Sampios

Address:
2809 San Jacinto Blvd.
Austin, TX 78704
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(Part of Town: University)
Phone: 469-9988
Cost:
Type of Food: Brazilian

Recommended Items: We visited Sampios twice in the past month as part of a school manners lesson. The people at the restaurant could not have been more accommodating dealing with 18 children, many who are picky eaters (or culinary challenged as the teacher called them) and 2 children with special diets. One of these diets was CD. They did everything they could to see that everyone had the meal they wanted. There are a lot of sauces on the foods and I do not know if any or all of these contain gluten. But, for us they specially prepared a grilled chicken breast and served it with fruit and pao de queijo, which are small Parmesan cheese rolls celiacs generally refer to as Chebe.

The menu is varied including traditional Brazilian dishes, Tex-Mex food and burgers for the kids. While I cannot list a lot of GF choices, I can attest to their willingness to accommodate the diet.

This recommendation thanks to Frances Kelley (fkelley@austin.rr.com) who ate there last on 10/23/03