You’re reading this because you’re not sure about your options for fending off emaciation during your time in Boothbay Harbor. If you have Celiac’s Disease, or even just a sensitivity, you already know your options are limited — that’s how it is everywhere.

As a carnivore with no known allergies to any foods, it has always been difficult reconciling my vegetarian wife’s need for a gluten-free meal. I can’t even count the number of times she has ended up with a salad, basket of fries, or a gluten-free pizza rolled in wheat flour after we’ve roamed around trying to get a good sense of where we could possibly eat.

Businesses are slowly becoming more receptive to offering gluten-free menu options, including many that are quite tasty.

So, here is a list of restaurants and available gluten-free food in the immediate harbor area of Boothbay Harbor:

McSeagull’s Restaurant

http://mcseagullsonline.com/menu/web.pdf

Haddock or chicken Francaise dishes are battered with gluten-free flour. The restaurant’s pizza also can be made with a gluten-free crust.

Ports of Italy

http://portsofitaly.com/boothbay/

As advertised on the website, everything on the menu can be made gluten-free.

Blue Moon Café

http://www.bluemoonboothbayharbor.com/

Sandwich bread.

Mama D’s Café Mercantile

https://www.mamadscafe.net/

Gluten-free options prepared in a non-gluten-free setting. Notable foods are omelettes and gluten-free crustless veggie pie.

Bridge Street Café

http://bridgestreetcafebbh.com/

Homemade gluten-free breads available as well as gluten-free New England clam chowder.

Fisherman’s Wharf Inn and Restaurant

http://fishermanswharfinn.com/

Sandwich rolls.

The Lobster Dock

http://www.thelobsterdock.com/

Rolls and buns.

Pier One Pizza

http://pier1pizza.com/

Gluten-free crust available.

Downeast Ice Cream

Gluten-free ice cream cones.

Regional locations for gluten-free food

Smugglers Cove Inn Restaurant

727 Ocean Point Road

East Boothbay

Prepared by a gluten-free chef, Smuggler’s Cove can make just about everything on its menu gluten-free. Some notable foods are sandwich breads, pasta, English muffins (gluten-free eggs Benedict), clam chowder, haddock and homemade hummus.

Kitchen Garden Café at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

132 Botanical Gardens Drive, Boothbay

http://www.mainegardens.org/visit/kitchen-garden-cafe/

Wraps, bagels and select desserts (ask your server).

Watershed Tavern

301 Adams Pond Road, Boothbay

https://www.boothbaycraftbrewery.com/watershed-tavern

Gluten-free bread available.