McDonald’s is getting old.
Our kids are the only kids in America that are tired of McDonald’s because, so far, that’s been one of the few fast-food restaurants where we can reliably get say-free meal for them.
Restaurants
Fireside Cafe
Unfortunately they do fry in soybean oil here, but at least they use coconut oil on the grill. So the fries and other fried foods are out. Our son’s favorite breakfast, the “Meat Lover’s Omelet” with hash browns and toast is soy free. You have to ask for “Jim’s bread” for the toast, or else … Read more
Francesco’s Italian Restaurant
Almost everything in this restaurant is soy free. They use olive oil and real butter — how refreshing! The kids can pretty much order anything. Even their house salad dressing is soybean oil free. Their bread, unfortunately, does have soybean oil in it. So we have to take bread, but aside from that, they can … Read more
Uno’s Chicago Grill
Thanks to Sharla for this great information on Uno’s Chicago Grill: My daughter has an intolerance to soy. So, we understand needing to avoid soy at all costs. We went to Uno’s Chicago Grill restaurant this past weekend. We were very impressed with them. They had a computer just inside the door that had all … Read more
Steak ‘n Shake
Okay: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Applesauce Cottage Cheese Mandarin Oranges All Classic Shakes except for Orange Freeze (syrup contains Vegetable Oil, which tragically just seems to be a code word for Soybean Oil) Caramel Sauce According to the allergen list they could have the “Corn and Black Beans”, but we’ve sure never seen that in … Read more
Subway
Wow, a restaurant that actually gets it! Subway, unlike what seems to be most every other restaurant in the universe, actually notes if a menu item or ingredient “merely” contains soybean oil. We’ve gotten so frustrated by restaurants not having the decency to list soy as an ingredient if “only” soybean oil is used. On … Read more
Kennedy’s BBQ
All of the meats here are soy free. So is the chilli, bean soup, and relish. They also offer Troyer’s pies. The pumpkin pie is soy free. The apple pie is not. The barbecue sauce is Sweet Baby Ray’s and is soy free. The milkshakes (made with Taggart’s ice cream) are soy free. Kennedy Barbecue … Read more
Waterloo Restaurant
Great news. The Waterloo Restaurant fries in canola oil. So that means he can have their french fries, sweet potato fries. Macaroni and cheese, pancakes. Update: the omelets are not okay. We were originally told that the omlets were cooked with olive oil, but this trip (we always confirm our information at restaurants) we learned … Read more
Hey, my kids can eat the Carnitas at Chipotle
Wow! Since I first researched Chipotle almost two years ago, it now seems that the carnitas doesn’t have soybean oil in them. I may actually be able to take my son back to my favorite restaurant. Yay!
Baja Pizzafish
Well, things seem real hopeful to start with. The pizza dough is not made with soybean oil. They create the pizza dough and grill the meat with olive oil. They do fry in soybean oil so tortilla chips are out. Also the flour tortillas have soy in them. Patrick, the extremely helpful manager said that … Read more
