Health Food restaurants in Europe
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Kaffi Sólon
Decked out with white-leather seats and oversized artwork, this ultracool bistro (and nightspot) offers tasty international dishes at reasonable prices. Vegetarians should head here for the best quiche in town.
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Fresh
Smoothies, wraps and other healthy snacks are on offer at this popular meeting place.
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127
In a country of meze and meat-eaters, 127 is a place with a serious difference. Vintage furniture adorns the three rooms inside, with comfy old sofas and rugged leather armchairs, and bowling pins sit on the 'mantelpiece'. Exposed-brick walls provide the backdrop, and some are painted in mossy greens, raspberry pinks and melon yellows. There is a lovely large garden for lunch or dinner.
And the food is all about salads. But don't go expecting a bit of rocket or lettuce and a slice of tomato. The people in this place know how to make a salad (and how to make your mouth water): the seafood salad is swamped with succulent prawns, thin slices of salmon and bits of squid, all…
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Z Plage
Lunch at the beach restaurant-bar of Hôtel Martinez is an unforgettable experience. Languish on white-cushioned teak seating beneath white colonial-style umbrellas and sip unusual freshly squeezed juices (fancy a pineapple, litchi and raspberry juice? or how about strawberry, lemon, basil and pineapple, Madame?) and fusion frappées (smoothies). The Zen orange and peach purée with Chaï spices is Zen indeed.
Swedish massages and reflexology sessions (cost involved) can be indulged in before or after lunch. In July and August, tapas is served in the company of cocktails and electro lounge jazz with DJ Max Léonidas & Sax from 18:00.
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Insalata Ricca
Tapping into a taste for salad among all that pizza and pasta, Insalata Ricca is reliable and popular, with numerous branches. It offers a huge choice of meal-sized salads ranging from traditional tomato and mozzarella to out-there apple and walnut. You'll find branches at Piazza Pasquino 72, Via Giulio Cesare Santini 12, Via FP Calboli 50, and handily near the Vatican at Piazza del Risorgimento 4.
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Delight
The name's an understatement: this hole-in-the-wall gourmet food bar is sheer heaven for sandwiches and wraps bursting with sprouts, as well as wheat-grass shots, juices and baked goods including a gooey chocolate pudding to die for. Everything, including the breakfast muesli, is made on the premises. The shop has a roaring takeaway trade, but there's also a clutch of tables.
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Il Girasole
You’ll find a wide assortment of specialist health food and natural products in this cheerful corner shop. Gluten-free and wholegrain versions of Italian staples are a good find for those with allergies or overwhelmed by the 24/7 white-flour deluge. There’s skincare, organic fresh produce and artisan rennet-free cheeses. Next door, there is an upmarket vegetarian restaurant.
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1881 Uleåborg
In an old warehouse near the kauppatori, this classy spot combines chic Finnish style with a traditional setting. The dishes subtly purr ‘Suomi’ to your palate, with Baltic herrings accompanied with crayfish sauce and new potatoes with dill and sour cream, or vendace terrine with whitefish and fennel salad, as well as a mouth-cleanser of traditional strawberry milk.
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Gürbüzün Yeri
Ultrafresh fruit juices are the deal in this buzzing hole-in-the-wall, so put some bounce in your step with a glass of atom (an explosive mixture of milk, honey, banana, hazelnuts and pistachio) or şalgam, a bitter but refreshing drink made from root vegetables, garlic and hot peppers. Lezzetli (delicious)!
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Vegabar
Imaginative vege-mains and soups are the stock products of Vegabar, a tiny establishment just off Krakowskie Przedmieście. Everything is freshly prepared daily, so you’ll instantly feel those vitamins doing their job. Turn up for lunch and you can pick up a soup and main for around 20zł.
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Karczma Czarny Staw
Though under the same management as Zbójecka, the ‘Black Pond’ is more upmarket. It offers a tasty range of Polish dishes, including fish, much of it cooked before your very eyes on the central grill. There’s a good salad bar, with home-preserved vegetables and mushrooms.
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Senču Sēta
Located on a quiet side street, this fisherman's cottage has a modern red and green theme inside and an outdoor flower-filled beer garden strewn with fishing nets. The big menu offers lots of salads, vegetarian options, hearty Latvian meals and light snacks. It's also a popular drinking spot.
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Kibea Health Food Restaurant
Kibea offers a refreshingly different menu of mostly vegetarian and vegan dishes such as barley risotto with squash, although a limited choice of chicken and fish dishes are sometimes available, too. It’s probably the only restaurant in Bulgaria to completely ban smoking.
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Art Café
One in the new wave of lounge bars-cafés that's revitalising Luxembourg's eating and entertainment scene. Theatrical velvet décor sets the scene; sandwiches, salads and wok dishes are the mainstays. Head out the back to relax on the enclosed terrace.
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Chez Barnabé
Cartoons on the walls set the tone of this trendy and innovative quick-eat joint where healthier-than-healthy 'fast food' - salads, hot dishes, fresh juices, cookies and so on - is religiously baked on the premises. Vegetarians and non-pork-eaters are well catered for.
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Goa
Veggies and diners with a conscience will love this small, welcoming café, decorated with bright Mexican colours and cacti. It serves tasty lunches of lasagne, soup, salads, quiches and so on, that you can wash down with a healthy smoothie or Fair Trade tea.
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Estragon
There are days when a bowl of steamy soup feels as warm and embracing as a hug from a good friend. This little soup kitchen turns mostly organic ingredients into delicious flavour combos served in three sizes. It shares digs with a small organic supermarket.
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Boldère
On the 3rd floor of Les Quatre Temps, health-conscious punters build their salad from a hundred and one different ingredients or plump for one of four different homemade soups. It’s a decent alternative to the fast food that pervades the rest of the mall.
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Greenway
One branch of a countrywide chain swept to popularity by its healthy food selection. Take your pick from the international menu, which includes Mexican goulash, Warsaw curry, samosas and enchiladas. Portions are hefty, and there’s no table service.
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Tukanem Salad Bar - Plac Bankowy
The 'Toucan' works on three tried and tested principles: fresh food, low prices, and quick service. It offers a wide range of mainly vegetarian salads in simple surrounds, but fuller meals are also available, normally during lunch hours.
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Tukanem Salad Bar - ul Koszykowa
The 'Toucan' works on three tried and tested principles: fresh food, low prices, and quick service. It offers a wide range of mainly vegetarian salads in simple surrounds, but fuller meals are also available, normally during lunch hours.
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Tukanem Salad Bar - ul Kredytowa
The 'Toucan' works on three tried and tested principles: fresh food, low prices, and quick service. It offers a wide range of mainly vegetarian salads in simple surrounds, but fuller meals are also available, normally during lunch hours.
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Retreat
Part of an incense-perfumed holistic centre, this New Age vegetarian and vegan café serves a range of healthy salads and sandwiches, as well as some naughtier dishes, including a delicious dairy-free chocolate fudge brownie.
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Souplounge
The premise at this brightly-lit eatery with perspex furnishings is simple and satisfying: a choice of four soups each day accompanied by bread and butter and fresh fruit. It also has filled baguettes and salads.
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Tous Paris
If you and your arteries need a break from waffles and fries, this gourmet grocer offers a welcome alternative by way of fresh salads, quiches and made-to-order sandwiches on white or wholegrain baguettes.
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