True Food Kitchen's new location at Easton.
TRUE FOOD KITCHEN Writen by Amelia Jeffers / Photography courtesy True Food Kitchen
In a city with an ever-increasing selection of health-focused eating options, it can be tough to tell them all apart. But Columbus has a new standout that’s impossible to ignore. At its new Easton location, True Food Kitchen blows away the competition and redefines conscious dining. True Food Kitchen wants you to “eat optimistically,” and they make it tough not to. With it’s science-based, imaginative menu, sustainable sourcing, and upbeat ambiance, True Food Kitchen takes a passionate approach to delivering a not only satisfying, but guilt-free and indulgent experience. True Food Kitchen is a passion project for Dr. Andrew Weil, celebrity doctor, wellness advocate, and a skilled home cook. The friends and family to whom he served delectable dishes built around his anti-inflammatory food pyramid urged him to open a restaurant. Years later, with the encouragement and guidance of noted restaurateur (and close friend) Sam Fox, he did just that. With a vast scientific knowledge, Weil designed a menu that 66 slmag.net
appealed to both his physician sensibilities and his refined palette, while Fox and team leveraged their operational and design acumen to develop a restaurant that would deliver on Weil’s vision. Together Weil and Fox would defy the negative perception of health food. Everything had to taste and look great. The food would be inviting and approachable, but thoroughly signature. The team experimented and tweaked until they hit recipes that came close to Weil’s exacting idea of perfection. True Food Kitchen opened the doors to its first Phoenix restaurant in 2008 to instant success and now boasts nearly 50 locations across 17 states. Entering True Food Kitchen, there’s an immediate sense of place. Upbeat music plays throughout an expansive dining room that is flooded with natural light. Kelly green banquettes line the perimeter, and white and bright blue pillows add random pops of color and cheer. Polished concrete floors, exposed beams, an open kitchen lend to the chic-industrial-meets-sophisticated interior. It’s certainly modern, but not at all sterile.
