Chipotle Cultivate Festival: San Francisco, Golden Gate Park June 8th 2013
http://chipotle.com/cultivate/
“Cultivate Festival Bringing Together Food, Farmers, Chefs, Artisans, Thought Leaders, and Musicians”
Get Event Updates & Lineup Info from Cultivate Facebook Page & Twitter.
Manja!
Chipotle San Francisco “Cultivate Festival” June 8th, 2013
Casual dining mexican fast food, Chipotle, is teaming up with special brew houses to bring customers a house made margarita and 3 brews of beer to their upcoming “Cultivate” Festivals in San Francisco, Denver, & Chicago. These brews will be exclusive to the Cultivate events and Chipotle will not be pouring (so taste while you can).
San Francisco Festival will be happening on June 8th. The festival entrance has no fee and there will be food, beverage, and music.
For the San Francisco Festival, a local Speak Easy & Lager has created a “fruity saison” with “Canadian Honey malt notes”.
Chef Michael Chiarello will be attending.
The event is ideal for adults with tree nut and peanut allergies because Chipotle uses nether in their kitchen. You may actually eat and participate! What a treat!
For more details on the event click here or go to http://chipotle.com/cultivate/
Manja!
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Manja!
Chipotle: Special Diet Menu
Note to people with restricted diets and food allergies, “Because we think you’re Special”. Awe, Chipotle thanks for the love. We think you are special too.
Truly, Manja is not one to bring much attention to large chains and franchises. However, Chipotle is a completely different category all its own, “Special”. We wish more restaurants online menus could be as open and thorough as yours.
http://www.chipotle.com/en-us/menu/special_diet_information/special_diet_information.aspx
Manja!
Manja Review: Chipotle Los Gatos, Brand New Sofritas Option … Say What?!
Chipotle Los Gatos
www.chipotle.com
95030
Manja Review:
Walking into Chipotle with Ashley Nicolei & family (a hungry dad and brother), we could not help but notice that there was something different about the menu. Something that we could not quite put our finger on, like when your friend gets a haircut but you’re just not sure …
Thankfully, when Ashley walked up to the counter to place her usual burrito bowl order, the server asked her if she has heard about the Sofritas option. Please do say, what is a Sofritas?
A delicious Tofu Scramble option! The texture is similar to ground turkey or beef and the spices and flavors as well. Except it is tofu! Pile on the lettuce (no rice no beans), grilled onions & bell peppers, mild salsa, pico de gallo, and a small spoonful of guacamole (guacamole is always worth a few more bucks in our book).
We were genuinely surprised with how flavor packed the tofu is, and the texture is not spongey at all, which tofu sometimes can be.
Ashley enjoys the Los Gatos location because it is always clean, the line never too long, the staff consistently pleasant, and the food properly rotated. Also the soda fountain area is clean and napkins and utensils are plentiful.
Overall a quick, delicious, and efficient meal. Money well spent. And with Chipotle’s allergy conscious menu and dietary procedures, most Top 8 Food Allergies can be accommodated.
Manja!
One year later: funding, sixteen new staffers and a brand new office in Venice Beach, California. We’re still limited on resources and we still pull all-nighters, but we’ve come a long way from fighting over outlets at coffee shops.
With the remaining team members moving down next week and…
Venice Beach Office eh? Our kind of people.
Manja!
#SuryaRay #Surya Ever had the urge to go out to dinner at a restaurant but couldn’t find anyone to dine with? Social dining startup Grubwithus might just have an app for you. Over the weekend it launched GrubTonight, an iPhone app that allows strangers in the same city to meet up for impromptu…
Interesting concept … The “Über Cab” of social dining if you will.
Los Angeles based.
Manja!
This week’s Group Meal Spotlights are on Fuji Sushi in San Jose, CA, Kung Pao Bistro in West Hollywood, CA, and Sotto Sopra in Baltimore, MA. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other meals for you to choose from, but these are a few not to be missed!
So check ‘em out…
Yummy! Sushi Everything!
With Japanese cuisine being comprised of lean protein & omegas (fish),sea vegetables, broths, and white rice it’s a trusted go to for many restricted diets.
Flavorful, ethnic, & pro clean eating Sushi in general is a “safe food” restaurant for those on raw diets/raw foodism, Paleo Diet, and low carb diets. Vegetarian options are often available.
Most Sushi Restaurants can accommodate gluten sensitivities. They also can accommodate tree nut allergies.
Not recommended for those with diabetes or thyroid disease due to iodine being present in seaweed. Iodine can effect diabetic and thyroid medications. Soy allergies should also avoid Sushi & most asian cuisine in general given that soy is a main ingredient in Asian cooking.
As always, please notify your server before placing an order should you have a severe food allergy. The Server/Restaurant will be able to confirm with you if they can accommodate your allergy specific needs.
Manja!
Manja Review: Thea Restaurant Santana Row, Step Into a Mediterranean World
Thea Restaurant
Santana Row
3090 Olsen Drive
San Jose,CA
http://www.thearestaurant.com/
Manja Creator, Ashley Nicolei, took her Moroccan Native dear friend to Thea’s in Santana Row. Her friend was craving Mediterranean Hookah and they had not seen each other for a while. So, where better to reunite than at a restaurant full of Mediterranean inspired cuisine and an outdoor hookah lounge?
Traditionally Hookah (tobacco) can be taken with tea and small tapas (flatbread) or a full meal. Ashley is not much for smoking but her friend enjoyed the peach flavor (for all you Hookah fanatics).
Ashley is more drawn to the ambience of the restaurant, use of blue glass and tiles and textiles all Mediterranean reminiscent. There is a live tree in the center of the restaurant decorated with tea lights and light strings. There are statues and on some nights even a live belly dancer performs. Of course, traditional music is playing in the background to properly set the scene.
Food wise, Mediterranean is one of the safest for Ashley to dine at due to her tree nut allergy. She shared the chicken kabob entree and flatbread with her friends. She will admit the flatbread option was brave on her end (usually stays away from breads at restaurants to avoid cross processing). She wouldn’t recommend the flatbread to any of those with nut allergies (digestion kindly reminded her that she is not invincible). The chicken kabob was well seasoned and tasted delicious, but also did not sit well with her. While she thankfully did not suffer an anaphylaxis episode, her body was hurting for about 3 days after.
Although the kitchen manager assured her no nuts are used in the kitchen (except desserts which are prepackaged and not processed in the kitchen) she did find a few menu items containing walnuts (salad) and pine nuts. The flatbread pesto did not list cheese as an ingredient, but came out with a cheese shaving on top.
Since there was not a severe reaction of anaphylaxis (more digestive discomfort and wheezing) Ashley figures that perhaps a cutting board or utensils touching nut oils may have been used to prepare her food. A slip as little as this can produce an allergic reaction - mild to life threatening, all depending on how the individual’s immune system responds.Not recommended for tree nut allergies, nor dairy allergies, sorry Thea.
Sensitivities beware. But beautiful restaurant & beautiful ambience. We live and learn.
Manja!
JustLabelit.org encourages the people to let our Senator know that we have the right to Labels , to Labels being correct & complete, and to know what really is in our food.
Not just a power trip or bone to pick. Labels are the founding blocks of food allergy awareness. We NEED to know, our lives and airways depend on it.
Manja!
