California Grill, Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Disney’s California Grill at the top of Disney’s Contemporary Resort was a nice classy restaurant. I probably would not recommend taking the kids to this place because the menu doesn’t have a lot of words they will be familiar with.
In the picture is what my menu looked like. The marks you see on the menu are from the chef who marked it off at our table. The food at this restaurant was wonderful. The chef’s were wonderful. The service was great…
However, the desert needed some options to complete the experience. The lack of gluten free options here of all the Disney restaurants was a real let down. Here is why. I’m told that Joel Schaefer’s wife is the pastry chef at the Contemporary Resort. Joe Schaefer is the lead special dietary needs manager at Disney World.
I know of a great gluten free pound-cake recipe that would do wonders in this department. After finding out this relationship I can understand why he wasn’t interested in the suggestion. It was strange because the staff at the California Grill thought it would be good for us to talk with him. It must have been a busy day. We’ll try again later.
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That is great that the Chef was marking on the menu right there infront of you, so you know that they were “thinking” about it, the ingredients, and how the meal was going to go….too bad they didn’t have a current menu to give you in the first place…