{"id":1578,"date":"2009-08-30T17:11:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T21:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/30\/review-bonefish-grill\/"},"modified":"2009-08-30T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T21:11:58","slug":"review-bonefish-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=1578","title":{"rendered":"Review: Bonefish Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron & I had date night last night!!  It has been a long time since we have gone out on a “date”, so it was about time.  We chose to go to Bonefish Grill<\/a>.  We have dined at Bonefish Grill<\/a> many times since going gluten-free.  <\/p>\n

For a drink, I ordered the Chocolate Martini.  I decided to be adventurous, as I normally order wine.  Well, I should have stuck with wine.  While the Chocolate Martini was very impressive looking, it was way too strong.  Aaron called me a light weight, I think the bartender has a heavy hand. \ud83d\ude09  <\/p>\n

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I opted instead to go with a glass of Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio<\/a>.  It was much better!<\/p>\n

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Bonefish Grill has a special running through the end of the month.  You can order off of a special menu for $18\/person and you get the choice of appetizer (from 2, neither were GF, but they were nice enough to allow us to swap the Saucy Shrimp for the non-GF apps), choice of salad & choice of entree from 3 or 4 listed.  <\/p>\n

Here is our Saucy Shrimp (shrimp sauteed in a lime tomato garlic sauce with kalamata olives, feta cheese and sun-dried tomatoes):<\/p>\n

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This appetizer was amazing!  I loved the combo of flavors going on.  Even Aaron liked it!  <\/p>\n

The house salad was great, too!  It included greens, kalamata olives, tomatoes, pine nuts, hearts of palm & citrus vinaigrette.  You can have feta or blue cheese added for an additional charge.  The salad is a nice, unique blend of vegetables, nuts & cheese that you don’t typically see.  The dressing has a nice zing to it and isn’t overly oily. <\/p>\n

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For dinner I ordered the salmon with lemon butter (on the side) and haricot verts.  Aaron ordered the scallops & shrimp, herbed jasmine rice & garlic mashed potatoes.  We were fully intending on sharing our meals.  We went as far to ask for no seasonal garnish, because the garnish with the zucchini & tomatoes is not gluten-free per the menu.  Well, guess what?  Aaron’s came out with the garnish.  Sigh.  Not as big of a deal as if it were my plate, but still, they didn’t know that.  It was disappointing because we were really looking forward to sharing and it would take way too long to send his back & have it remade.  We had a movie to catch at 8:10.  The food was cooked well & tasted great, but I am growing more & more frustrated with issues like this.  I was so irritated that I forgot to take a picture of my entree!! LOL!!  <\/p>\n

While the food at Bonefish is very good and the gluten-free menu fairly large, this seems to be a common theme for them.  Of all the times we have dined at Bonefish over the past year or so, we have never had a dish where the plate came out just as it was supposed to.  Most often the plate has had to be sent back because it was for someone with Celiac and just removing the item from the plate isn’t good enough.  It seems as if some brushing up on the gluten-free menu & procedures is in order.<\/p>\n

After dinner we headed over to the movie theater and saw The Hangover.  OMG…that movie had me laughing the whole way through!  I haven’t laughed like that in a very long time.  <\/p>\n

We had a great night out!  I am giving a shout out to my Mother-in-law & Father-in-law who watched our kids last night.  THANK YOU!!  <\/p>\n

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I have also written a more “formal” review of Bonefish Grill<\/a> on The Examiner<\/a><\/strong> if you want to check that out.  <\/p>\n

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