BULLDOG GRILL burger&rooster

BULLDOG GRILL burger&rooster sits in Sant Agustí on the road that climbs from the coast at Cala Major up towards Gènova. It is a small place on a busy through-route, easy to miss the first time and easy to aim for afterwards. The name gives away what happens inside: burgers on one side, cockerel on the other. Both come off the grill, and the grill is not a side issue here. The house describes itself as a burger restaurant made for coeliacs, cooking on a grill built of volcanic stone. Those two statements explain most of the place: a kitchen that thinks from the open fire outwards, and a business for which gluten-free is not an add-on but the default setting. It is run by someone who has coeliac disease, and you notice that in the precision with which guests are advised. The room is small and warmly fitted out, full of details that guests keep talking about. Music plays, drinks are mixed at the bar, screens are part of the picture. This is a neighbourhood place with a working bar rather than a restaurant in the formal sense. From the volcanic stone: burgers, gallito and what comes alongside The menu falls into a few clear blocks: burgers, gallito, sides, salads, pizza, plus ready-made combos for anyone who would rather not deliberate. With a burger you choose the bread, the sauce and the potato yourself. The sauces are what guests single out most often — the range of them is wider than a room this size would suggest. Vegetarian and vegan versions stand alongside on equal terms, not as an alibi at the edge of the menu. The gallito is the second half of the name and gets a section of its own: young cockerel, cooked over the embers, lightly spiced. If you would rather eat off the bone, there are ribs. Nachos and fingers work as starters, chips and sweet potato as sides, and there is a short pizza list as well. Leave room for the house-made desserts — the tiramisu is the one people mention by name. Why BULLDOG GRILL burger&rooster takes gluten-free seriously This is where the house separates itself from other burger places on Mallorca. The only gluten on the premises is in the ordinary wheat bun. Coatings, everything from the fryer and all the sauces are gluten-free throughout, so that cross-contamination cannot arise in the first place. The kitchen bakes its own bread, including the gluten-free brioche bun, and the fryer is reserved for gluten-free food alone. The Asociación de Celíacos de las Islas Baleares lists the restaurant among the addresses where you can eat gluten-free safely on Mallorca. For anyone affected that means you do not have to negotiate or explain anything here; you read the menu like every other guest. For everyone else it simply means they will not notice. Bar, screens, cocktails The bar is more than an afterthought. There are cocktails with a signature of their own — the mojito is the house classic — plus beer, gluten-free included. Matches are shown on game days; the place explicitly sees itself as a sports bar too, and when every seat is taken it gets correspondingly lively. Booking is done by message without ceremony, which is no bad idea given the modest number of seats. And if you would rather eat at home, the food travels by takeaway or delivery. Dogs are welcome. Sant Agustí between Cala Major and Gènova Sant Agustí belongs to the Ponent belt west of Palma, where the city gives way to the coves. Below lies the beach at Cala Major, in the same quarter the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, and up the slope the village of Gènova. The clientele mixes accordingly: residents from the streets around, guests from the hotels along the coast, and coeliacs from all over Palma who make the trip on purpose.