Point being, if you are allergic, you would ask. It is not the responsibility of the restaurant. If it were, then ould it be their responsiblity to make sure people with dairy allergies didn’t get sick if they failed to ask if an item contained dairy?

.Be reasonable, We are talking about using soy milk instead of dairy milk and earth balance instead of butter in an item like a cupcake. No one is going to fry a piece of tofu and sell it for prime rib…….

Jenn, I do agree that it would be a smart business move to post ingredients for any restaurant. I have heard of talk of passing a law for that very thing in New York but it always gets beaten down by the restaurant industry. I guess they don’t want to pay extra for printing new menus. I am accustomed to asking about ingredients when out as I would guess any person with an allergy is as well.

Jenn,
You are so wrong. If something is made different and I get sick because of it I am placing all the blame on the restaurant. There is no reason I should have to worry about what I get when I eat out.

However, I believe it is the responsibility of the customer to ask about allergens and special diet needs. For example, my husband ordered us a pizza that came with pesto. He didn’t realize that pesto traditionally is made with parm, because he is used to the kind we make.

If a customer gets sick because they ordered something with an ingredient they’re allergic to, that is the fault of the customer.

If I saw the tweet correctly, you asked about if a cheesecake should be marked. If I’m at Whole Foods and purchasing something that says Cheesecake on it and it isn’t marked vegan, I expect that it is made with cheese – hence the name. If I get home and notice that it is vegan and there is no cheese in it, I am going to be angry with the company who made it and with Whole Foods for the fraudulent packaging. So it is all in the frame of reference for me.

“Same goes if I walk into any other place and order a sandwich and get served fake meat. It isn’t expected and should not be done.”

Am I understanding you to say products typically made using meat should not be made using “fake meat”.

I have a reasonable expectation when I walk into a normal restaurant. I wouldn’t expect to go into a Burger King and order a hamburger and get a chunk of tofu on a bun. Would you? Same goes if I walk into any other place and order a sandwich and get served fake meat. It isn’t expected and should not be done.

Do you know what goes into every item you eat in a restaurant? Who is to say everything has a “normal manner” in how it is made?