Waterloo Ice House
6203 N. Capitol of Texas Hwy
Part of Town: Westlake
Phone: 418-9700
Cost:
Type of Food: Hamburger, TexMex

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The menu at Waterloo Ice House was checked mainly with a view of what children could eat there because of their wonderful playscape.

The staff is extremely helpful and was happy to answer questions. Best of all, there is a large binder with laminated pages that has the exact recipe for every item that they serve. If in doubt about any items, simply ask to see their recipe page.

The key points when dining here are that (1) the meat and chicken are the only things cooked on the grill, meat on one side and chicken on the other, and only salt and pepper are used as seasonings so all non-breaded meat and chicken are fine and (2) the french fries are cooked with other breaded items so that cross-contimanation is an issue so don't eat the fries or tater tots.

That said, the chips, queso, guacamole, bbq sauce, mashed potoatoes, black beans, refried beans, rice and vegetable of the day (fresh veggies, just steamed and with no more that salt, pepepr and butter on them always) all are gluten free. The chili is not, they buy it ready and the fourth from the last item on the ingredients label is oats. The chips are commercial tortilla chips and are not reheated or anything are were fine the day we were there.

We did not check the salad dressings or soups the day that we were there but probably will in the future. The Texas Tortilla Catfish has a corn meal and crushed tortilla breading, but it also has flour so stay away from that.

Good choices are the "Platters" served without the Texas Toast:

Marinated chicken or beef fajitas (without the tortillas)
Grilled chicken platter
Ranch house chicken
Queso chopped steak
Chopped steak

Any burgers, sandwiches or chicken sandwiches without the bun
(did not check specifically about pulled pork, ribs, meatloaf or tacos)

The full menu may be found at their website: http://www.waterlooicehouse.com/
comments: Order some chips with salsa or queso or some nachos and send the kids off to play in the playscape while you check the menu. If you want to try something that isn't mentioned here already, just tell your waiter that you can't have anything with wheat, rye, barley or oats and ask if you could see the recipe page from the big white book for the item(s) that you are thinking of ordering. There are tables outside and there are tables inside and there are lots of big screen televsions. The people there are very freindly and very helpful.

This recommendation thanks to Lisa Peppas