The Cider Press Café
Posted By Paul Grimsley On Monday, February 22, 2016
Being gluten intolerant it isn't always the easiest thing to find a place to eat where you aren't limited to salads, which I personally get more than a little sick of. Variety definitely is the spice of life, especially when it comes to food. We were at a gig at the nearby Fubar, and we had a limited amount of time to find and choose and eat our food before the band we had come to see started playing.
The bar looked pretty trendy from the outside, and when we went inside the staff were really friendly. We sat down, they brought the menus, and we asked them what was good and gluten free. When you are told that everything in the place is gluten free apart from the beer at the bar, it is an unusual experience; raw, vegan, and gluten free - not something you are going to find in too many places. It's great because it means that instead of having to dig and cherry pick different parts of the menu to construct a custom menu that won't have you feeling bad for days after, you instead can choose anything you like.
Well, within reason. We were there late, and they had had a bit of a rush on, so our first choices weren't available. The barman was helpful, and he told us what they had and what was going to be easy and quick for him to prepare, and he made some recommendations based on his own favorites on the menu. When you genuinely see that the staff like eating their own food it is a definite good indicator. The Pad Thai was great, as was the soup - Gazpacho; and the kombucha, which they had on tap, really hit the spot.
I definitely want to go back there at some point - it was a relaxed atmosphere, the seating was comfortable, and the staff and the food make it a definite instant favorite.
The bar looked pretty trendy from the outside, and when we went inside the staff were really friendly. We sat down, they brought the menus, and we asked them what was good and gluten free. When you are told that everything in the place is gluten free apart from the beer at the bar, it is an unusual experience; raw, vegan, and gluten free - not something you are going to find in too many places. It's great because it means that instead of having to dig and cherry pick different parts of the menu to construct a custom menu that won't have you feeling bad for days after, you instead can choose anything you like.
Well, within reason. We were there late, and they had had a bit of a rush on, so our first choices weren't available. The barman was helpful, and he told us what they had and what was going to be easy and quick for him to prepare, and he made some recommendations based on his own favorites on the menu. When you genuinely see that the staff like eating their own food it is a definite good indicator. The Pad Thai was great, as was the soup - Gazpacho; and the kombucha, which they had on tap, really hit the spot.
I definitely want to go back there at some point - it was a relaxed atmosphere, the seating was comfortable, and the staff and the food make it a definite instant favorite.
