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The grilled chicken salad and Buffalo Chips, right, and Martha's Buffalito.

ROCHESTER - Buffalo Wild Wings at Rochester Crossing had a busy lunch last week, but there's two diners they won't have to worry about for some time to come.

When the hostess seated us she asked if we wanted bar, lounge or dining room seating. We said "lounge" after which she looked dazed and confused, taking us to the dining area sitting amid tables full of parents with young children allowed to run around the dining room unrestrained by either parents or staff.

I immediately told the waitress I was gluten free and she suggested a grilled chicken salad and fries. When I asked her to if she was sure no flour was sprinkled on the fries (as at many restaurants), she cheerfully agreed to check with kitchen staff and returned to tell me the Buffalo Chips had absolutely none.

Martha got the Buffalito, a soft flour tortilla with grilled chicken, lettuce, pico de gallo, a blend of cheeses, sour cream and any Buffalo Wild Wings sauce.

The wait wasn't that long, but it seemed so due to the constant din of youngsters frolicking about as nearby parents stared at iPhones or Android devices.

When our entrees arrived things went downhill in a hurry.

My salad was loaded (and I mean loaded) with croutons, which I had to painstakingly remove one by one. Even worse, the chicken wasn't laid out in strips. It had been cubed to a farethewell that would make a Subway owner proud.

Both the croutons and the chicken were diced to the exact same size, and appearance, meaning I had to actually taste each to decide just exactly what it was.

Martha's Buffalito sauce was hot and flavorful, but the salad dressing was as bland and pathetic as the worst budget brand out there and just didn't stand up well to the freshness of the salad. She tried another and found it was even worse.

Then I tasted my bleu cheese. It was horrible, tasteless with barely any presence of blue cheese flecks, let alone chunks.

I tasted the Buffalo Chips, hoping they might be a luncheon savior, but they were tepid and soggy, never a great-tasting combination in the fries department.

Lastly the most ironic thing was that our waitress was first class, checking back often to see if everything was OK, however, we saw no reason to engage in truth therapy that would just ruin everyone's day.

Even the restaurant's manager came by and asked us, "How'd we do?"

Well, here we go.

Me: 2 out of 5 stars

Her: 1½ out of 5 stars.

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