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JCN 2007-Vol.1, Nos.1, 2, 3
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Dining / Shopping

This page contains several lists that reveal names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and Internet web sites for Dining and Shopping for Gluten-Free food and Kosher food and in many cases, both.

Most restaurants are not Kosher dining places and likewise, even more are not even Gluten-Free (GF). However, there are a few places that are now offering special gluten-free menus, but they are non-Kosher. A number of health food, or natural food stores (listed below) sell gluten-free products that you can take to their respective, eating sections, along with a drink, and you can enjoy your lunch, or dinner there. It gets much more complicated when you add the Kosher aspect to the equation and even more complicated when you add on "blood-types" and "organics" to the deal. I do not want to sound sacrireligious, but if push came to shove, I would choose "Gluten-Free" over anything else; blood-type, organic, or even Kosher and in that order. It's a scientific health issue for me. Speaking of Kosher and whether, or not, I as a Jew should put that above everything else? Pesach is the perfect example; all five grains that go into (Biblical) bread and matzo-making are ones that contribute to Celiac Disease, so I cannot partake in the Seder because "matzos" are central to the ceremony. If you wish to bring in "oat matzo" as a reason to partake in a Seder with my own "oat" matzos, let me refer you to the paragraph on Celiac FAQs, which begins with "Oat grains?" half way down the page. (Note: If you are nat taken directly to Oat grains?, then scroll down to it.) You figure it out. G-d only knows!

NOTE: I will not list Kosher-Style Restaurants, or Delis because their Kosher-ness is really non-existant except for the idea that they sell Kosher products, which is fine and dandy, but so do the major supermarkets of this country. They may also claim to be using a different slicer for treyf and Kosher, but I have seen that go south. Now, there is a certain fondness for Jewish-owned restaurants and delis, and I have been to many over the past 55 years, or so. I enjoyed many, was bodily thrown out four of them for some ungodly reason when I was younger, but as far as Kashrut was concerned, most of them that I had been to didn't really pass the test and I was not an agitator in those places either! It's 2006 and I am 63 years old. I look back with some anger at those that did me harm, but feel happy that they are all out of business. The good restaurants and delis... I wish them well and I will leave it at that!

Celiac Restaurants are almost a joke! There are none that I know of. GIG, the Gluten Intolerance Group, runs a web site, which offers a service to Celiacs. It's called Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program™. Click on Find a Restaurant and at the bottom of the page, click on List All Restaurants and you are there! However, here's the rub! Eveeryone of them only offer "gluten-free menus," or menus with items marked with for instance a GF. If you ask me, it's somewhat of a sham, but if you trust the establishment, and I often eat out if my wallet lets me, go and fress a bissel. The lists of restaurants and cafes that GIG offers on their web site featuresome restaurant food chains. They are single-owned places offer a so-called "gluten-free" menu, but I saw nothing that was Kosher. Some deal with organically-grown and that's a plus.It's your call.

I personally prefer to shop, cook and eat at home because I have more control over what goes into my stomach. Celiacs must be extra careful. On the other hand, if I have to (or even want to) eat out at a restaurant, I first decide on how much that I have to spend, what I think that I want to eat and where I want to go to eat it. Although, I think Koshered foods trump non-Koshered foods, after I decide what my money is like, I must put the idea of consumming life-threatening "gluten" before Kosher. Most Kosher restaurants are beyond my monthly disability check and Celiac-friendly restaurants do not exist in the large city of Philadelphia as far as I know and the restaurants with "gluten-free menus," or designated menus, that I am aware of are not Kosher. G-d forgive me, but I would rather live! I hope that came out right.

Shopping sites may either be online malls that carry products from many companies , or online companies that only produce and sell their own products. Many also have their own offline store, or stores. Also, they may carry products that are not only labeled Gluten-Free (GF), but also labeled Wheat-Free, Peanut and Tree Nut-Free, Dairy-Free, Corn-Free, Soy-Free, Shellfish and Fish-Free, Gelatin-Free, Casein-Free, Genetically Modified Organism-Free (GMO), or all of the above like EcoNatural Solutions does. They may, or may not carry anything that is certified and labeled as Kosher by any of the many organizations that offer those services (See Kosher Symbols). Look and see!

These lists below will basically stick to either a Gluten-Free (for Celiacs), or a Kosher (for Jews [and others] who adhere to it) diet, or both, when it occurs at the same location and in the same product. These are places that are not only located in the Philadelphia / Delaware Valley area, but are spread nation-wide and world-wide like the World-Wide-Web. This (*) denotes that I have eaten there and would recommend that you give it a try.

NOTE: I list Kosher Restaurants that are closed, have moved to new locations, or have lost their Kosher certification for some reason near the bottom of this page. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, e-mail me at .

Restaurants, Dinners, Cafes

Kosher (K) - Gluten-Free (GF) - Gluten-Free Menu (GF-M)

*** Philadelphia, PA and Beyond ***

Restaurants - (Kosher)

Restaurants - (Non-Kosher, Gluten-Free Menus Only)

Bakeries (Kosher, Kosher/Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free)

Shopping

(Many have web sites, their own products & dining areas, which allow you to take the item [Kosher, Gluten-Free, or otherwise] to the table to eat. Ask.)

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NOTE: — For a long list of restaurants that at least have GF, (but probably not Kosher) menus, go to the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program™ at http://www.glutenfreerestaurants.org, click on Find a Restaurant and at the bottom of the page, click on List All Restaurants. Scroll down for places that say they have gluten-free menus. Enjoy yourself!

NOTE: The following Kosher Restaurants or Gluten-Free businesses are closed, have moved to new locations, or have lost their Kosher certification for some reason:

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, e-mail me at .

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