Trans-Fat-Free Restaurants Directory and News

According to Chef Marc Filippo of Cafe Meze Restaurant
“I cook for a public that demands great taste.  I have found that the biggest benefit of using cooking oils that do not contain trans fat is, in fact, the taste.  Additionally, I personally live a healthy lifestyle, which automatically translates into my cooking here.”

For more information, please visit their website www.cafemeze.com. (The web site was not working at this writing).

Cafe Meze Restaurant   
20 N. Central Avenue
Greenburgh, NY 10530
(914) 428-2400

According to Chef Jay Lippin of Mighty Joe Young’s Steakhouse
“We recently switched to Elitra, a trans-fat free oil, that has been a great success. This new oil is actually cheaper to use because it doesn’t break down as easily so it lasts longer. We want our customers to have a great dining experience, and using the best ingredients in preparing our foods is part of that.  When the County reached out to us, we were really excited about participating in this program because it’s something we really believe in.”

For more information, please visit their web site at www.mightyjoeyoungs.com.
 

The restaurant is located at   
610 West Hartsdale Ave.
White Plains, NY  10607
Website: www.mightyjoeyoungs.com

According to Chef/Owner Sal Cucullo of Fratelli’s Restaurant
“Our restaurant focuses on providing gourmet cooking and fine foods for our patrons.  We take pride in the healthier and tastier menu options we offer by using only vegetable, canola or olive oils in food preparation.  I see no reason why restaurants could not switch to cooking oils containing no trans fats in their food preparation, making meals healthier for everyone.”

For more information, please check their website at  http://www.fratellinewrochelle.com/

The restaurant is located at
9A Huguenot Street
New Rochelle, NY 10801

Westchester County banned the use of oil containing trans-fat on January 15, 2008. Restaurants, school cafeterias and other licensed foodservice establishments had a 90-day grace period to comply which ended on April 8.

This excellent restaurant has two locations, one in Boca Raton owned by the father and another in Delray Beach owned by his son. The quality of the food is excellent. The blue cheese dressing for the house salad has a good amount of cheese. The same can be said for the Gorgonzola salad. The veal is excellent. The pizza is very tasty and not too dry. If you do not like coal-fired pizza, Nino’s is the alternative. The oils used do not contain trans fat. Prices are reasonable, but quality comes first and price is secondary. Fresh high-quality ingredients are used.  To view the menu, please visit ninositalianrestaurant.com.  In addition, Nino’s features daily specials including seafood entrees

Boca Raton
7120 Beracasa Way
N.W. Corner of Powerline
and Palmetto Park Road
Del Mar Shopping Village
561-392-9075

Delray Beach
13900 S. Jog Road
N.E. corner of Jog Road
and Lake Ida Road
San Marco Plaza (Publix)
561-499-3988

Chipolte Mexican Grill is an excellent and unique restaurant. You order at the counter, but the food is healthy and of excellent quality. You order at the counter and your torilla or tacos pass through an assembly line where one person adds your choice of meat and other add salsa, cheese, beans  and other ingredients.  Unprocessed, naturally raised, no added hormones and organic ingredients are included on the menu.  Beef, pork and chicken are the choicies of meat. You may choose black or pinto beans.  Service is quick and quality is excellent. No trans fats are used. Chipolte Mexican Grill has several locations throught the United States including locations is FL, GA, NC, VA, MD, PA, AL, NH, MA, RI, OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MO, IA, MN, NE, KS, OK, TX, CO, WY, UT, AZ, NV, CA, OR, WA, DC.  Please visit their unique and fun web site, chipolte.com.

Denmark - Since 2004, the country of Denmark has banned foods containing partially hydrogenated oils from restaurants, supermarkets and everywhere. Foods may not be cooked in the oil, nor can prepared goods contain partially-hydrogenated oil. Demark is the first country to ban trans fat.

New York City - Since July 2007, restaurants have eliminated trans fat from their oils. By July 2008, they must eliminate trans fat from all other food.

Montgomery County, Maryland - Partially hydrogenated oil must be removed from restaurants by June 2008. Bakeries and delis have until  June 2009 to comply with the ban.

Calgary, Alberta - On January 2008, Calagary became the first Canadian city to ban trans fats from restaurants and fast food chains.

Tiburon, California is the first city in the United Stated to elimate trans fat from their restaurants. All 18 restaurants in the city have voluntarily agreed to not use trans fats.

Legal Seafoods started in Boston, but now has many locations in the eastern United States including MA, RI, DC, MD, VA, NJ, PA, NY, FL and GA.  In addition to cooking with trans-fat-free oil, this restaurant uses trans fat free crackers. When they switched to trans-fat-free oil, customers liked the tasted better as the original oil masked the flavor of their fresh food. They switched suppliers for the crackers to avoid trans-fat.

Legal Seafood offers healthy dishes. Customers can request brown rice. The fish  and seafood are very fresh. The menu changes often and features specials. There is an excellent selection of wine by the glass.

 Many locations are open for both lunch and dinner. For more information and a location near you, please visit legalseafoods.com .

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Knish Nosh has been making and serving Knishes in New York since 1952 and has recently opened a location in the Pineapple Grove section of Delray Beach, Florida. Knish Nosh cooks with oil that has no trans-fat and no cholesterol. This establishment is kosher.  The varieties of knishes include potato, spinach, kasha, broccoli, mushroom, cabbage, sweet potato, and meat.  In addition Knish Nosh serves frank in a blanket, corned beef, pastrami and turkey sandwiches or knish wraps, latkes (potato pancakes), soups, rugelach and Italian ices. You may take the food home and warm up Knishes in only 12 minutes in the oven. Everything I ate was excellent. The Knishes were not heavy. One customer said his corned  beef sandwich was the best he ever had.

For more information please visit the web site at http://www.knishnosh.com.

Florida

New York

 
Whole Foods Markets are wonderful supermarkets with a great variety of healthy products, both organic and non-organic. Some stores are very large. None of their products contains trans-fat. This supermarket contains a wide variety of fruits and vegtables, excellent seafood, hormone-free / antibiotic free meat, baked goods, an extensive salad bar, freshly prepared foods, vitamins, vegetarian items, wine  and much more. Some stores have a place to eat freshly prepared food including sushi, sandwiches, hot dishes, salads, cappuccino and much more. This is a very pleasant place to shop. Whole Foods Market is a publicly traded company that treats its employees well.

For more information please visit their web site at http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com.

Whole Foods Market has locations throughout the United States, Canada and  the United Kingdom. For a location near you, please visit the following web page  http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/index.html.