Today we are going to be going on a deep dive into where to find healthy food and restaurants in Rochester. We will try to cover all of the best places to get nutritious food in your area so that you can feel as good as possible after your meal.
Kicking things off will be the best local vegan and vegetarian restaurants. Mom always told you to eat your vegetables, well you certainly will be able to at these great venues.
Then we will get into some other healthy restaurants near you, plus discuss good salad bars and restaurants with good soups. Rochester health food stores and markets will follow them up, buying nutritious foods and cooking meals yourself is a great way to know just how good your diet really is.
Smoothies and juice shops will come next, and we will get you out of here with a few gluten free bakeries that should also have plenty of low sugar sweets and treats. Stick around for our local healthy foods map at the end that will have all the places we mention throughout the post pinned on it.
Plus you are welcome to read our other posts on the region at that link if you are interested.
Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants
Some of the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Rochester would be:
Allah’s Kitchen is a vegan restaurant near you that specializes in comfort cuisine created from high-quality ingredients. The Red Fern serves gluten-free and allergy-friendly options including entrees, vegan meals, sandwiches, salads, specials, fresh juice, smoothies, house-baked pastries, kombucha on tap, beer, and wine. The majority of their meals are made from scratch using local or organic ingredients and their pastries are baked in-house.
As the name suggests B + Healthy Fresh Food Market not only has meals but is a market with all kinds of fresh foods and they are known to make some excellent smoothies as well.
Those restaurants with good salads have so many options we can’t even begin to list them all. We suggest you look at those links and check out their menu to see if they sell the right salads that you are searching for. Grilled romaine and Caesar salads are some of the specialties at Michael’s Valley Grill.
Mandarin almond chicken, wedge, pecan encrusted chicken, taco, California cobb, Caesar, and arugula tenderloin salad are all available at McArdle’s Restaurant who is also known for their great soups. McArdle’s Restaurant, and Nathan’s Soup & Salad also serve good salads in town.
Soup Restaurants
These restaurants are known for their great soups:
You can expect to be able to try a wide variety of healthy soups in your area at any of the above. If you are after any particular soup check the links we gave and see if they are on their menu. McArdle’s restaurant serves lobster bisque, French onion, soup of the day, hearty chili, Charleston crab and scallop in addition to some great salads.
Chicken noodle, grandma’s Italian wedding, broccoli and cheddar, buffalo chicken, cheesy tomato bisque, lobster bisque, stuffed peppers, chili con carne potato bacon onion chive, crab chowder and sweet red peppers, butternut squash, and seafood supreme are some of the most ordered soups at Nathan’s Soup & Salad.
Magnolia’s Deli & Café serves soups such as cream of tomato, French onion, cheese, chicken vegetable, and the featured soup of the day.
Health Food Stores & Markets
Pick out your own produce at these Rochester health food stores and markets:
There are so many varieties of healthy juices and smoothies near you that we would fill up this page we tried to list them all. It is probably best if you follow those links to see if they have the healthy drinks, bowls, salads, and snacks you are after.
B + Healthy Fresh Food Market who we linked you to earlier is also a great place to try smoothies in Rochester.
Gluten Free Bakeries In Your Area
Enjoy some fresh baked goodness at these gluten free bakeries:
We wish we had more to share but for now that is all we’ve got. After reading 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 shouldn’t be hard for you to grab a delicious and nutritious meal in the near future.
While we try our best to keep these posts updated it isn’t easy, if you noticed anything incorrect on this page please let us know in the comments. Hopefully you enjoy eating healthy food at restaurants in Rochester.
