We will be taking a closer look at where you can find healthy food and restaurants in Florence today. We’ll do our best to cover all of the best locations near you to acquire nutritious foods so you will feel as good as possible when your next meal is finished.
The best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in your area will get things going and vegetable lovers have plenty of options in this town. Other local healthy restaurants will come next, as well as nice salad bars and soup restaurants.
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Buying nutritious things at Florence health food stores and markets is a fantastic way to be in control of how healthy your diet really is. Smoothies and juice stores will follow, and then a few gluten free bakeries with lots of fresh baked low sugar sweets will wrap it up.
Towards the end there will even be a healthy foods map that will help you locate all of the places we mention throughout the article. If you’re interested you can also check out our other posts on the country at that link.
Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants
Some of the best local vegan and vegetarian restaurants would be:
- L’OV Osteria Vegetariana at Piazza del Carmine, 4R
- Raw Vegan Firenze at Via Sant’Agostino, 11R
- Il Vegetariano at Via delle Ruote, 30 r
- La Pépinière Ristorante Biologico at Borgo S. Frediano, 169-red
- PappaGioia at Via del Ponte Rosso, 57r
- Giumella Gastronomia Vegana at Via Lorenzo di Credi, 12
In a bright modern cafe with street tables Raw Vegan Firenze serves breakfast bowls, superfood salads, and inventive raw cuisine. La Pépinière Ristorante Biologico is an organic restaurant featuring local vegan and gluten-free cuisine including bread, gluten-free pizzas, organic beers, beverages, coffees, and spirits.
PappaGioia serves a buffet by weight for lunch from 12pm to 3pm in the tea room or in the garden.
Florence Healthy Restaurants
You can also try other healthy restaurants in Florence like:
- Ristorante Quinoa at Alleyway of Santa Maria Maggiore, 1
- Carduccio – Il Salotto Bio at Sdrucciolo de’ Pitti, 10 R
- SimBIOsi Organic Ristorante Pizzeria at Via de’ Ginori, 43r
- Brac at Via dei Vagellai, 18/R
The Quinoa Restaurant debuted in 2014 and is the city’s first 100% gluten-free restaurant according to the National Celiac Association. Every day’s lunch menu features a rotating selection of burgers, salads, and pizzas.
Carduccio is an organic health food eatery near you that serves cold-pressed organic and biodynamic juices, salads, soups, pastries, and other fresh foods. SimBIOsi Organic Ristorante Pizzeria offers an organic menu including charcuterie, pizzas, and other tasting menus in a rustic-chic setting with exposed stone.
Salad Bars In Your Area
There will be plenty of nutritious foods to choose from at salad bars near you:
- Rosalia Salad Gourmet at Via dei Servi, 37
- All’Antico Vinaio at Via dei Neri, 76 r
- I’ Girone De’ Ghiotti at Via dei Cimatori, 23
You can create your own salad at Rosalia Salad Gourmet where vegetarian cuisine, vegan street food, and traditional specialties like wraps and sandwiches, vegetable and fruit smoothies, and vegan pies round out the menu.
All’Antico Vinaio and I’ Girone De’ Ghiotti are sandwich shops that also have great salad menus iny our area. A lot of other places on this page also serve healthy salads like Ristorante Quinoa and Carduccio – Il Salotto Bio.
Soup Restaurants
Great soups can be found at these restaurants:
- Hosteria Ganino at Piazza de Cimatori, 4r
- Osteria Santo Spirito at Piazza Santo Spirito, 16/R
Another good place to try healthy soups in your area is Carduccio but you can also find them at many other places throughout this post.
Health Food Stores & Markets
Pick out your own produce at these local health food stores and markets:
- Supermercato NaturaSì at Via Masaccio, 88 – 90
- C.BIO at Via della Mattonaia, 3A
- Senza Glutine Firenze Riccardo Gasperini at Via Pratese, 42/d
Smoothies & Juice Shops
There are quite a few Florence smoothie and juice shops too:
- Base V Juicery at Via dei Neri, 46r
- Rooster Cafe Firenze at Via Sant’Egidio, 37r
Juices, smoothies, salad bowls, delectable toasts with avocado, hummus, fruit salads, cakes, coffee, and a variety of other fresh and healthy items are available at Base V Juicery.
Rooster Cafe Firenze is a laid-back brunch spot that serves American comfort cuisine including burgers, a wide range of juices and smoothies, and a popular Sunday brunch.
Gluten Free Bakeries Near You
Gluten free bakeries in your area should have plenty of good things to try:
- Bottega Artigiana del Gusto at Via Erbosa, 12r
- Pasticceria Gualtieri at Via Senese, 18r
- Raffaella Gluten Free at Via Madonna della Querce, 20R
Bottega Artigiana del Gusto is a gluten-free bakery in Florence that offers breakfast, baked goods, and pastries in addition to other gluten-free products. Gluten-free mignon pastries, biscuits, savory pastries, and breakfast items are offered at Pasticceria Gualtieri.
Fresh local gluten-free items, seasonal fruit, and vegetable extracts from organic farms are available at Raffaella Boutique.
We have also written about:
- Smoothies, Juice & Gluten-Free Bakeries in Venice
- Smoothies, Juice & Gluten-Free Bakeries in Rome
- Smoothies, Juice & Gluten-Free Bakeries in Milan
- Smoothies, Juice & Gluten-Free Bakeries in Geneva
Enjoy Eating Healthy In Florence
After learning 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.
If you noticed anything incorrect on this page 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 Florence.
