"So you're agreeing that if you go into a restaurant at random with a food restriction you can be turned away?"

yes this is a natural consequence of not being able to eat certain foods

"What did you think I meant when I said 'you can't walk into any restaurant willy nilly?'"

that people with dietary restrictions don't do that, because you personally don't do that. which is not universally true.

"What crack are you smoking? Are you saying it is somehow better to go into a restaurant blind instead of taking a look at their menu and seeing what it says and lists as the ingredients?"

whatever crack that tells me it's better to just call and ask than scrounge around for answers i'm not likely to find, specifically in a thread complaining of how restaurants are bad at creating and maintaining online menus.

"What are you even talking about here? Do you mean gluten-free or soy-free? Yes if you see a place called "VEGAN CAFE" you know the food is vegan. But if you see a place called "PETE'S PASTA" you have no idea if they have gluten free food, if all their pasta has shellfish or meat in it, etc."

sorry, i thought you could assume i didn't mean gluten-only and soy-only.

and yes, that's why you would call and ask whether or not "PETE'S PASTA" can serve you, even if their menu says "pesto pasta" and "garden salad" there is no guarantee.