Samantha Kvinlaaug and her daughter Rosie don't go out to dinner very much since she has celiac disease, considering her favorite food is cheese pizza.

“We don’t go out very often because I'm not sure if they know about cross contamination, and you know you’re just putting somebody else, your child’s life, in someone else’s hands," Kvinlaaug said.

Pizzaworks in Burnt Hills is one of the few restaurants they feel comfortable going to.

Samantha's daughter is not alone, according to food allergy advocacy group FARE, nearly two million New Yorkers have food allergies.

“It makes us feel really good that we have a place to come to in a bind, you know, with small kids its hard to always be able to make a dinner,” Kvinlaaug said.

Thanks to a law passed last year, they’ll soon be able to eat at new restaurants. The law goes into effect May 20. It requires over 30,000 food-service establishments in New York to post notices educating employees about what to do if a customer has a food allergy, how to avoid cross contamination and what to do if someone has an allergic reaction.

Kyinlaaug called the law a game-changer.

“Kids will be able to go out and do normal things and, you know, you don’t have to worry so much that staff will know what to do in case something arises," Kvinlaaug said.

The law will also require menus to include a notice to let staff know if someone at your table has an allergy.

“The allergy side of it is something that I think needed to be addressed because a lot of people come to us saying, 'I ate at XYZ place and I got sick,'" said Ken Balderston, general manager of Pizzaworks.

Kyinlaaug has always taught her daughter to advocate for herself, but hopes this new law can bring comfort to families like hers.