Kudos

We had a wonderful weekend--we went to Dinosaur State Park and had a marvelous time seeing the preserved footprints and wandering the maple swamp. And then we had lunch at On the Border. Now, as a Texan, I really like my Tex-Mex food and had been fairly particular. But living in the Northeast, you don't have so many options. And On the Border isn't usually my first choice. But now, when I'm with my kids, it will be.

We identified ourselves to the server as having allergies and immediately she mentioned the special allergy notebook. Within minutes, a manager came to our table with said notebook--a list, broken down by allergen, of all the meals that a person could have. We learned some interesting things--the corn chips are sometimes fried in the same oil as one of the desserts with peanuts and the grilled onions (you know how we love onions) are marinated in soy sauce for about an hour. With this in mind, we were able to choose food for DD and DS that we could be fairly confident would be fine. Coincidentally, except the onions, it was exactly what we would have ordered--chicken fajitas with corn tortillas. They brought us grilled un-marinated onions and extra quacamole, to make up for no cheese or sour cream.

In all the times we've ever been to a restaurant with the kiddos--we go about once a week and we always mention allergies to the server--this is the very first time there has been a special menu, or anything more than passing interest in our food issues. I was so impressed. And I will go back.

Yay for On the Border!