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[quote=Anonymous]All of this advice sounds wise, I just want to add a perspective as a former waitress. Don't be shy - tell EVERYONE who is involved in your food. Tell the hostess when you arrive. Tell your waitress as soon as you sit down. Tell your waitress AGAIN when you order. Say it AGAIN when your food arrives. "Thank you, looks delicious. Just confirming - his meal is nut free right? He has a severe nut allergy." If another waitress takes your dessert order, tell her, too. Restaurants will take this VERY seriously, but waitresses are also very busy - you don't want to be in a risky situation because someone forgot to put it on the ticket for the chef. Additionally - no matter what research you do before hand or who you talk to beforehand, or what you're ordering - you still need to be clear about it day of with your waitress. Not "oh, we're the ones who called ahead, we're getting this dish cause it's safe" but "my son has a severe nut allergy." A restaurant nearby had someone die at the table because they ordered the chili assuming it was safe - but it was thickened with peanut butter. Completely avoidable if they had just said something to the waitress. And honestly, we don't mind at all. We want your kid to leave happy and healthy. The only people who bother us are the people who insist they're "allergic to gluten" the whole meal (so the kitchen is sanitizing and avoiding cross contamination and doing all this extra work) and then when it comes time for dessert and we would say "all our desserts have gluten, unfortunately, but we can make you a fruit plate" all of a sudden, "Oh a little gluten is fine." Ugh. But a true allergy? We want to help![/quote]
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