Healthy Restaurants in Columbus

We track 12 restaurants in Columbus. Chipotle Mexican Grill's Double Chicken Bowl has the most protein of anything we've logged in the city — 68g for 640 calories — and also the best protein-to-calorie ratio, at roughly 0.106g of protein per calorie.

True Food Kitchen has the deepest menu on file here, with five dishes logged. Its Rancher's Hash ties Bob Evans' The Everything Breakfast for the second-highest protein in the city at 57g each — and the two are nearly identical on calories too, 1110 versus 1130. Both take far more calories than Chipotle's Double Chicken Bowl to deliver less protein: 68g for just 640 calories. Sweetgreen's Hot Honey Chicken Plate is the closest match to that ratio among the rest of the city's dishes: 49g of protein for 490 calories, about 0.10g per calorie.

The pattern across these numbers is the same one worth applying anywhere: a bigger, more filling-sounding dish doesn't automatically mean more protein per calorie. When two options are both described as protein-forward, it's the ratio — not just the gram count on its own — that tells you which one actually uses your calories more efficiently.

Featured healthy restaurants in Columbus

• Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Northstar Cafe
• Sweetgreen
• True Food Kitchen
• Hoyo's Kitchen
• Greek Express
• CAVA