This project got started out of desperation, frustration, and of course being hungry when being out and about. Plus, if you were out with others would they be patient, would they walk out with you if the restaurant didn’t have anything you could eat? It’s been put off as long as it could and the debating had to end sometime, all the questions of, is it good enough, how many listings should there be before a campaign, how many listings in each state? When would the questions end? So, taking a leap of faith the decision was made to show what has been done so far.

With a restaurant here and a restaurant there, oh my! It was like playing a game of choosing which one could handle multiple allergies or even just one, let alone, would they be willing to change something on their menu to met those allergy requirements. It becomes easier to stay at home and stop going out to eat. But, one has to eat out eventually so TAB Street was born.

Some of the benefits and reasoning behind the start of the website:

Not knowing which restaurant works with your particular allergy or multiple allergies
Eating out can’t be taken for granted
Sometimes eating out is a necessity
Food allergies – Gluten Free – Celiac Disease – food intolerance’s shouldn’t mean that you always need to stay local

So what exactly is TAB Street? TAB Street is a website that has listings that have been verified to have allergy free or gluten free information and it has been found that sometimes there is both. These listings cover restaurants, bakeries, hotels and more. It takes time and patience to review websites for that information. TAB Street, at the time of this writing has over 3000 listings which are color coded for allergy information, gluten free information among other listings that benefit both groups.

TAB Street includes:

Verified information at time of entry for allergy free information and/or gluten free
Geolocation up to 100 miles for travel at home or on the road
With geolocation, directions are within the site for listings
Only listings that have allergy free and/or gluten free information available on website
All types of restaurants – including ice cream shops and bakeries
From pizzas, to hamburgers, cakes and fine dining
Celiac Disease and food intolerance resource
Currently over 3000 listings
Search by one or multiple allergies, city, category, state and current location radius up to 100 miles or a combination thereof

So, why should people care, there are over 15 million people in the USA alone that have allergies and that includes the young and the young at heart. With each of those people there are countless numbers of friends, families, caregivers and coworkers that want to include everyone in the meals. No one should be left out of a function that includes food.

Donations to the campaign will help implement the enhancements – food menu, events, and much more, adding resources to continue to help with the research, create jobs with wages to get listings in quicker, increase marketing, tech and website upgrades. Adding more listings to Canada (soft open), Australia and the UK websites so that they can become active in 2018.