Fine Dining and Independent Restaurants
The restaurants on this page offer one or more whole grain options day in and day out.
If you know of other restaurants offering whole grain options, email Karen Mansur so we can add them to our list and help spread the word.
Note: Menus often change with the seasons. The dishes described below are a sampling of typical whole grain options served at these restaurants.
| Restaurant | Location |
Whole Grain Options |
| Atwater's | Baltimore and DC area | Bakery/cafe/catering with farmers market presence too. Offers whole grain breads daily, grain soups and salads, and more. |
| Bencotto | San Diego, CA | Home-made tagliatelli integrale -- whole wheat fettucine -- can be matched with any sauce. |
| Bloodroot | Bridgeport, CT | Whole wheat and wheat-free spelt breads, brown rice pudding and more. |
| Boston Pita Pit | Brookline, MA | More than half of their sandwiches sold are on whole wheat pita. |
| Café Modern |
Ft. Worth, TX | Whole grain risotto, whole wheat pita bread and pancakes. |
| Canyon Ranch | Miami, FL Lenox, MA Tuscon, AZ |
Menu changes frequently, but always includes a wide variety of whole grain options from steel-cut oats and granola to whole grain breads to quinoa and bulgur salads. |
| Casa de Luz | Austin, TX | An experience in vegan, whole foods and casual community dining. No typical menu, but always have millet, quinoa and other whole grain options. |
| Christopher's Table | Ipswich, MA | Seasonal grain dishes, like Quinoa with Apple Cider & Cranberries. |
| Clyde's | 8 locations in Washington, D.C. area | Whole grain pancakes and bread options, brown rice, bulgur and more. |
| COCO500 |
San Francisco, CA | Menu changes frequently, but always includes creative whole grain options such as quinoa tabbouleh. |
| Digable Pizza | Asheville, NC | You can choose a 100% whole spelt (a kind of whole wheat) crust on any pizza. |
| Eden Alley Café |
Kansas City, MO | Nine-grain bread, brown rice and whole wheat buns. |
| FireLake Grill House |
Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis, MN | Wild rice soup, whole wheat pasta and breads. |
| Flea St. Café |
Menlo Park, CA | Menu changes frequently, but always offers great whole grain options like saffron wheatberries. |
| Flour Bakery | 3 locations in Boston & Cambridge, MA | Whole grain breads, brown rice and bulgur, granola and more. |
| The Franklin Cafe | 3 locations in Boston & Gloucester, MA | Menu changes frequently, but always offers nice whole grain options like Red Quinoa Salad with spinach, dried cherries, and toasted almonds. |
| Friendly Toast | Cambridge, MA Portsmouth, NH |
In addition to whole grain menu offerings such as granola and oatmeal, Friendly Toast makes all their whole grain bread in-house daily and only serves brown rice. |
| Journeyman Restaurant | Somerville, MA | Menu changes very often, sometimes weekly, but there are always creative whole grain options such as Wheat berry risotto with corn, mushrooms, and raspberries or Amaranth Ricotta Dumplings. |
| JZ Cool |
Menlo Park, CA
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Whole grain pilaf, whole grain breads and more. |
| Moody's Diner | Waldeboro, ME | Whole wheat breads, and their famous Indian Pudding |
| Oleana | Cambridge, MA | Menu changes frequently but always offers beautiful selections of whole grains such as Heirloom Tomato & Farro Couscous with farm bean salad, red pepper charmoula & lemon yogurt. |
| Oriental Wok | Ft. Mitchell, KY | Brown rice. |
| Our Place Indian Cuisine | Irving, TX | Whole Roti, Paratha, and Poori. |
| Pearl of the Orient | Rocky River, OH | Brown rice. |
| The Red Avocado |
Iowa City, IA | Whole grain bread, spanakopita made with whole wheat fillo, barley salad, quinoa salad, whole wheat tortillas, mixed whole grains... |
| Rialto | Boston, MA | Menu changes frequently, but always offers whole grain options like buckwheat polenta. |
| Rogue Distillery |
Portland, OR and Seattle, WA |
Variety of whole grain options, whole corn tortillas and a black bean and quinoa salad. |
| Seta's Mediterranean Foods | Boston, MA (at farmer's markets) | Take-home food choices include brown rice, barley and quinoa. |
| Snap Kitchen | Austin & Houston | Take-home food menu includes a variety of very creative whole grains, from steel cut oats and quinoa muesli to chicken-bulgur salad and bison quinoa hash, and whole grain and sprouted grain wraps & breads. |
| Snooze | 4 locations in Denver, CO area | Whole grain breads and pancakes, oatmeal and more. |
| Sofra Bakery | Cambridge, MA | Lots of whole grain options such as tomato kibbeh, granola and yogurt parfait. |
| Teaism | 3 locations in Washington, D.C. |
Brown rice is the default with all meals; whole grain udon noodles. Oatmeal and muesli at breakfast. |
| The Teahouse | Santa Fe, NM | Oatmeal made with oats, wheatberries and black Forbidden rice; house granola; veggie burgers made with millet, barley and brown rice -- and great breads! |
|
Norton, MA |
In addition to having whole wheat wraps available for any sandwich order, they offer gluten-free whole grain items as specials such as quinoa sides. | |
| Vancouver Pizza Company | Vancouver, WA | Whole wheat bread and pizza dough options. |
| Vee Vee | Jamaica Plain, MA | Menu changes frequently, but there are always whole grain options like chickpea & bulgur falafel with tzatziki and crimini & oyster mushrooms with farro. |
| ZuZu | Cambridge, MA | Lots of whole grain menu choices, such as Kibbeh Mishi - Ground lamb fried in cracked wheat batter served with mint yogurt; Tabbouleh made with fresh chopped parsley, tomatoes, onions, mint & lemon juice. |