Lactose-Free Nashville

Zoe's Kitchen

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Zoe's Kitchen is a new concept fast casual restaurant that has just opened in Brentwood and Green Hills. The marketing for this new walk-up-and-order place is fairly ambiguous, focusing on their "Chicken Roll-up" sandwiches... which, since chicken is sort of the flavor velcro of the food world... could be influenced from any cuisine on earth. As it turns out, Birmingham-based Zoe is greek and that means one thing: a ton of feta cheese.

The Lactose Line

Don't be fooled by the descriptions on the menu, Zoe's is all about sneaking in dairy where you don't expect it. Of special note - any sandwich with slaw has feta in the slaw. On the plus side, they do include chips and a side item in their sandwich combos. The safest side is the fruit cup.

Best Lactose-free options:

Ham + Swiss on Rye (hold the swiss), Turkey Sandwich (but be sure and state that you want no cheese), homemade Chicken + Orzo soup is probably safe... but I didn't get a look at it... be sure it's not cream-based.

Map and Directions:

at Zoe's site

Rating:

1 out of 5 lactose-free stars

posted by Patrick @ 9:30 PM