Amazing AND healthy food in PHX?

Question

Hi all! I'm a hound from Seattle and my buddy is from San Francisco. We're going to spring training in a couple of weeks. We love good food. Last trip we did together was in Portland and we crammed in 6 square meals a day! BUT, this time i'm on a health kick and starting to lose some real weight and I'd like to keep that going. I've already made plans to "cheat" for Pizzeria Bianco but for the most part I'd love to have some recs for places that are healthy AND delicious. I know I can get a salad at pretty much all of the best restaurants but if there are any unique places or dishes that I should know about I would very much appreciate it. And if you have some good hiking recs I'd love em too! Thank you so much.

Answer

Pita Jungle is a Phoenix-based chain. Healthy and delicious. There's bound to be one near wherever you're staying.

http://www.pitajungle.com/

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Ollie Vaughn's (McDowell btwn 15th and 16th)

Zookz (Central, about 1/2 mile south of Camelback)

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Well, I had the best intentions to eat healthy... My travel buddy wasn't so into the idea and I was pretty easily led astray. We checked out Welcome Chicken and Donuts - great donuts (the red wine and chocolate one was one of the best donuts I've ever had) and great chicken (great even without the sauces) but they didn't really play off each other at all in the way that chicken and waffles do. We had a fantastic meal at Pizzeria Bianco - the antipasto plate was terrific and the pizzas were as good as advertised. The next morning we had a very very tasty breakfast at Dick's Hideaway. The relleno with both sauces and eggs on top was wonderful. Dinner was at Citizen Public House. It sounds like that chopped salad might have some detractors just because of some hype associated with it. But having gone in without knowledge of it I thought it was really inventive and delicious. The other items there were done well for the most part but didn't stand out for me. 

I was caught off guard by many places being closed on Monday and also the lunch only nature of places like Noble Eatery and Zookz made eating at them harder with our lunch times being occupied by baseball games and hiking. But overall it was a fun trip with some very good food. Thank you for the recs - even though I didn't get to any of them.

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Amazing AND healthy food in PHX?

Discussion Summary

Pizzeria Bianco

Pizzeria Bianco

Noble Eatery

Pita Jungle - Downtown Phoenix

Pita Jungle - Uptown

Ollie Vaughn's

Zookz Sandwiches

Dick's Hideaway

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