew on premise are gluten free. They did have an option of Green's Gluten free beer in bottles or a cider on tap. I never drink beers or ciders on tap, because you can't be certain of the lines and tappers having been cleaned well enough before the gluten free option was placed on the line. So I went with a Greens.

Squeaky Cheese with Hop Oil

Their menu is pretty awesome. They had lots of gluten free appetizer options, buns for burgers and crusts for pizza. They did have a couple items that made me scratch my head, you can get Gluten Free crackers with the Ale cheddar dip... But the dip isn't gluten free... My brother got there before us and got a table, asked the gluten free questions. When the server came over with our drinks she told me "I know you're gluten free and it's an allergy and I'm not even your server!" 

They have wings, which are gluten free, and fries are in their own fryer, (Yay!) there is 1 wing option a BeerBQ option that is NOT gluten free. We went with the medium buffalo, it's a mix of traditional buffalo and a BBQ flavor. So tasty, and tangy. We also got an order of mussels. We're not big fish fans, but my fiance and I do both like mussels. The only issue is the mussels came out with a huge chunk of bread on top. The moment I pointed it out to the waitress that it was an issue, she agreed they would remake my dish completely, to ensure there was no allergy reactions. She came back twice while we ate our wings to ensure us that they were remaking it and that she was so sorry for the mix up. 

Over all our meal was enjoyable, and we do want to make a trip there again, cause the food was tasty there were lots of options, I did not get the fries this time, so next time I will have to! The staff was really good at knowing and understanding gluten free, and happy to make sure it's done correctly. I give them 5 dragonflies cause despite not being 100% dedicated they left me with a good feeling and I knew  I was being taken care of.