Gluten-Free in Tampa, Florida

Having celiac disease doesn't mean you won't eat well on your travels, but it does mean you'll be better off with some advance planning and advice from the locals. If you'll be doing any gluten-free travel to Tampa, Fla., here are links you'll find helpful:

Metromix Tampa Bay: Best Bets Gluten-Free Menus
A list of more than a dozen local area restaurants, with descriptions and links to the restaurant websites.

Urban Spoon: Gluten-Free Friendly Restaurants in Tampa, FL
Includes a map of all the restaurants, links to the restaurant websites, local newspaper and magazine reviews and comments from diners.

Lee Roy Selman's Restaurants
Lee Roy Selmon, NFL Hall of Famer and former Tampa Bay Bucaneer, owns several Tampa-area restaurants that feature special gluten-free menus.

The Columbia Restaurant
This company, host to the 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon, offers a list of gluten-free menu items at all their locations.

Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant
If you've been missing Ethiopian food, you'll be happy to know that this Ethiopian restaurant offers gluten-free bread!

Gluten Free Yummies
Gluten Free Yummies will bake gluten-free cookies, cakes, cupcakes and breads (including hamburger and hotdog rolls) to order and deliver them to you in the Tampa area.

Publix Supermarkets
This supermarket chain has many stores in the Tampa area. Type "gluten-free" in to the search box on their website for a list of their gluten-free products.

Our article "Before You Travel on a Gluten-Free Diet" will direct you to additional tips for gluten-free travel: car rides, plane travel, hotels, trips to foreign countries -- what to bring, how to plan, where to find help and more.