Restaurant

Being a bartender at a restaurant myself, I know what a pain in the butt it is for a customer to make changes to a menu item. But all they have to say is that they are allergic to something, and I will take extra precautions with their order because I can commiserate. I guess I don't share that same degree of care with every server.

Remembering my tomato allergy and Mike's fatal dairy allergy, we have to pay attention to restaurant menus very carefully. The other night, a simple salad was the downfall of our meal. One no tomatoes with ranch, one no cheese with thousand island. It took the server three variations of those instructions to get it right. Neither one of us could afford to pick out the allergens. Restaurants are so tough for us, because its hard to say if the server will adhere to our allergy demands.

Incidentally, I have been aware of a great new website that matches your allergies to a suitable restaurant in your area. Its called Allergy Eats, and I have placed a link to their website under Sites of Interest. Hopefully, we can all enjoy an allergy-free meal sometime.