

Dedicated Gluten Free Restaurant and Bakery List in NYC New York as a huge city has so much to see and do, which is why we have been back a few times especially as we have never been for more than a few days at a time. I have since visited as a Christmas trip in December 2018 over my birthday, and again for two nights in July 2019 on the way to a work trip in Connecticut (I don’t recommend New York in the height of summer if you can travel at a different time due to the heat and humidity). I was also much more clued up on where to eat and ate at some amazing restaurants. The hotel location was perfect for the two nights for what we wanted to see and do. We also visited One World Observatory and the 9/11 memorial which is so incredibly moving so everything was based in Lower Manhattan. We stayed at Doubletree by Hilton in The Financial District as this trip was to give us a chance to go up the Crown at the Statue of Liberty and have a chance to get off the boat which we couldn’t do on the previous trip. Our third trip to New York was in 2016, meeting friends for two nights as an extension to a different holiday in America. I had travelled less at that time and didn’t do the research that I do now so I was still going to restaurants as if I wasn’t coeliac, just turning up and hoping for the best and New York is not the easiest city in which to do this, especially in 2012. Not that many places had gluten free menus at that time and if they did it didn’t mean they were clued up on cross contamination and eating out wasn’t as fun as it should have been. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza at Times Square and having done no research for gluten free I struggled finding safe places to eat. This was shortly after Hurricane Sandy had hit the city and we were unable to get off at the Statue of Liberty and lots of the subway stations were closed still. This trip was in a similar vain to that with my dad of trying to see as many sights as possible in three days. Paul and I visited New York for three days together in 2012 on our first trip together to America, when we also visited Niagara Falls and Toronto. We crammed in trips to the Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, went on a horse and cart ride around Central Park, had my make up done in Macy’s and poignantly now went up the World Trade Center. I visited New York for the first time in my teens with my dad in February 2001 on a whirlwind two nights to visit all the sights at a time when I didn’t know what gluten was. A decision that works well for us as it means late night gluten free chicken burgers on arrival, easy breakfasts in the morning and amazing pastrami sandwiches before heading to the airport home. We like to stay Central on short trips to be near the main sights and restaurants and on our last two trips we have stayed at The Edison which has Friedman’s Restaurant in the hotel. Hotels in the US are expensive and rooms in NYC hotels are small, especially if you want to stay in Central Manhattan. The afternoon tea that came around later had a substitute of fruit salad and cherry raisins which wasn’t quite so well received! I’ve had the same meal in economy, the meals don’t seem to change much! I ordered my meal online in advance and the chicken and sweet potato meal was pretty good with sides of salad, a roll, apple crisps and raspberry jelly.
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We generally fly with Virgin Atlantic to the US and on our last trip to New York we used airmiles to upgrade to premium economy.

New York is a fabulous city for gluten free restaurants and bakeries, once you know where to find them. I love NYC and a Christmas visit is my absolute favourite as it is such a magical time to go and see all the Christmas lights, and of course eat all the gluten free treats. New York, New Yorrrrrkkk!!I have been to New York a few times over the last 20 years with family and friends, across all seasons.
