Zing Pizza (GFCF pizza in Cambridge)

Zing Pizza (zingpizza.blogspot.com)

GF pizza, unusual choices (e.g. squash sauce w/ blue cheese and; sausage), menu changes from day to day-- check the blog to see what they have. They are not very flexible about changing what they are offering for the day, they will leave off the cheese though so it can be GFCF. Plan on 45 minute wait for GF pizza, but you can call ahead to order. The crust is great-- it comes from Glutenus Minimus bakery, it's dairy free, but does contain eggs.

This place recycles everything, I love it!

Casual atmosphere ($$)

1923 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140

(617) 497-4300

Papa Razzi restaurant (GFCF Pasta in MA, WA DC, NJ, NY and RI)

Papa Razzi (http://www.paparazzitrattoria.com/)


GF pasta that they will make to order, so you can get it without dairy. Sometimes it's really good and sometimes it's just okay. It depends on the chef. The main thing is that they are exceptionally careful when it comes to food intolerance issues.
Upscale ($$$)

Locations in Massachusetts:
*Boston (271 Dartmouth Street) 617-536-9200
*Hanover (2087 Washington Street) 781-982-2800
Wellesley (16 Washingotn Street) 781-235-4747
Concord (768 Elm Street) 978-371-0030
Burlington (2 Wall Street) 781-229-0100
Chestnut Hill (199 Boylston Street) 617-527-6606
Framingham (155 Wocester Road) 508-848-2300

Locations outside of Massachussetts:
Georgetown, Washington DC (1064-1066 Wisconsin Ave) 202-298-8000
Paramus, NJ (298 Garden State Plaza) 298-843-0990
Short Hills, NJ (The Short Hills Mall) 973-467-5544
Westbury, NY (1500 Jericho Turnpike) 516-877-7744
Cranston, RI (1 Paparazzi Way) 401-942-2900

(*Locations I've been to indicated with an asterisk)

Lilli and Loo (Chinese Restaurant in NYC)

Lilli and loo (http://www.lilliandloo.com/)

Awesome chinese food, sushi, other asian cuisine, and vegan smoothies.

This is the best restaurant I've ever been to for gluten free safety, they are well trained and very careful.

It was no problem getting dairy free options.

Upscale ($$$)

Two locations:

792 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10021 (between 61st and 62nd Street) (212-421-7800)

Stone Hearth Restaurant (GFCF Pasta in Boston area)

Stone Hearth Restaurant (http://www.stonehearthpizza.com/)
GF Pizza -- this is really good, but it does have a little dairy, so if you can't have dairy, skip it.

& GFCF Pasta - this is really good if you get it cooked to dine in, if you get it for take out they don't bake it the same way, so it's not as good.
Casual dining ($$)
Three Locations:
Belmont, MA (57 Leonard St.) 617-484-1700
Needham, MA (974 Great Plain Ave) 781-433-0600
*Cambridge, MA (1782 Mass Ave) 617-433-0600

(*Locations I've been to indicated by asterisk)

Surrender to Win

Giving Up
For most of my life I’ve been giving things up, letting things go. It seems this is my life’s lesson. My husband is fond of saying, "Life keeps teaching us the same lessons until we learn them." Once in a while I feel the need to test a food item and see if it still makes me violently ill. But mostly I try to find fun restaurants and great recipes that are alternatives for the foods I love.

My plan is to post the things I've learned over the years. I gave up dairy (casein) 26 years ago, shellfish 14 years ago, soy 3 years ago and gluten a year and a half ago.

I focus on GFCF because Gluten and Dairy are the most difficult to avoid, especially in restaurants.