Washington, D.C

Sometimes, I love to be a tourist and do the “tourist” type things. I travel frequently, but it doesn’t always give me an opportunity to see the sights or “must-sees” of each city or country, so for the past couple of days I visited Washington D.C with my sister-in-law so I could do just that.  The Lincoln memorial, Arlington Cemetery, The White House, I saw it all!

Of course, this blog isn’t about the sights, this blog is about my search for gluten-free food and living. As I was only there for a short amount of time, I managed to fit in just two places: Old Ebbitt Grill and &pizza. The first, had great cocktails, a tasty piece of steak and were super helpful when I told them of my allergy and the latter was just, well, it was great!

&pizza

No, I don’t keep making a typo it’s really called that. When researching GF food in D.C this pizza chain came up in most lists. I hadn’t had pizza in a long while, so we went in search, expecting to find a restaurant and in it’s place we found a Chipotle-style “fast food” joint.

&pizza is not a GF restaurant, but it does offer a GF pizza crust. I am not someone who rolls the dice on if something is 100% GF and they leave it up to the consumer to take the chance, but with pizza places, as long as they’re not laying out the dough on the same board, it’s safe to say I usually do ok (although if you’re a coeliac sufferer like me, the smallest micro can set off my intestines, I just never know). &pizza places their crusts on individual cooking trays and the GF is pre packaged, so it’s not rolled out on anything that the previous evil crust has touched, so I felt good when ordering. As I said before it’s similar to Chipotle, you move down the line ordering sauces, cheeses, veggies, proteins etc. that you’d love on your pizza (side note, they also offer vegan options!) or, you can order one of the house pizza flavours, it’s all very slick and all very well done.

 

I’m a skeptical GF pizza eater, but I can say honestly, that this was… awesome!  The concept, the design, my topping choices (ha), and even the box it came in, incase I had any left; I enjoyed the whole experience (apart from the music being louder than a nightclub).  This chain is fast growing and I can only hope, for my waistline, that it takes it’s time coming to Columbus. For now, I will be hitting &pizza every time there’s one wherever I am.

 

If you’re interested, find your nearest &pizza here. If there are any amazing GF places I should check out next time I get to go to D.C please let me know in the comments below.