Monday, August 20, 2012

SoLuna

I finally made it back to SoLuna, sister restaurant of El Mirasol, one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in San Antonio.  They have an extensive menu with several naturally GF options.  They also have wonderful margaritas and chispas.  I have uploaded a picture of the Tacos a la Parrilla de Pollo, which are grilled corn tortillas with shredded chicken breast, refried beans, mozzarella cheese, cabbage and a slice of avocado.

They are located in Alamo Heights.

Address - 7959 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone - 210-930-8070

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Freddy's

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is a chain with the usual fast food fare except for offering steakburgers instead of hamburgers and custard instead of ice cream.  I had their custard shakes before and thoroughly enjoyed them.  I decided to splurge on a meal after finding information about their gluten free options.  Their website isn't very friendly and doesn't list allergens anywhere, so you have to contact them for the information.  The burgers are GF if ordered without a bun.  Fries are GF, but may be fried with other items.  Hot dogs are also GF, but are prepared on the same grill where they heat the buns.  The custard is definitely GF.  I went all out for taste testing purposes and ordered the steakburger (sans bun), fries, and a vanilla custard shake.  Unlike typical fast food, it takes them a while to prepare your meal, and you can sit in their drive thru for a long time.  The shake was great (I drank a bit of it before making it home).  The fries were delicious and had great seasoning, but they definitely skimped on the serving (shown before I ate even one).  The burger was pretty thin, charred, dry, and flavorless.  They handled the bunless order by packaging it in two boxes and not providing any condiments (shown below).  All in all, I will probably return for custard, might eat the fries again, but probably won't bother with anything else.  Freddy's has indicated via Twitter that they may start publishing allergen information online.

They have 10 locations in San Antonio, so you can look them up here.