u/AustinGlutenFree

Took me way too long to figure this out. Most fast food is a disaster but Wendy's has a few things that are genuinely useful:

• Frosty (chocolate and vanilla) — no wheat, doesn't go near a fryer
• Baked potato — baked, not fried, so no shared-fryer issue. Order with butter/sour cream/chives and you're good
• Chili — no wheat ingredients, made fresh daily

The catch: fries are cooked in shared fryers with breaded chicken, so skip those. No GF buns either. But if you're stuck at a highway rest stop or traveling with non-GF people, baked potato + chili is actually a real meal.

Wrote up the full breakdown here if useful: https://austinglutenfree.com/guides/is-wendys-gluten-free.html