Beware.....gluten is everywhere!

I went to Margaritas restaurant tonight with friends before seeing a musical at UMO. I had called earlier in the day, and was assured their facility could accommodate a gluten allergy. Great, sounds like a good night....just kidding!! The waiter had no idea how to deal with food allergies, and was quite nervous. I asked for a manager, he delayed it, I had been told to ask for a manager for this exact reason! He finally gets the manager, who is no more brilliant than the waiter himself!! Holy old hell people, I got glutened. I chose a salad with grilled veggies and bland grilled chicken, with no help from the staff. I chose this out of frustration and embarrassment that it was such an issue that I'm allergic to gluten. I wanted to crawl in a corner and die, or perhaps just eat the granola bar I knew was GF and was in my purse for emergencies. Not one person asked me how my meal was, which it was good but the pain set in before I was half way done. I didn't dare to say anything, due to the previous spectacle with ordering, that I was fearful of total embarrassment!! I think this has deterred me from eating out, I'm not willing to go to a place where I have to play Russian roullette with my celiac disease in order to eat, nor do I want to go and cook it myself and then pay for it! Which is exactly what it seemed needed to happen, I'm so unhappy about this. I used to love that restaurant, no more. I did, however, write all of this in a lovely forceful email to the main headquarters of the restaurant. I want for them to educate their staff, there's no need of people being exposed to allergens, especially when an institution is advertising that they can accommodate food allergies. I'll let you know what I hear back from them. Good night all! P.s. Sweeney Todd was a wonderful musical to see, just as great as the movie--well minus Johnny Depp haha