Paleo-Friendly Restaurants
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 in Eating and Drinking, Restaurants
One of the problems I often face is doing business lunches during the day. I’ll want to meet with someone, or just feel like taking a break from the kitchen sometimes, and get overwhelmed with the prospect of eating Paleo at a restaurant. While it’s definitely possible, unless you go in knowing something in advance, it can often turn in to either a bunless burger or just another chef’s salad.
Not that these are bad, but sometimes the goal of going to a restaurant is to treat yourself to something tasty and unusual, and I can get tired of salads and ground beef.
While I’m making no promises, I’ve built location-finding websites in the past, and am interested in building an online tool to help people find places near them that are Paleo-friendly.
In order for that to happen though, I’ll need some restaurants to start the website with, and some certainty that people really want it, are willing to help populate it, and that’s it’s worth the effort.
If you know of some places, or have an existing list, let me know in the comments. If feedback is high-enough, I’ll see what I can do to get the site going.
16 Responses to “Paleo-Friendly Restaurants”
This place is in Seabrook, Texas. Near the Bay Area part of Houston, TX (which is about 35 minutes south of Downtown Houston and 30 minutes north of Galveston.)
They have civeche as an appetizer which is shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions in a lime juice. It is served with chips, but they are on the side.
Great salads and great chicken dinners if you ask to not include the cheese.
Although drinking isn’t part of the paleo diet, there is an full bar. So although it is a pub that serves great beers, they also serve wine, hard liquor…
This place is great and the service is wonderful. Also, it is more of a bar, kids are also welcome and usually there (more towards the day and early dinner). So it is great family place, relaxed and the food has always been great on Paleo or not. Check it out!
http://www.boondogglespub.com/
Hi! I am a Paleo foodie Crossfitter!
I stumbled upon your website and wanted to share some of my recent findings!
I currently write a blog called http://www.meateats.com.
I write reviews of restaurants in the Portland, OR area from a Paleo perspective. We rate the quality, quantity of meat and also how to order Paleo!
Check it out!
I love Boondoggles too! I once dated a personal trainer who made me eat just like the paleo diet. Boondoggles was a place he would take me for more choices. Ceviche was top on the list along with their Spinach Salad. The atmosphere is wonderful too! They also have certain nights which they serve other paleo type dinners.
I am at Cross Fit Roots in Boulder, CO and could help from here…
I actually work at a delicious seafood restaurant in North County San Diego and I find it really easy to follow my diet with the seafood we serve. I usually ask for it to be cooked with just oil and lemon and we serve a vegetable medley that is just oil and spices (I believe garlic, white pepper, salt). You can always get our veggies steamed as well, such as carrots, the medley, and the potatoes, or just sliced tomatoes. We have two fruit salsa’s that are paleo friendly (a pineapple mango chutney and a spicy papaya salsa.) We serve meat as well which can be grilled plain. The place is called Nugent’s Firegrille and it is a great option for eating out paleo style.
I am happy to find this call for help with restaurant dining! I am a health and fitness blogger trying to help spread the information on healthy eating paleo-style. Here is what I have found:
Mongolian BBQ joints are a godsend for paleo eaters. You can choose your meat and veggies and oil and have it cooked on a huge griddle. Of course, you aren’t likely to get organic or grassfed choices, so quality is still a concern, but at least you can choose to avoid sugar, beans, dairy, and grains pretty easily (except the grains feeding the animals from which the meat was taken..sigh).
Falafel joints usually have a plate salad option, so those are a great go to for a salad meal (avoiding the actual falafel of course).
Many steak houses are pretty good restaurant options with salad and veggies as sides to steak.
For me, breakfast is a no-brainer for paleo eating. You can easily choose omelets and forgo the toast in exchange for fruit or salad. I guess this can still work for lunchtime since many places serve breakfast well into the afternoon.
Anyway, let me know if you get a database of paleo-friendly restaurants up and going! I am interested in contributing and finding more options where I live and travel.
Best wishes,
Kristy (http://www.feastingonfitness.com)
Restaurant dining in general is not Paleo, in that there’s a highly likely possibility that the foor has been cross contaminated with gluten, hence rendering it now paleo anymore. Grow up and cook.
Oh come on now @Real Paleo. Most of the people on Paleo Plan DO cook pretty much every meal. However, there are times when you’re traveling, family gatherings, business dinners etc, that make you eat out, and having a plan on what you’ll do when you get there is a far better attitude than waiting and giving in to that piece of pizza, or bowl of pasta.
I’m in Southern CA and we found a place in Brea that has a lot of options to choose from while eating on the Paleo Plan….or not. Food is great! Even the kids love it!
I think this is a great idea!! I know a lot of people who struggle to find decent paleo dining out options (including me). I would be happy to contribute. Mari – I’m near Boulder, what are some of the restaurants there?
What is the name in Brea CA?
I’m in the Boston area and Bertucci’s is very willing to cook things to order. They bake their eggplant and you can ask to skip the cheese. Same with chicken dishes — I did grilled chicken with their pomodoro sauce and oven roasted veggies. Mighty tasty! There are some family owned restaurants that buy local, organic veggies and are also willing to share how dishes are prepared and alter recipes if possible.
Fantastic restaurant here is El Paso, TX! They have a paleo menu as well as their regular menu. I have never had a meal that I didn’t enjoy thoroughly.
man if your from portland that would do the diet like no problem. i’m from seattle and spent a little while in portland that place has all those cool resturaunts and coffee shops. i’m sure a paleo resturaunt there would prevail rather quickly. well i’ve found that mongolian grill is a great place for paleo’ers. just fill the bowl up with everything besides the noodles and your good to go!
Has anyone found a good resturaunt in Tennessee? I have just started the plan. Loving it so far. I have never been one to “eat-out” much, but if I did decide to venture out, it would be nice to feel comfortable with my decision about where I would go and what to order.
What a great idea! Traveling while living the Paleo life is hard. It would be awesome to be able to perform a search the web (via smartphone) for a list of Paleo friendly restuarants.
My boyfriend and I have found that The Cracker Barrel restaurant chain is a life line that keeps us sane in between stops at the local grocery store deli’s.
Keep the principles of our lifestyle in mind when you order and you can’t get into too much trouble!! If in doubt they have a food allergy listing which also helps!
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