Noa C.
Pasta Poison
My daughter took her boyfriend to the Cheesecake Factory at Easton Towne Center in Columbus, OH, for his birthday. She was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 15 years ago. She went there because they had Gluten-Free pasta. When she received her order, she noticed the pasta looked different than what she had been used to most of her life. She asked the waiter multiple times if he was sure the pasta was Gluten-Free. He assured her each time that it was. So, she ate it, even though she noticed it tasted different than what she was accustomed to. To make a long story short, she has been vomitting for the last 7 hours. Today is her boyfriend’s birthday, which they took the weekend trip to Columbus to celebrate. They can’t even go to the show that they paid tickets for, which is tonight. I realize that some people may disregard a request for gluten-free food because a lot of people “choose” it because it’s “healthier”. My daughter doesn’t “choose” it. It’s a lifestyle that we’ve all had to adapt to because it could literally kill her. Never again will she or my family have anything to do with the Cheesecake Factory.


