Celiac Maniac’s What To Eat When You Eat Out, Gluten-Free
Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona Edition
By: T.K. Kenyon
Published by Malachite Publishing
Copyright 2012 by T.K. Kenyon
Smashwords Edition
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Cover: Cover Photo by T.K. Kenyon, at Des Si Et Des Mets, Paris, France. Saguaro Photo by T.K. Kenyon, outside Phoenix, AZ. Sign and desert photo taken by Wing-Chi Poon.
Table of Contents
Celiac Maniac’s “What To Eat” Introduction
Index of Excellent Local Restaurants in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona
What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free (60 Chain Restaurants Edition)
Index of Local Restaurants
Arizona: Greater Phoenix Area and Scottsdale
Picazzo’s Organic Italian Kitchen (Best Pizza in USA, GF Must-Go)
Celiac Maniac’s What to Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free
Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona Edition
Local Restaurants in This Edition
What to Eat When You Eat Out, Gluten-Free Phoenix /Scottsdale Edition is a short ebook listing local and small chain restaurants that serve excellent gluten-free food in the Valley of the Sun.
The much larger ebook, What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free, a comprehensive listing of 60 chain restaurants, is available where you got this ebook. Those 60 restaurant chains have hundreds of thousands of locations all across the U.S. and many locations in the greater Phoenix area. Applebee’s, The Melting Pot, P.F. Chang’s, Pei Wei, and Z Pizza are only a few.
Smashwords: What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free (all ebook formats)
Barnes and Noble: What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free (Nook)
iTunes: What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free (iOS Devices, iPhone, iPad, iPod.)
Eating out at restaurants with celiac disease or other gluten reaction is playing gluten roulette. You might be fine. You might get really sick.
Traveling makes it worse. You can find yourself in an unfamiliar city with no time to research a safe little GF bistro, if there is one.
This indispensable reference ebook lists 60 restaurant chains, hyperlinked from an index, from Applebee’s to Z Pizza, with details like:
- Whether they have a gluten-free menu and where (In the menu? Separate menu? In a binder?)
- All the items on the menu that are GF
- Whether they carry GF specialty products like GF hamburger buns or pasta
- Links to more allergen information and locations on the web
- Personal notes and an analysis of web information about that chain
Thirty-three restaurant chains are rated as Good for Gluten Free. A separate hyperlinked index directs you to just the good ones.
Seven are rated as Not Recommended due to serious concerns, several of which advertise that they have special gluten-free menus and selections. Have you eaten at one of them? Did you get sick?
As a bonus, excellent individual restaurants are listed by state.
This ebook is optimized for smartphones, ereaders, and tablets.
Smashwords: What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free (all ebook formats)
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Downloading this Ebook
The best place to download this ebook is onto your smart phone or PDA with the an appropriate ereader application. It’s very mobile-friendly. That way, this ebook will always be with you when you go out to eat.
A Kindle, other ereaders, or tablets with an appropriate app are also handy.
You may need to download an app that will help you read this ebook on your phone or tablet.
If you bought this ebook as a mobi file, download the Kindle app to your device, register that device with your Amazon account through the app (the app will walk you through it), and send this ebook to your gadget through your Amazon account or by emailing the mobi file to your kindle account.
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How to Use This Ebook
What to Eat When You Eat Out Gluten Free, Phoenix /Scottsdale Edition is set up so that, when you go to a restaurant, you can click on that restaurant from the index and quickly see choices that are safe to eat.
In Each Listing
The first thing you’ll see for each restaurant’s listing is whether the establishment has a designated gluten-free menu. Then, there is a list of all the menu choices that are safe to order.
After that are links to the restaurant’s GF menu page and/or locations page.
Last, I included some frank notes or recommendations, including gluten-related problems that have occurred there.
This ebook will be updated in new editions with new restaurants, new safe choices, and warnings. You should be able to download new, updated editions for free.
As always, standard disclaimers apply:
This information is accurate at the time of compilation and publication, to the best of our knowledge. No warranties are or can be made.
Cross-contamination with gluten-containing products is always a hazard.
Always ask about any deep-fried items that may be fried in contaminated oil in common fryers.
Wait staff and/or chefs may not understand or care what you are talking about and may accidentally (or very rarely, purposely,) glutenize you.
(Scared yet? Don’t be. It doesn’t happen very often.)
A Note to Gluten Free Folks
Congratulations on taking charge of your life!
If you have been newly diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, I have some good news: you’re going to feel better within days, and you don’t have to take a lot of expensive drugs with side effects and interactions and whatnot.
If you’ve got to have an autoimmune disease, you picked the right one.
There are also many medical conditions that are thought to worsen with exposure to gluten. Autism, fibromyalgia, and migraines are only a few. If you’re trying a GF diet to control any of these, good for you for taking charge of your health.
Eating gluten-free is still not as easy as gluten-free pie, but it is getting easier. It’s a lot easier than when I was diagnosed ten years ago.
A word about cheating: if you want to feel better, you can’t eat GF some of the time or “cheat” at all, ever. It’s a do-it-right-or-don’t-bother situation.
There is some more good news: a lot of restaurants now have GF menus or at least a couple decent menu choices. The ones that don’t are old sticks in the gluteny mud. In general, the better ones tend to be middling to middling-large chains. Huge chains have so many customers that they don’t care. (I’m looking at you, McDonald’s.) Very small chains or single restaurants either are (1) wonderful because they have a personal interest, or (2) clueless because they don’t have enough experience. The second types are the most dangerous for us because they may want to help but are not able to do GF properly.
I concentrated on national, reasonably large chains for the comprehensive ebook, What To Eat When You Eat Out Gluten-Free because, especially when traveling and especially when traveling for business, you often don’t have the time to research and find a lovely little celiac-owned bistro. A lot of the time, you find yourself in a business district with a lot of chains around, and you need to figure out what you can eat, fast.
Some are so bad that they earned a “not recommended” designation. There are only a few of those.
Most chains have a couple things you can eat.
Thirty-three chains are so good that they got on the “Index of Good GF Restaurants” list.
There are also a few with special notes because they are great.
Click around through the book to get a feel for chain restaurants.
Happy gluten-free hunting.
GF Menu on the web.
GF menu choices vary by location.
Vegetarian, GF/CF, and vegan options available.
SAFE CHOICES:
Blue Corn Soft Shell Tacos:
(Vegetarian/Vegan, Chicken Asada, Beef Asada, or Pork Canitas)
Hard Shell White Corn Tacos:
(Vegetarian/Vegan, Chicken Machaca, Beef Machaca, or Pork Canitas)
Shrimp Tacos
Fish Tacos (no White Cilantro Sauce)
Blue Corn Quesadillas (no Chicken Fajita, sub Chicken Asada or Machaca)
Nachos Mexicano
Tostadas:
(Bean, Chicken Machaca, or Beef Machaca)
Black or Pinto Beans
Mexican Rice
Excellent food on wonderful blue corn tortillas. I grabbed the Vegetarian Blue Corn Tacos during a terrible day at Sky Harbor Airport when my flight was cancelled because the plane was missing part of the landing gear and I was trying to re-book flights. The Blue Burrito tacos were a bright, healthy, gluten-free ray of sunshine in an otherwise really bad day.
Scottsdale:
- 7318 E Shea Blvd · Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (Shea Blvd. and Scottsdale Rd.)
- Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall - Foodcourt
7014 E. Camelback Road. Suite 577. Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Airports:
Phoenix, Arizona: Sky Harbor Airport at Terminals 3 & 4
Las Vegas, Nevada: McCarran Airport at C Gates
Salt Lake City, Utah: Salt Lake City Int’l Airport: at B Gates
GF Menu in stores and on web.
Good vegetarian and vegan (made with soy yogurt) choices.
SAFE CHOICES:
Most items on the menu are naturally gluten-free, with the exception of the breads and breaded items: naan, roti, paratha, bhel puri, etc.
Appetizers:
Lentil Soup
Mango Salad
Curry Salad
(Tofu, Chicken, or Shrimp are GF)
Eggplant or Chickpea Hummus with papadum or dosa
Chickpea Cerviche (Chickpea Salad)
Lamb Chops
Seared Scallops or Salmon
Tandoori Wings
Seared Eggplant
Tikka Kebab
Seekh Kebab
Seared Tofu
Garlic Chili Shrimp
Lentil Cake Towers
Sides:
Biryani Rice: vegetable, lamb, chicken, or shrimp
Basmati Rice
Brown Rice
Dosa
Sauce Sampler
Papadum Crisps
Raita
Create an Entree:
Choose a Base: White or Brown Rice
Choose a Sauce: (Hot or Mild) Curry, Korma, Spinach (Palak), Tikka Masala
Choose an Ingredient:
Vegetables: Potatoes, Cauliflower, Lentils, Chickpeas, Eggplant, Tofu, Mixed Veg
Chicken: Chicken, Chicken Keepma
Lamb
Seafood: Shrimp, Scallop, Fish
I’ve been to the Phoenix location a couple of times, and it’s pretty good Indian food. I have a very high set of standards for Indian food. I’ve eaten a lot of it.
Phoenix Location: 10810 North Tatum Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85028 (NW Corner of Tatum and Shea)
There is also a Chicago location listed on the website. I haven’t been there, and they don’t seem to have a dedicated GF or vegetarian/vegan menu. When I’m in Chicago, I go to Devon Street. Chicago Location: 450 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654
GF Menu behind register and on the web.
GF sandwich rolls and GF brownies
Many GF menu items.
SAFE CHOICES:
Breakfast:
All Omelettes, Skillets, and Breakfast Classics may be served with either Gluten Free Roll or corn tortillas (Many, many choices.)
Breakfast Enchiladas
Breakfast Tacos
Machaca Steak and Eggs
Guanajuato Huevos
The Early Riser (Gluten Free Roll)
Benedicts (Gluten Free Roll)
Smoked Fish Platters (Gluten Free Roll)
Lunch:
All Mile High Sandwiches, except Meatloaf, (Gluten Free Roll)
Hot Corned Beef
Hot Pastrami, NY’s Finest
Braised Brisket of Beef
Hard Salami, Hebrew National
Soft Salami, Hebrew National
Maple Honey Turkey
Pastrami Turkey, National Deli
Turkey Breast, roasted daily
Boar's Head Ham
Rare Roast Beef, roasted daily
Beef Tongue
Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato
Grandma Sarah’s Chopped Liver
Liverwurst
(Many other sandwiches are variations on the above.)
Soups:
Chicken soup (no noodles, matzo ball or kreplach)
Split pea
Sweet & Sour Cabbage
Chicken Tortilla
Starters:
Stuffed Cabbage
Chopped Liver
Kosher dog (no bun)
Salads:
Sheila’s BBQ Chicken Classic (no onion strings)
Shirli’s "La Jolla"
Asian Chicken (no peanut dressing)
Greek Salad
Portaloma
Colossal Cobb
Chef Salad
Shelley’s Solana Beach
Dinner:
Brisket of Beef w/au jus
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Roast Turkey (no stuffing and gravy)
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Rolls
King Sized Chopped Steak
Roasted Half Chicken (no stuffing)
Tuscany Chicken
Filet of Salmon
Side Dishes:
Glazed Carrots
Steamed Broccoli
Sauteed Spinach
Coleslaw
Wedge Cut Fries
Sweet Potato Fries
Mashed Potatoes
Desserts:
Gluten Free Brownie
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Cups of Heaven
Other Gluten Free Desserts in the Bakery
I used to eat at Chompie’s a lot when I was in undergrad, and they have wonderful food. Highly recommended for a quick, tasty bite. Great breakfasts.
Four locations:
Paradise Valley Mall (NW corner of Cactus and Tatum), Paradise Valley, Arizona
Mercado Del Rancho Center, 9301 East Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
By ASU on University, 1160 East University, Between Rural & McClintock, Tempe, Arizona 85281
Chandler Village Center, Just South of Chandler Fashion Mall, 3481 W. Frye Road, Chandler, Arizona 85226
GF Menu at locations and on the web.
Good food with good sauces and seasonings.
SAFE CHOICES:
Salads:
Mixed Greens
Firebirds BLT
Grilled Shrimp and Strawberry Salad
Colorado Chicken Salad
Grilled Tenderloin Salad
Salad Dressings:
Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette, Roasted Garlic Ranch, Honey Mustard, Caesar, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Raspberry Chipotle Vinaigrette
Add to Salad:
Chicken, Salmon, Tenderloin, Seared Tuna
Entrees:
Aspen Sirloin
Pepper-Crusted Sirloin
Filet Mignon
Ribeye
Chile Rubbed Delmonico
New York Strip
Prime Rib (dinner only)
Grilled Lobster Tail
Surf & Turf
Filet & Shrimp
Baby Back Ribs
Wood Grilled Salmon
Sides:
Loaded Colorado Russet Baked Potato
Parmesan Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes
Spiced Pecan Green Beans
Garden Fresh Veggies
Cider Slaw
Kids:
Kids Sirloin
Grilled Chicken
Half Rack of Ribs
Small Colorado Chicken Salad
While this is a grill, and thus it’s a meat-and-salad kind of menu, the food is just like real food, with good seasonings, sauces, and sides. This is not a naked, unseasoned slab of meat.
Very tasty.
Locations in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, as well as across the upper South and lower Northeast, and Omaha, Nebreaska.
16067 N Arrowhead Fountains Ctr Dr, Peoria, AZ 85382
3435 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226
2985 East Skyline Drive, Tuscan, AZ
Everything at both locations is GF.
Many choices are CF, vegan, or other allergen-free.
Thomas Rd. bakery is peanut-free.
McDowell Rd. location has a “Cafette,” with breakfast and sandwiches.
SAFE CHOICES:
(Everything.)
Bakery:
Bagels: regular, jalapeno cheese, berry, cinnamon raisin
Donuts: cinnamon and sugar, chocolate, Insane Chocolate, plain, Superb Sprinkles
Mixes: bread, pizza, gingerbread house kit, etc.
Breads: sandwich, banana, fruit and nut, etc.
Cookies: peppermint, chocolate chip, snickerdoodles, “Winkies,” Whoopie pies, etc.
Brownies: regular, white chocolate blondie, and Ultimate
Cupcakes: chocolate, cinnamon roll, simply pumpkin, vanilla bean
Special Occasion Cakes
Cafette Menu:
Breakfast:
Belgium Waffle
Buckwheat Pancakes
Mixed Berry Crepes
Nutella and Cream Crepes
Coconut Crepes
Creamy, Nutty Banana Bagel
Warm Whole Grain Oatmeal
Turkey Sausage Patties
Lunch:
Reuben Sandwich
Turkey Reuben Sandwich
Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich
French Dip Sandwich (with au jus)
Tuscan Vegetable Sandwich
Tuna and Pineapple Sandwich
Peanut Butter (or Sunflower Butter) and Grape Jelly Sandwich
Italian Hoagie
Feisty Chicken in a Bun
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Ham and Cheese, Grilled
Hot Dog (Beef or Turkey Dog, in a GF Bun)
Kraut Dog
Chili Dog
Top Dog (with everything)
Scottsdale Location Cafette Menu PDF
Locations of Retail Outlets and GF Pizza Restaurants
Excellent GF Bakery.
The Thomas Road location in Phoenix is just a bakery, where you can buy lots of frozen and fresh bakery items. They’re also liberal with samples, especially if you take a child in there. This location is peanut-free.
The donuts taste more like moist cakes than donuts, but they’re really good moist cakes with good frosting.
The Scottsdale location on McDowell Road is a small cafe with lots of choices, and everything is GF. Other allergens are noted on the menu. While they do serve peanut butter at this location, they encourage people with anaphylactic reactions to call them and make arrangements for their safety.
In addition to the two primary locations, GF Creations supplies GF pizza crusts to local restaurants and their products are available at some health food stores in the Valley. Link to webpage above.
Bakery: 2940-b E. Thomas Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85016 (through parking lot.)
Cafette: 7607 E. McDowell Rd #108 Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Picazzo’s Organic Italian Kitchen
GF noted on menu and web.
Best GF pizza in the USA.
Two kinds of GF pasta (brown rice or quinoa).
GF wings, meatballs, focaccia, and beer.
Italian, Thai, and Southwestern menu items.
Excellent and many vegetarian choices.
Abundant and excellent GF menu choices.
Four locations in the Valley, plus Tucson, Sedona, and Flagstaff.
SAFE CHOICES:
(Almost everything except baked pasta dishes.)
Appetizers:
GF Wings: Buffalo, Oven-Roasted, BBQ Chipotle, BBQ Maple, Super Hot Chipotle, and Spicy Thai Peanut
Garlic Cheese Bread (GF focaccia)
Roasted Garlic and Brie (GF flatbread)
Mama’s Meat-za Balls (GF focaccia)
Hummus Platter (GF flatbread)
Hot Artichoke and Spinach Dip (GF flatbread)
Classic Stuffed Baked Peppers with Sausage
Caprese (GF Flatbread)
Baked Artichoke Bottoms (GF Flatbread)
Salads and Veggie Plates:
(Order with GF croutons)
(Add chicken breast, shrimp, scallops, or avocado: all GF)
Picazzo’s Organic Wedge Salad
Spinach Salad
Award-Winning Greek Salad
Caesar Salad (excellent)
Mixed Green Salad
Blue Cheese Salad
Natural Chopped Italian Salad
The Berry-licious Salad (excellent)
Fresh Pear Gorgonzola Salad
The Asian Salad (excellent)
Hot Tender Broccoli
Hot Spinach
Pasta:
(Order GF pasta: quinoa or brown rice)
(Served with GF flatbread.)
Spaghetti and Meatballs Bolognese
Uncle Louie’s Favorite (Italian Sausage)
Chicken Picatta
Chipotle
Rotelli Pesto and Chicken
Wild Mushroom Rotelli
Smoked Ham and Cheese
Spicy Thai Peanut and Chicken
Shrimp Scampi
Butter and White Wine Scallops
Honey-Smoked Salmon and Peas
Avocado Delish
Portobello Bolognese
Pizza:
(Order GF crust. Medium size only. Medium is pretty big.)
Naples Margherita
Milano
Mushroom and Spinach
California
Wild Scallops
Pesto Shrimp or Scallops
Rock Shrimp
Sweet and Sassy
The Spain
Wild Shrimp and Roasted Red Bell Peppers
Honey-Smoked Salmon
Classico
Meaty Meaty
Mexitaliano
The Vortex
Pepperoni, Sausage, and Ricotta
BBQ Chicken
Diavola
Chipotle and Chicken
Thai Chicken
Bolognese
Vegetarian Pizzas:
Margherita
Vegetarian
Puttanesca
Nonna’s Favorite
Portobello Bolognese
Kids:
Butter and Parmesan GF Pasta
Tomato Sauce and Meatballs with GF Pasta
GF Mac and Cheese
Gluten-Free Pizza on special 5-inch GF Kids’ Crust:
Cheese
Pepperoni
Italian Sausage
Desserts:
Eva’s Organic Apple Cobbler (uses Bob’s Red Mill GF oats)
Chocolate, Chocolate Mint, or Chocolate Raspberry Sundae
GF Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
GF Skillet Brownie
The best GF pizza that I have ever had. Scrumptious. Indistinguishable from excellent gluten-pizza.
I’ve heard that the pasta is also fabulous but I can’t bring myself to forego the wonderful pizza, and I’m always too full from stuffing myself stupid on the incredible pizza to order dessert.
The salads are also delicious.
Friendly and knowledgeable staff and managers, except that they are a bit too amused by first-time patrons who can’t believe how good the food is. Obvious pride in GF-goodness and big plans for the future.
Paradise Valley: 4669 E. Cactus Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85032
Scottsdale: 7325 Frank Lloyd Wright Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Tempe: 440 W. Warner Rd. Suite 101 Tempe, AZ 85284
West Valley/Surprise: 11340 West Bell Road, Surprise, AZ 85378
GF Pizza
SAFE CHOICES:
8-inch GF Pizza Crust
Sauces:
Red, White, BBQ, Ranch, Salsa, Wing, PZ Sauce, Basil Pesto, Alfredo, Creamy Pesto
Cheese:
Mozzarella, Cheddar Jack, Pepper Jack, Provolone, 4-Cheese Blend
Toppings:
Feta, Gorgonzola, Goat, Black Olives, Broccoli, Corn, Caramelized Onion, Green Chile, Green Olive, Green Pepper, Mushroom, Pepperoncini, Jalapeno, Red Onion, Tomato, Apple, Cranberry, Pineapple, Ground Beef, Ham, Sausage, Tofu, Anchovies
Artichoke, Kalamata Olive, Red Pepper, Spinach, Sun-Dried Tomato, Bacon, Chicken Breast, Walnuts
Uses GF Creations Bakery Pizza Crust and has GF Creations desserts.
Good pizza. Sometimes undercooked.
5060 W. Bell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85308
Tel: 602.PIZZA.4.U
GF Menu at stores and on the web.
GF pizza, wing, salads, and sides.
SAFE CHOICES:
GF 12” Pizza Crust, Build-Your-Own or Gourmet Choices
The Works
White Pizza
Pomodoro Pizza
GF Boneless Wings: Buffalo or Crispy
Salads:
Dinner Salad
Chef Salad
Side:
GF Garlic Cheesy Bread
Desserts:
GF Cinna-Bread
Good pizza and wings. The only GF Cinna-Bread I’ve ever found.
Delivery available.
West Valley: 4212 W Cactus Rd Phoenix, AZ 85029
East Valley: 3143 E Greenway Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85032
North Valley: 18631 N 19th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85027
Peoria: 8278 W Lake Pleasant Pkwy Peoria, AZ 85382
GF items noted on menu. Menu on web.
GF pizza and other selections.
Good vegetarian selections.
Two locations in Phoenix, two more in California
SAFE CHOICES:
(Different choices at each location.)
Starters:
Roasted Beet and Mozzarella Agrodolce
Farmer’s Market Salad
Harvest Chopped Salad
Mediterranean Chopped Salad
GF Pizza:
Tomato and Roasted Kale
Chicken Sausage
Roasted Eggplant
Wild Mushroom
Sundried Tomato and Olive
Entrees:
Spaghetti Squash Casserole
Panang Curry
Fish Tacos
Turkey Bolognese (with brown rice penne)
All Natural Steak Tacos
Steelhead Salmon
Pan Seared Sea Bass (dinner only)
Desserts:
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Dairy Free Organic Chocolate Pudding
Lemon-Ginger Low-Fat Frozen Yogurt
Orange Olivello Sorbet
Ice Cream
Breakfast:
Two Organic Eggs, Turkey Bacon, Sweet Potato Hash
Market Vegetable Scramble, Two Organic Eggs, Sweet Potato Hash
Kids:
Little Chopped Salad
Baked Ziti
Locations and GF-Noted Menu PDF
Tasty food. A good stop when you’re shopping ‘til you drop.
Biltmore Fashion Park 2502 E Camelback Rd #135 Phoenix, AZ 85016
Scottsdale Quarter 15191 N Scottsdale Rd #100 Scottsdale, AZ 85254
GF Menu at locations and on the web.
SAFE CHOICES:
Starters and Salad:
Grilled Artichokes
Caprese
Tomato Gin Soup (House Specialty, 21 years and over)
Caesar Salad (no croutons)
Field Green Salad
Southern Chicken Salad (no croutons)
Filet Mignon Cobb Salad (no croutons)
Entrees:
WCG Bunless Cheeseburger
Bunless Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Barbecued Baby Back Ribs
Rotisserie Chicken (no gravy)
Rotisserie Chicken & BBQ Ribs (no gravy)
Idaho Trout
Center Cut Filet
Perfectly Grilled Atlantic Salmon
Balsamic Ribeye
Today's Pristine Fish
Roast Prime Rib (no au jus. After 4pm)
Dessert for Two:
Silky Chocolate Soufflé Cake
Upscale, good restaurant with good food.
Phoenix Location: One mile north of Kierland near West World and The Players Course at Scottsdale Rd & the 101. 7000 E Mayo Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85054
Chicago Location: At the new I-88 exit to Naperville Road. 1803 Freedom Dr. Naperville, IL 60563
Denver Area: Park Meadows Mall. 8421 Park Meadows Center Drive. Lone Tree, CO 80124
GF Menu at store and on web.
Excellent GF Pizza.
Many good vegetarian and vegan options.
National chain. I like the one in Laguna Beach.
SAFE CHOICES:
Pizza Crust:
Gluten-free crust
Cheese:
Mozzarella cheese
Vegan cheese
Feta cheese
Sauce:
Organic Tomato sauce
Marinara sauce
Chipotle pesto
Basil pesto
BBQ sauce
Mango Chutney
Roasted garlic sauce
Mexican salsa
Vegetables:
All fresh vegetables
Greek olive mix
Meats:
Pepperoni
Italian Sausage
Salamis
All-natural chicken breast
BBQ Chicken
Lime chicken
Dressings:
Girard's Caesar dressing
Girard's Old Venice Italian
Girard's Balsamic
Girard's Ranch
Excellent personal-size pizza. Best national chain GF pizza, in my opinion.
When I stay in Laguna Beach on business, I always walk down for a pizza from this lovely little store. Excellent, fresh ingredients.
Small store in Laguna Beach: 30902 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Three locations in Phoenix:
Phoenix (Downtown) 111 W. Monroe St # 130. Phoenix AZ, 85003
Phoenix (Midtown) 53 West Thomas Road. Phoenix AZ, 85013
Scottsdale 20511 N. Hayden Road. # 110. Scottsdale AZ, 85255
Many more locations around the country, plus Mexico, the Middle East, and Vietnam.
Z’Tejas Southwestern Grill
GF Menu at most locations and on web.
GF menu choices vary by location.
Vegetarian options often available.
SAFE CHOICES:
(Order from GF Menu.)
(Choices vary by location)
Salads:
Z’Salad with Cilantro Chicken or Cilantro Pesto Shrimp
Grilled Fish Salad
Smoked Chicken and Black Bean Salad
Grill:
Wild Mushroom Enchiladas
Grilled Salmon
Pesto Rubbed Chicken
New York Strip Steak
Sides:
Green Chile Rice
Black Beans
Vegetable of the Day
GF Menus by Location: Click Specialty Menus
The menu may appear limited, but it’s a nice, varied selection. It is not (like some other restaurants) a menu listing six different names for a grilled chicken fillet without seasonings or sauces. The food is tasty and well-seasoned with sauces and pestos, etc.
It’s good, normal food. Tasty, too.
TK Kenyon is an Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate, novelist, award-winning short story writer, pharmaceutical industry regulatory consultant, technical writer, molecular virologist, neuroscientist, minivan-driving mom, happy wife, cat slave, P90X devotee, surfer, high-handicap golfer, scuba diver, gourmet chef, mostly vegetarian, chocolatier, gardener, capsaicin addict, caffeine junkie, Apache and Scot descendant, native Arizonan, Connectikite, nouveau feminist, political moderate with extremist tendencies, radical atheist, Buddhist-curious, occasional UU, Tamil Ayer Brahmin Hindu by marriage, ex-actress, grown-up child beauty queen, PhD, MFA, BS (in so many ways), ASU Sun Devil, Iowa Hawkeye, UPenn Quaker, and always looking for something interesting to do.
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“[In RABID: A Novel] Kenyon pulls together all the beauty and terror found in religion and all the beauty and terror found in science to create a fictional space where every person seeks light, whether at the lab bench, or at the church altar, or both. We all of us are seekers and sinners; we, the devout and the damned, are all the same.”
-Barbara J. King, Bookslut
“[A] solid good read by novelist TK Kenyon, a gifted writer who has crafted a book of such mystery that you find yourself, at midnight, on the edge of your seat, asking, ‘What's next? What's next?’”
- Thom Jones, Award-Winning author of:
The Pugilist at Rest, Cold Snap, Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine
Special Bonus: The Law of Large Numbers
Volvo Walker was so nicknamed because he drives a brand-new Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads But Daddy, I Wanted a Beemer! He shouts at me over the funked-up dance ditty-da-da crap music, “But how did you lose all your money, Frank?”
“We were undercapitalized.” Gleaming alcohol bottles, high-end stuff, warp on the other side of the blue fire that caps my shot of Flaming Snakebite. I puff and blow out the fire with a long stream of cigarette smoke. Fire is a waste of good alcohol, and now the shot tastes like an ashtray with a girl’s lip mark of strawberry gloss.
Volvo Walker lays a hundred-dollar bill on the bar. A C-note is worth one black chip at the casino. I’d lost fifty black chips on one hand of blackjack last weekend. Fifty black chips could buy 714 Flaming Snakebite shots at the Devilhouse with enough left over for one happy-hour beer at Joe’s, but the black chips weren’t mine.
Physics graduate stipends almost cover a flop and a monthly case of ramen noodles, and the cheap bastards don’t even cover tuition. Seven dollar shots sure don’t fit into the budget. Volvo’s daddy pays his tuition and his frat dues, so he also gives him money for shots at the Devilhouse. Undergrads who couldn’t get into swanky, private colleges come to Arizona State because we’re consistently ranked in Playboy’s list of Top Ten Party Schools, and the second-generation nouveau riche writhe on the plantation-sized Devilhouse dance floor like the partying damned in the caves of Hell, just like my Baptist uncles proselytize.
The bartender, Jonah, mixes us another round of Flaming Snakebites. Jonah also tends at Joe’s Bar. Jonah glares like I’m cheating on Joe’s but hands us the shots.
Walker says, “But that M.I.T. blackjack team brought down the house in Vegas.”
“Yeah, I know.” I bang the bar to the bumpy beat. Two girls shimmering with Daddy’s money bud off from the undulating crowd and slink past us. Three triangles mark their shirts over their store-bought breasts: delta delta delta.
In physics, delta means “change.” Delta v means “change in velocity.” Delta m means “change in mass.” Delta $ means “Here’s your change,” which Jonah says and hands Walker a wad of cash.
Circles of light chase each other on the girls’ blonde hair and sculpted faces. They’re twins or clones, or they had the same plastic surgeon. One of them winks at Walker. There must be an invisible ink mark near the hairline of the wealthy that we lowlifes can’t see.
Walker shouts above the computerized drums that reached for a crescendo, “The M.I.T. blackjack team flew first class to Vegas every weekend with thousands of dollars duct-taped to their chests and duffel bags full of chips, stayed in Trump-level suites, and ate and drank comps. Why didn’t your blackjack team work?”
My flaming drink sputters and dies. “Because Chi is a pussy and wouldn’t hit on a sixteen, no matter how many times we ran the numbers.” The fruity Snakebite shot slides into my throat and numbs me. I suck on my cigarette. “And Sanjay kept going home to India for a month at a time. And Emma bet too low, even when she was the gorilla. And stinking bad luck.” Luck, chance, the randomness of the universe, and entropy.
Walker says, “Man, the drinks, the steaks, the shows, the planes, the suites, the chicks. They got all that comp’d.”
Walker doesn’t need complimentary food, drinks, and women. Must be nice to have a family who’ll pay for college, for a frat, for drinks, for food. I ask, “What, did you read the book?”
“Nah.” Walker leans back on his bar stool and watches the tri-delts’ asses. The girls’ slim asses sport blue glitter deltas, too. “I watched the movie.”
Figures. “Didn’t work out that way for us.”
Jonah supplies more shots.
“But Frank,” Walker says, “it’s a sure thing. If you count cards like they did, it’s a sure thing.”
“Nothing’s a sure thing. Weren’t you listening in lecture today?”
“Some Jew named Einstein Bose.”
“Two guys.” Shmuck. Idiot hadn’t listened to the physics lecture, which was dumbed down so that even the calculus-innumerate could understand. “Einstein as in E equals m c squared. Bose like the stereo.”
“He was talking about stereos?”
“Yeah.” No. Einstein-Bose condensates are a fifth state of matter, the coldest state. Plasma is the hottest state of matter, the fusing interiors of stars. Plasma cools until it is mere gas, and then liquid, and then solid and, at temperatures as cold as the dead space between stars, into Einstein-Bose condensate.
“Why don’t you start another team, one with smarter guys?” Walker asks.
“Can’t.” The roller on my lighter scrapes my thumb, lighting a fresh cigarette, and the flame leaps near my nose and singes stray eyebrow hairs. “You need a stake to start a team. The Law of Large Numbers applies. On any one blackjack hand, anything can happen. You can lose it all even when the count is good, just due to chance.” Smoke condenses in my throat.
“So, if you had enough money, you could start another team?” Walker asks.
“Sure.” I exhale, and the nicotine buzz starts in the back of my head, Equations are born in the neuron nebula back there. Spiky Greek letters poke my tender grey matter.
“So you need investors?” Walker asks.
“Whatever.” The mirror behind the bar reflects the dance floor. The dancing damned wail and flail in hellfire. My Baptist uncles assure me that I’ll end up among the shrieking sinners if I study worldly things, like physics, like finance, like astronomy or evolution or politics or literature or molecular biology or music or statistics.
Volvo Walker smirks. “Leave the money to me. I want to be the gorilla.”
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Praise for TK Kenyon’s Writing
RABID: A NOVEL
Available soon for E-readers everywhere
"WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT'S NEXT?"
"RABID is a solid good read by first time novelist TK Kenyon, a gifted writer who has crafted a book of such mystery that you find yourself, at midnight, on the edge of your seat, asking, 'What's next? What's next?'"
-- Thom Jones, Award-Winning author of: The Pugilist at Rest, Cold Snap, Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine
"A GENRE-BENDING STORY"
*STARRED REVIEW* A priest, a professor, the professor's wife, and his mistress--it sounds like the set-up for a dirty joke, but debut novelist Kenyon isn't fooling around. What begins as a riff on Peyton Place (salacious small-town intrigue) smoothly metamorphoses into a philosophical battle between science and religion. You would think that in attempting to deal with so many different themes-- shady clergy, top-secret scientific research, marital infidelity, lust, love, honor, faith-- Kenyon would run the risk of overwhelming readers. But, and this is why Kenyon is definitely an author to watch, she juggles all of her story's elements without dropping any of them--and, let's not forget, creates four very subtle and intriguing central characters. This is a novel quite unlike most standard commercial fare, a genre-bending story--part thriller, part literary slapdown with dialogue as the weapon of choice (think Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)-- that makes us laugh, wince, and reflect all at the same time. Kenyon is definitely a keeper.
- David Pitt, Booklist, December 1, 2006
"IMPRESSIVE MEDICAL THRILLER"
"When a New England woman discovers her research scientist husband is cheating, she appeals to the clergy for guidance and unleashes high drama that pits religion against science in Kenyon's heated debut novel. After finding pink panties in husband Conroy's suitcase, Bev Sloan seeks spiritual guidance from young replacement clergyman Dante (parish priest Father Nicolai has disappeared after allegations of sexual misconduct). Heavy-handed marriage counseling sessions and a few innocent dinners with Bev lead Dante, smitten with lust for Bev and battling a drinking problem, into a crisis of faith. Meanwhile, Conroy takes a mad scientist turn in his campaign for a promotion. Bev and Dante's courtship unleashes some serious bodice-ripping, and when Conroy remains unrepentant about his dalliances, jealousy and anger erupt in a murder, a tense jury trial and the discovery of a lethal, lab-cultivated aerosol rabies virus. [T]o her credit, Kenyon manages to rein her characters in nicely at the conclusion of this … impressive medical thriller."
- Publisher's Weekly, 10/30/06
"THRILLING … SHOCKING"
"RABID is a biopsy of our heated emotions and troublesome philosophies. Kenyon puts the vanishing point between science and religion under an electron microscope, and what she finds there is as thrilling as a discovery and as shocking as a revelation."
- J.C. Hallman, author of: The Chess Artist, The Devil Is A Gentleman
"SCANDALOUS"
"RABID is sensational, scandalous, and sexy. A remarkable novel, not to be missed."
- Derek Armstrong, author of: The Game, MADicine, The Last Troubadour
LIKE ROBIN COOK ON STEROIDS
“Rabid is one of those reads that hits the ground at full speed and picks up momentum from there. Either T.K. Kenyon doesn’t care where the brake pedal is or decided she didn’t need one and frankly, she's right. This is a full blown scorcher of a novel. Dual themes; out-of-control scientific research, and Pedophilia make hot-as-the-devil premises and great material for Kenyon’s fascinating scientific and philosophical tirades. Science and religion. Rabid gives no quarter. The characters are flawed. You feel their pain, their fear. They sear their way into your subconscious. Still, you root for them. The American priesthood is infested with pedophiles. The reasons have never been explained better, made more exciting, or offered as much hope for the future. Get yourself a copy, strap yourself into your favorite chair, and find out what’s really been going on behind closed doors.”
-Art Tirrell, author of The Secret Ever Keeps.
ELEGANT AND THRILLING
Let me tell ya something about elegance. Elegance is a matter of refinement and quality, sure. But it's also a matter of complexity. Elegant things just have more going on than things that are merely excellent. You may disagree, but I find the Beatles excellent, Bach elegant. You get my drift?
The first layer in this book is the question of murder itself. We know from the outset that someone's going to die, but we don't find out who until half-way into the book. The author hasn't so much muddied the waters as she's added levels to them. Is the victim to be *the annoying and ambitious medical researcher? Could be-he's unlikeable enough and no innocent creatures-or readers- would miss him much.
*the graduate student with whom he is conducting an affair? Maybe-she is brutally transgressive of all the rules of female romantic life. She's the sort of heroine who is always dispatched in the movies to reinforce the notion that sin doesn't pay.
*how about the researcher's milquetoasty wife? The researcher obviously wants her dead and from the way her character is built, it seems that the author did too. Her husband not only has the motivation, he has access to all sorts of yummy viruses to do the job.
*or maybe it's the impossibly refined and educated priest who's just arrived on the scene, sent by the Vatican to lead their parish out of the inferno of a child-abuse scandal and into the paradiso of something better. His name, of course is Dante and he has the combination of faith and doubt that is sometimes resolved in pulpier novels by a heroic death.
Then there's the question of sex. (is sex a question?) anyway, all the main characters are simmering with unfulfilled lusts. Some, like Leila the grad student, are ferociously acting out. (Leila is a deliciously good acter-outer by the way). Others are celibate or so repressed as to be semi-celibate. Does all this sexual stewing have anything to do with the illicit sex that Dante has been sent to stamp out? Or is it thematically related to the HIV research going on in Leila's lab?
The science adds another layer, an elegant hypothesis is teased out of the authorized and underground experiments. The conjecture relates ultimately to questions of faith which are another layer.
There is more, much more. The roles and rules of men and women, the politics of institutions and the tidal waves of ambition all weave threads that recur and fascinate. What makes the whole thing work is that the author is bigger than any of the devices she uses. Nothing is obvious, every thread leads to another consideration without a hint of cliché.
So let's define something else: the word thrill. A thrill is a shiver of delight-it's physical and mental and spiritual. Suspenseful, erotic, many-layered and intelligent, Rabid is truly an elegant thriller.
-Lynn Hoffman, author of bang BANG
(FIVE STARS) Best debut novel by an author in years
I really didn't expect to like this book much based on the cover flap synopsis, but I could not have been more wrong. It grabbed me very quickly and kept me glued throughout to the last page. Even though the author was bold enough to set up overt clues early in the book about what would happen, I couldn't predict any of the twists and turns in the story. It was like being in the ring with a professional boxer, with blows landing at will from every angle. Unbelievable effort for a first novel. I am definitely looking forward to T.K. Kenyon's future work.
-Software Guy (South Florida, Center of the Universe) 5-Star Amazon Review
Of God and Glycoprotein: Rabid for Religion and Science
September, academia's spring, brings with it rebirth and resurrection. Ideas breed with renewed enthusiasm as minds meet afresh. The new season means, for me, opportunities to join up with others who dwell in the ecological overlap zone of science and religion.
Perhaps in part because
I inhabit this overlap zone, I greatly enjoyed a few days' visit to
T.K. Kenyon's own hybrid labworld/churchworld. In Rabid, Kenyon pulls
together all the beauty and terror found in religion and all the
beauty and terror found in science to create a fictional space where
every person seeks light, whether at the lab bench, or at the church
altar, or both. We all of us are seekers and sinners; we, the devout
and the damned, are all the same.
-Barbara J. King, Bookslut
OUTSTANDING THRILLER
“An outstanding thriller, Rabid is based on a plausible scientific hypothesis that reflects the author's scientific education and experience. On this she builds a psychological, legal and religious drama that captures and holds the reader's attention. The main characters are well drawn, deeply flawed human beings who still have something of the heroic in them.”
-R. Lee Holz, Blog Review
CALLOUS: A NOVEL
Available soon for E-readers everywhere!
“Crisp character studies … Surprising finish.”
“Kenyon revisits themes from her first novel,—small-town intrigue, salacious carryings-on, scientific research, religious fervor,—crisp character studies and considerable tension on the way to a surprising finish.”
-Mary Frances Wilkins, Booklist
“Convoluted lines of battle … Unconventional ending.”
“Like Kenyon's first novel, this one draws convoluted lines of battle between science and religion. There is also a big dose of small-town intrigue and some really smart law enforcement folks, although you don't always notice that right away. Kenyon has a way of painting vivid characters with a broad brush, although she also keeps a few character traits in reserve to keep things interesting. The book starts conventionally enough, with the disappearance of Ester, the adult daughter of a rancher in Texas. Chief Deputy Max, an old-fashioned cop if there ever was one, is on the case with his wife, County DA Diane, who is a secret Bible reader. You can't have a murder mystery these days without forensics, either, so Ester's childhood friend Vanessa carries on that theme. The tension and suspense build throughout the book, which makes it a tempting one-sitting read. If you get hooked on it, though, take time to enjoy Kenyon's characters, who offer a lot of detail to study. There's an unconventional ending, too, but I better not say anymore about that.”
-David Donelson, 5-star Amazon review
“Highly recommended.”
“T K Kenyon is launching a literary career from small town Texas. Like the best mystery writers, she has created a unique geographic niche with characters that are every day believable. CALLOUS is hardly a stereotypical mystery where the only plot motivation is to figure out whodunnit. The characters and plot are complex. There is more in the lives of the husband and wife detectives than solving mysteries. You care about them as people as they sort out the differences in their lives. CALLOUS is for those who enjoy mystery, for those who care about characters, and for those who just enjoy a good can-t-put-it-down read. Highly recommended.”
-Peter Clenott, 5-star Amazon review
“A Loyal TK Kenyon Fan”
“With "Rabid" as a first release, TK Kenyon established herself as a writer that could push your imagination while making you happily uncomfortable. With Callous... she has grown as an author and managed to tone down the quirks in "Rabid" that made me realize I was reading a fiction book while dialing up the suspense. This book is masterfully written and while not as cutting edge as a Chuck Palahniuk novel... it certainly challenges you on a number of levels. TK has done an excellent job of creating a spiral in this story where each turn of plot pulls this small TX town deeper and deeper into a manic episode of self destructive behavior and as you cling to the stability of a few characters, you as the reader, will revel in the difficulties that are created by the rest of the cast. "Callous" represents a big step forward for TK Kenyon and not only have I recommended it to everyone that I know, It has also cemented me as a loyal TK Kenyon fan. I hope to be reading her for years to come.”
-Dave Gant, 5-star Amazon review
“A Genre-Bender in the Best Sense”
“Okay, I'm not so much into mysteries and thrillers. But this book is a "genre-bender" in the best sense. It offers so much, in both depth and edge-of-seat storytelling. If you like to be simultaneously entertained and challenged, this book is for you. I enjoyed the HECK out of it.”
-Doni Tamblyn, 5-star Amazon review