*Chains – T.G.I. Friday’s
Thanks to Go Dairy Free viewer Erica for sending this feedback and the screenshots for this restaurants.
I was able to get some good phone shots of the T.G.I. Friday’s allergen menu. I thought I would offer it up to my favorite allergen website (dairy issues here). Unfortunately, 99% of everything on the menu has dairy associated with it. Most dishes, though, you can just ask for no cheese or no butter on buns and everything should be fine. I usually get the Turkey Club, no cheese and I don’t have any issues.
[The allergen menu] is a suggestion list, which I have never found helpful since they don’t include items that you could totally order without cheese and then they would be dairy free. It makes the options seem very limited.
See the restaurant website for hours, locations, and phone numbers …
Website: www.tgifridays.com
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BarbaraOctober 27, 2012 at 7:24 am
I tried going to Friday’s before I read about it here. It was one of the worst experiences I have had trying to eat dairy-free. The menu has basically nothing listed as being dairy-free. My waiter tried to be helpful and said he would get their “nutritional specialist” to come to my table and talk to me. Then, I overheard him talking to a manager, who seemed annoyed about his request for her to come talk to me. She made some remark to him that almost offended me, but I could not hear her clearly enough to note exactly what she said. She came to our table and when I told her that I needed to have a meal with no dairy in it, she told me to look at their allergen menu, which I already had in my hand. I pointed out that almost everything listed milk as an ingredient and asked her if there were recommendations she could make for something I could order without cheese or whatever to make it dairy free. This “nutritional specialist” told me that basically my only choice was to order a plain salad, with no cheese or croutons. She was very unpleasant and not helpful at all. I ended up ordering the Dragonfire salmon, which was basically the only thing on the menu without a milk symbol and some steamed broccoli, with no butter. The manager had not even mentioned this salmon as a dairy free option. It was good enough, but I will never go back to Friday’s again.