Elephant Bar – AGISG

February 19, 2014 1888

Address: 2240 Louisiana Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: (505) 884-2355
Website: http://www.elephantbar.com/

October 2011: This review was written by GF Lady, the previous owner of GlutenFree Albuquerque.com and is used here with her permission.

The Elephant Bar, located in ABQ Uptown, offers great food at reasonable prices in visually interesting surroundings. There are two gluten-free meals on their recently updated menu, which also includes a disclaimer indicating that the restaurant cannot guarantee 100% that your meal will be gluten free. (This disclaimer is now common at restaurants.)

Grilled Trout with Vegetables

Pictured here is the seafood option. The trout was fresh and perfectly cooked and the entire meal was excellent. Even though it is not listed among the gluten-free menu choices, I have also ordered the light and delicious Fire Grilled Chicken Citrus Salad which is made gluten free by omitting the candied walnuts and the blue cheese crumbles and requesting herb vinaigrette in place of the usual salad dressing.

The Elephant Bar is crowded for lunch and packed on weekend nights. It may be the same on week nights, too. Fortunately, they take reservations.

Note: do not order anything steamed – they use their steamer baskets to cook noodles.