Dunwellz Custom Kitchen and Pour House is a local establishment that’s really close to our house. I had been one time several years ago when I met up with a friend. I’m not sure why we never tried going again; we probably just assumed that there weren’t any options for Nikki.
A couple months ago, our dad asked us to dinner. I Googled “gluten-free near me” and I was surprised that Dunwellz popped up. We just assumed that they served bar food. I pulled up their menu and showed it to Nikki. They had gluten-free bread. We decided to try them with our dad.
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The restaurant has a big open seating area, an island, and a bar. There’s also another room with seating to the right of the main room. If you’d rather sit outdoors, they have patio seating. If you want to watch sports, there are TVs everywhere. It is on the loud side, but you can still have a conversation without struggling.
They have a variety of gluten-free options for customizable gluten-free salads. You can also customize your sandwiches. While they have gluten-free cheese options, there are no dairy-free options. If you’re familiar with the Impossible Burger, it’s available here.
Unfortunately, Dunwellz does cook with soybean oil. No fries for Nikki. 🙁 They do offer gluten-free bread for their sandwiches. Nikki chose a chicken sandwich on gluten-free bread. For her side, she chose steamed vegetables. Normally, Nikki tries to bring her own mayo with her, but she was out at the time. Fortunately, the chicken was seasoned so well that she didn’t need anything else.
We really liked their food a lot! The three of us went back a few weeks later. The second time, Nikki ordered the chicken sandwich, but added bacon this time.
After telling our mom about Dunwellz, she wanted to try it. One night, we decided to try takeout. They have convenient online ordering that lets you make notes, which is extremely helpful when you have dietary restrictions.
***NSFDF***
Please look away now if you have FOMO over food you can’t have.
On our first visit, I ordered a Cuban sandwich. It was so yummy!
Our dad ordered The Donut Burger. Yep, it’s exactly what you think it is; a burger between a donut. It also had lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayo, mustard, bacon, and cheese. He really liked it.
We don’t typically order dessert, but I could tell that my dad wanted to try the Fried Oreos a la Mode. I’ve had fried Oreos once before at the Texas State Fair. These were so good!
On our second visit, I had the Fried Fish Platter. It seems I didn’t get pictures of our food on this visit.
When we ordered takeout, I decided to try The Notorious P.I.G. This burger was topped with roasted pork, Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce, cheese, and onion straws. I wanted to try it because it was so unique and I’m glad I did. It was delicious! Our mom tried it and she even though she loved what she got, mine was better.
Our mom got the Meatloaf Sammich. The sandwich comes with mashed potatoes (in the sandwich), onion straws, cheese and Dunwellz signature meatloaf “zauce” on Texas toast. She ordered sweet potatoes tater tots with cinnamon dipping sauce.
As you can tell, we all were big fans of Dunwellz and it will be somewhere we go regularly. Not only is it great to have new places to go to, but we can support a local business at the same time.
If you liked this, you might also like Showmars, The Bridge, Midwood Smokehouse, and Landmark Diner.
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Yum! All the food looks sooo delicious! I can’t wait to go here in Dunwellz Custom Kitchen and Pour House and taste all their recipes.
I was very surprised by all the options they offered. Everything I’ve had so far has been delicious!
Mmm it all looks so yummy!!
I think I might have to go there again this weekend.
The donut burger is really interesting, to be frank, I have never tasted a donut burger before.
I haven’t either. My dad actually tried a donut burger at another restaurant a few years ago. He said he liked them both.
Holy amazing pub food, Batman! Everything here looks so good. I would love to go try all that food one day. The donut burger looks amazing!
I was so surprised by all of the options they had! I might have to try the donut burger now that my dad did.
You killed me with these pictures!!! I am so hungry now! The food looks so delicious wow!! I want to taste everything.
LOL I’m glad the pictures gave you an idea of how delicious the food is. Seeing them again made me want to go back!
You made me even hungrier haha Can’t wait to get home and eat something.
Haha I got hungry writing about it!
I love how more restaurants are adding gluten free options!
We are too! It’s great being able to go to more restaurants.
Oh wow my mouth is watering so hard looking at those pictures. Everything looks absolutely delicious.
I’m getting hungry just thinking about it! haha
Wow the food looks absolutely incredible! Now I’m hungry! I’d love to dine there.
I wish I hadn’t wasted all the years not realizing they had such yummy food!
I feel as if I’ve visited a very good restaurant. And almost feel a wonderful aftertaste from the experience.
Thank you, Olya! That’s such a wonderful compliment.
looks yummy! but doubt i’ll ever go traveling there, kinda a long ways
If you ever make it over here, I hope you’re able to check it out.
Everything looks great. I love that you mentioned the importance of supporting local!
It can be tricky to do with someone who has food sensitivities, but we try to do it as much as we can. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this recipe- I adore this but have never tried to make it myself. I will now, seems more simple than I thought and how stunning is yours!
Please let me know if you do and how it turns out!
The food here looks amazing and how wonderful that the restaurant is gluten free as well. Would love to taste the fried oreos
We were really glad to find a place that’s so close by with options for all of us.
That donut burger looks so tempting 😍 The restaurant sounds amazing, would love to visit this place someday ☺
I hope that you’re able too. So many good choices!
You had me at FRIED OREOS a la mode! OMG that would be amazing to have.
We don’t normally go for desserts like that, but we *had* to try it. I’m so glad we did!
I am so hungry now reading this – the photo’s are amazing
Thank you! 🙂 I got hungry editing the pictures and writing about it. lol