Over the next few minutes you should be learning quite a bit about healthy food and restaurants in Bridgeport and New Haven. Our main objective is to cover as much as we can so that you will be able to buy nutritious foods in your area and feel great when your next meal is finished.
The best vegan and vegetarian restaurants near you will get the ball rolling and vegetable lovers are not lacking for options here. More healthy restaurants will come next in addition to nice salad bars and soup restaurants.
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Buying nutritious ingredients at Bridgeport and New Haven health food stores and markets is a fantastic way to figure out just how healthy your diet really is. Smoothies and juice stores will get a quick shout out, and then a few gluten free bakeries with lots of fresh baked low sugar sweets and treats will round out the post.
Expect to find a local healthy foods map towards the conclusion that will help you locate all of the places we mention throughout the article. And we have written about numerous cities around the Northeast region that you can check out at that link if interested.
Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants
There are some really good vegan and vegetarian restaurants in your area like:
- Bloodroot at 85 Ferris St
- Shandals Vegetarian Cafe at 520 Capitol Ave
- Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant at 176 Temple St, New Haven
- Caribbean Style Vegan at 89 George St, New Haven
- B Natural Kitchen at 260 College St, New Haven
- B Natural Café at 1044 Chapel St, New Haven
Bloodroot is a local vegan restaurant and bookstore that offers an organic seasonal menu where you can dine in their comfortable dining room or on their patio when the weather is nice.
Lalibela Restaurant delivers homestyle Ethiopian cuisine including some vegetarian options in a simple and friendly setting. Caribbean Style Vegan’s shares healthful, local, and sustainable vegan Caribbean food prioritizing local, organic, non-GMO, and natural ingredients. A catering service is also available.
B Natural Cafe delivers health-conscious sandwiches, salads, smoothies, and coffee. In addition they can arrange your unique event at the café and caters corporate meetings, parties, breakfast meetings, luncheons, and other special occasions.
Bridgeport & New Haven Healthy Restaurants
There are plenty more healthy restaurants in Bridgeport and New Haven like:
- Catch A Healthy Habit Cafe at 39 Unquowa Rd
- Yalla Organic Hummus & Grill at 222 Post Rd
- Claire’s Corner Copia at 1000 Chapel St, New Haven
- The Salad Shop at 45 High St, New Haven
- Cedarhurst Café at 44 Crown St, New Haven
Catch A Healthy Habit Cafe has used only the freshest organic vegan items for more than a decade. You may enjoy nutrient-dense, flavor-packed concoctions including vibrant juices, smoothies, dinners, and more.
Yalla Organic Hummus & Grill is a fast-casual Mediterranean concept that offers healthy, genuine, and scrumptious food and beverages near you. Catering, pick-up, and delivery services are available.
Claire’s Corner Copia is a kosher, gluten-free, alcohol-free vegetarian and vegan restaurant that serves organic and sustainable dishes. Salads, sandwiches, and smoothies may all be tailored to your specific needs at The Salad Shop.
Cedarhurst Café is known locally for its vegetarian-friendly American breakfast and lunch while serving salads, sandwiches, wraps, Belgian waffles, bagels, muffins, and drinks made from the freshest fruits and vegetables are also available on request. They also provide catering services.
Salad Bars In Your Area
You can always get a nutritious meal at one of these salad bars:
- American Steak House at 210 Boston Ave
- Fruta Juice Bar at 295 Fairfield Ave
- Santinis Deli & Grill at 2004 Main St
- The Salad Shop at 45 High St, New Haven
- Modern Apizza at 874 State St, New Haven
- Geronimo Restaurant at 271 Crown St, New Haven
- Cast Iron Chef 660 State St, New Haven
Since 1978 American Steak House has had one of the best salad bars near you. Fruta Juice Bar has a variety of healthy salads, while cobb, Caesar, caprese, and Greek Salads are all available at Santinis Deli And Grill.
Marinated tofu with Chinese cabbage, organic tossed, Caesar, and Spanish salads with daikon radish and sesame peanut dressing are all available at Bloodroot.
The Salad Shop has tuna, garden, greens, Caesar, bleu buffalo, country Caesar, beet haven, wasabi, barbarian, avocado all day, summertime, Greek, and cobb salads.
Caesar, large tossed, and small tossed salads are available at Modern Apizza. Nectarine and sweet potato, gallo, mushroom-bleu cheese, and avocado are some of the favorites salads available at Geronimo.
Soup Restaurants
Really good soups can be found at these restaurants:
- Pho Hong Thom at 48 Wood Ave
- Pho Saigon Bpt at 1275 Iranistan Ave
- Eat Noodlect at 269 Fairfield Ave
- Ctno 1 at 1055 Huntington Tpk
- York St. Noodle House at 166 York St, New Haven
- Noodle House at 132 Amity Rd, New Haven
There are so many varieties of healthy soups near you at the above restaurants that we would fill up this page if we tried to list them all. It is probably best if you follow those links to see if they have the healthy soups that you desire.
York St. Noodle House is known for their dumpling noodle soups such as vegetable, shrimp, chicken, tofu, and fish ball. Coconut, vegetable, wonton, chicken, beef, tom-yum, beef stew, duck, and sukiyaki are all available at Noodle House. Cast Iron Chef also serves great healthy soups in your area.
Health Food Stores & Markets
Buy your own fresh fruits and vegetables at these local health food stores and markets which we will be mentioning soon.
- At 8 To The Bar Snacks at 607 Brewster St
- Gala Foods Supermarket at 1050 E Main St
- Edge Of The Wood at 379 Whalley Ave, New Haven
- Elm City Market at 777 Chapel St, New Haven
Delicious non GMO snacks that are free of gluten, dairy, and soy including honey almond harmony and dark chocolate concerto bars are sold at At 8 To The Bar Snacks.
Smoothies & Juice Shops
Smoothie and juice shops are good options for a quick and healthy snack:
- Fruta Deli & Cafe at 295 Fairfield Av
- P1 Juice Bar at 1765 Main St
- Main Street Creamery at 4191 Main St
- P1 Natural Juice & Snack Bar at 1765 at Main St
- Cositas Deliciosas at 271 Grand Ave, New Haven
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe at 15 Dixwell Ave, New Haven
- The Juice Box at 1092 Chapel St, New Haven
- B-Natural Café at 1044 Chapel St, New Haven
Fruta Deli and Cafe has a large smoothie selection and a local salad bar with a range of fresh veggies. They cover everything from gluten-free condiments to cooking with sunflower oil.
Main Street Creamery definitely has some unhealthy ice cream but they also make good smoothies. Papaya lusty juice, pineapple snappy, peartastic, orange razzle, and apple tango juices are available at P1 Natural Juice and Snack Bar in addition to a variety of smoothies.
Watermelon, pineapple, ginger, apple, beet, spinach, lemon, and turmeric juices are available at The Juice Box.
Gluten Free Bakeries Near You
Gluten free bakeries in Bridgeport and New Haven should have plenty of good things to try:
- Del Prete Italian Pastry at 1885 Main St
- B2g Bakery
- Katalina’s at 74 Whitney Ave, New Haven
- Edge Of The Wood at 379 Whalley Ave, New Haven
Gluten-free cookies, brownies, breads, round items, granola, and spice mixes are available at B2g Bakery who does pop ups and special events around the state.
Katalina’s offers yogurt parfait with granola and seasonal berries, gluten-free cupcakes in chocolate raspberry, chocolate coconut, chocolate with vanilla icing, and chocolate with chocolate frosting.
Gluten-free staples, snacks, bread, and grains are available at Edge Of The Wood. Claire’s Corner Copia also has gluten free options near you.
You might also want to know about:
- Healthy Restaurants & Markets in Hartford
- Healthy Restaurants & Markets in NYC
- Healthy Restaurants & Markets in Newark
- Healthy Restaurants & Markets in Philadelphia
Enjoy Eating Healthy In Bridgeport & New Haven
Now that you have read about all of those local vegan and vegetarian restaurants, other healthy restaurants, salad bars, places to get great soup, health food stores and markets, smoothies and juice shops, and gluten free bakeries in your area it should be easy for you to grab a delicious and nutritious meal in the near future.
If you noticed anything incorrect on this page or if anything we mentioned has become dated please let us know in the comments so we can keep our info as fresh as possible. Hopefully you enjoy eating healthy food at restaurants in Bridgeport and New Haven.