When?         Saturday ~ June 25, 2005  
Time?           Noon !                    
Where?        Olive Garden ~ Italian Restaurant        
at Carolina Place Mall

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
9421 Pineville Matthews Rd
Pineville, NC 28134
(704) 544-2334
~ located just outside the Carolina Place Mall
Note: Gluten-Free menu was discontinued!

There were 13 of us who met! The Olive Garden was wonderful and they were extra careful with
our lunches.  Everyone was friendly and very helpful!

Kate and I spent a half hour talking with the general manager of Olive Garden, before the rest of
the group came.  We gave the manager a walk-through of celiac and all the intricacies and
challenges we face.  We also gave the manager a folder of information about celiac, the
gluten-free diet, and recent news along with a thank you letter!  The manager was very
appreciative and interested in what we had to say!

Then we ate lunch without a worry!  We had lots of information sharing, as usual.  One of our
newest members Betty brought some of her recent issues of "Gluten-Free Living" for us to
review.  There were so many interesting articles that I am definitely subscribing! Kate had just
bought a book called "Allergy Friendly Food" and circulated it around the group!  If the  recipe
was gluten-free, it was labeled as such!  I had recently bought the 2005 "The Gluten/Wheat Free
Guide to Eating Out" (by Jeff Beavin) so I circulated this around the group.  We may get some
ideas for our future monthly meetings from this book!

We also welcomed our newest and youngest member of the group Angela who will turn 3 in a month.
 Both Jennifer and Jeff, Angela's parents, came and shared Angela's story.  Angela looks like any
healthy happy little girl and you would never know she was a very very sick baby!  Angela had fun
testing daddy's patience with the salt & pepper shakers.  Mom was very proud and brought a
camera to take pictures!

Best Regards, Janet

p.s...there was so much talk of ice cream at lunch that I just couldn't pass the Dairy Queen on
the way home...:>)
There is no warranty on the information presented in this web-site.  Additionally, no liability is assumed by the webmaster, list owner, or any individual associated
with the Charlotte Celiac Connection Support Group.  All information, recommendations, dietary suggestions and links are provided soley for the purpose of
sharing information.  We do not represent data to be error free. Medical questions should be directed to your personal physician.  No personal endorsements are
Copyright 2007 The Charlotte Celiac Connection.  All Rights Reserved.
[ site map ]  [ contact us ]
Get connected...
Charlotte, NC
Dr. Peter
Green's Book
 ~ click on
image above