Author: Karen_45

First of all-this listing claims that they have gluten free, vegetarian and vegan meals available? They have NONE of these. What a terrible restaurant. I’ve always wanted to go because the location is amazing and there is always people eating on the small patio out...front. Finally got to go for my birthday yesterday. All of the waitresses (I counted 3-4) were incredibly rude and acted horribly inconvenienced by our presence. After we were seated (inside-where it was empty save for a single man at the bar-perhaps this is why the patio always has people - they only put them outside), we waited 10 minutes before our waitress spoke to us. She didn’t introduce herself or offer or give us water. THERE ARE NO GLUTEN-FREE OPTIONS on the menu. When my friend asked the waitress if there were any gluten free options perhaps on a different menu, the waitress rolled her eyes and asked “are you celiac?” To which my friend replied yes. The waitress then said “ya sorry we don’t have anything….” And we just kind of sat there awkwardly until she rolled her eyes again sighed and said “I guess I could ask the cook if there’s anything he can do” to which we replied yes please that would be great! 15 minutes later, she returned and pointed out 2 items (tuna tacos or steak tacos) and salads that could be gluten free. My friend selected the steak tacos but another 10 minutes later, the waitress returned again and said never mind the steak is marinated and so you can only have the tuna tacos or salad. She said that they would “discount” the salad that my friend ended up ordering because of all the inconvenience. Honestly, the food was good. The fries were identical to McDonald’s fries which was disgusting but the club wrap was good. However, it was twice the price of an identical wrap elsewhere. After we got our food (from a different waitress) we never saw the original waitress again. No one came to check on us and after finishing our food and sitting around for awhile we ended up bringing our plate downstairs to ask for a go box and the bill. After all that, as we walked away checking the bill we discovered that the salad was not discounted at all. How in the world can a restaurant possibly have ZERO options for persons with celiac in 2021? The staff was awful. The menu was unaccommodating. The food was greatly overpriced. The atmosphere was off putting. And the entire experience was terrible. I will never return to The Local, and highly recommend you don’t let your day get ruined by going there either.