Wildfire Restaurant Has One of the Best Gluten-Free Menus
June 30, 2010
When deciding where to take my husband for Father's Day this year, I wanted to try someplace new...and of course, it had to have a gluten-free menu available for our younger son. We decided on Wildfire restaurant in the Tysons Galleria in McLean, Virginia. We went there for lunch -- after a hot Virginia morning hitting balls at the golf range (where else does any golf-loving Dad want to be on Father's Day?). The first good sign was that the place was PACKED...no waiting for a table (and we'd made reservations anyways) but still respectably full, which is not always the case in this economy. The folks at the hostess stand were very friendly, and when I reminded them about the "gluten-free" note on our reservation, they happily gave me a bit of an overview of their gluten-free menu, as well as what was gluten-free on the children's menu. When seated, we had another pleasant surprise...a piping hot tray of cornbread delivered to the table. OK, that wasn't gluten-free, but those of us who can eat gluten enjoyed it immensely. I had read (in a review on our sister site GlutenFreeTravelSite) that the restaurant typically serves gluten-free bread for gluten-free... Read more →