I love seafood, but my teenage daughter (who also has celiac disease) does not. It's my understanding that gluten-free options are widely available in Italy, but a combo of gluten-free and seafood-avoidant might be tougher to satisfy in Venice. Does anyone have any restaurant suggestions? (It doesn't have to be a seafood-free restaurant -- just someplace that would have a non-seafood pasta dish with GF option.) We are staying in Canareggio, and not looking for anything fancy.
Posted by
Midwest
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Gluten free and seafood free should not be too big an issue assuming she likes gluten free pastas and risottos. Many do not have seafood. Meat dishes are also often gluten free and generally available except maybe in tiny seafood focused places.
One good restaurant with a great gf specific menu (the restaurant isn’t all gf but they have a full menu for it and gf bread etc) is Al Giardinetto da Severino.
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San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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Just mention that your daughter is celiac (CELIACA in Italian, pronounce: che-LIAH-cah) and you want pasta SENZA GLUTINE. If you go for “cicchetti” it might be difficult since those places follow the traditional recipes, but you should be able to find food to meet your daughter’s needs.
Below is the full list of celiac friendly restaurants in Venice from the Italian Association of Celiac disease. Italy, the land of pasta, has the distinguished honor of having one of the largest percentages of people affected by celiac disease in Europe, so your daughter is in good hands.
https://www.celiachiaitalia.com/locali_senza_glutine/locali_per_celiaci_per_citta/ristoranti_per_celiaci/citta_di_venezia/134