Healthy Restaurants in New York
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New York's high-protein restaurant meals skew hard toward fast-casual bowls, and the numbers back it up: across the 85 meals we track at 15 New York restaurants, 72 of them clear 30g of protein. That is an unusually high share, and it means the question here is rarely whether a menu has a high-protein option — it is which one gives you the most protein per calorie.
On that measure Chipotle leads. Its Double Chicken Bowl delivers 68g of protein in 560 calories, a ratio no other meal in our New York data matches, and the Double High-Protein Bowl is the outright protein leader in the city at 81g for 760 calories. If you want the same idea in a smaller package, The Little Beet's Grilled Chicken Plate carries 45g in just 420 calories, and Whole Foods Market's High Protein Plate reaches 48g at 460.
The salad and Mediterranean options cluster slightly lower but still land well above a typical restaurant meal. Chopt's Classic Cobb Salad reaches 60g at 600 calories. Pokeworks' large Spicy Ahi Tuna Bowl carries 55g for 790. CAVA's Spicy Chicken + Avocado Pita hits 50g at 980, with its Greek Chicken Pita at 48g, and NAYA's Beef Shawarma High-Protein Bowl reaches 48g. Dig's Power Plate is among the leanest high-protein plates at 42g for 465 calories, and The Little Beet's Steak & Eggs Bowl carries 48g at 540.
The practical pattern across these New York menus: doubling the protein at a build-your-own counter is almost always the cheapest way to move a meal from roughly 25g to 45g or more, and it adds far fewer calories than the equivalent jump from adding a second base or a sauce. Sort the meals below by protein, calories, carbs, or fat to find the ones that fit your targets.
Editor's Top Protein Pick
Chipotle Mexican Grill's Double High-Protein Bowl (double adobo chicken + light rice + black beans + fajita veggies + tomato salsa + cheese + romaine) is the highest-protein item we track here: 81g protein, 760 calories.