Archive for August, 2010

While we remain in the midst of negotiating with Applebee’s to learn more about their food allergy beliefs and practices, I wanted to share a surprising and disappointing experience I had with my family last Thursday.
Summer vacation is just about over so my wife and I decided to take our older kids to Six Flags New England.  I haven’t been [...]

Thanks to the amazing show of support our members and Facebook fans demonstrated after our last blog post (Applebee’s responds to criticisms in AllergyEats Blog post… weakly!), Applebee’s decided to proactively initiate a phone conversation with me.  This call was greatly appreciated and, in my opinion, a step in the right direction for all of us.
Late [...]

Eight days ago, the AllergyEats Blog posted an entry entitled “Guest Post – Applebee’s Disappoints!”  (For those who haven’t read it or seen all the comments, I strongly suggest doing so before reading on.)  At the time, I had no idea that this would be by far our most popular and controversial blog post.  Between [...]

Fastest Growing Source for Finding Allergy-Friendly Restaurants
(a pdf copy of this press release can be found here)
BOSTON, MA (August 24, 2010) – AllergyEats (www.allergyeats.com), the fastest growing source
for finding allergy-friendly restaurants, is celebrating its six month anniversary. Since its inception,
AllergyEats has provided valuable peer-based feedback about how well (or poorly) restaurants
accommodate the needs of food-allergic [...]

I read a terrific thread of comments on LinkedIn the other day.  A page called “Celiac Handbook: Living and Loving the Gluten-Free Life” had a great discussion about how readers felt about the slew of restaurant gluten-free menus.  The post was started by Amy Leger of the Savvy Celiac (www.thesavvyceliac.com) and, in my opinion, had [...]

(This AllergyEats Blog entry has been guest written by Adrienne Walkowiak, a lifelong dairy allergic who also provides public relations services to AllergyEats.)
As someone that has had a lifelong dairy allergy, I’m always cautious when eating at restaurants.  And as a mom of two young daughters – who, thankfully, didn’t inherit my food allergies – I [...]

Sometimes it’s the simple things that make the biggest difference.  And sometimes you say “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that until now.”
So, better late than never, AllergyEats has added a “Refer a Friend” feature on the home page and all other pages.  (Click here to visit the home page.)
All you have to do is [...]

Tossed, server of salads, wraps, and sandwiches in half a dozen states, has announced a new gluten-free menu.
Tossed has locations in Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, New York, and Massachusetts (no, I can’t explain the “geographic logic”)
To see the press release and link to the site, please click here (pdf).

Please visit the AAFA Michigan annual online fundraiser auction, now through 8/25.
Proceeds go to programs and services that educate and train those affected by asthma and allergies in Michigan, but you don’t have to be in MI to support this. There might be a great auction item for YOU in there!
AllergyEats is a proud sponsor [...]

While I try to keep the focus of these AllergyEats Blog entries on DINING with food allergies or intolerances, our AllergyEats Facebook page is taking on a broader array of food allergy subjects, driven by our fans.  I love this, since fundamental to AllergyEats is the concept of peers helping peers.  And while I will keep this blog [...]