Healthy Restaurants in Pasadena
Updated weekly · Last refresh: September 7, 2026
Pasadena has a deep bench in our data — ten restaurants in total: Ben's Fast Food, California Fish Grill, CAVA, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Panini Kabob Grill, Sweetgreen, Tender Greens, True Food Kitchen, Urban Plates, and Zankou Chicken. The highest protein number anywhere in the Pasadena data is Chipotle's Double High Protein Bowl, at 760 calories and 81g of protein. Its Double High Protein Burrito is close behind at 840 calories and 79g of protein — 80 more calories for 2g less protein than the bowl.
A few other high-protein plates: Ben's Fast Food's Chicken Hearty Bowl (Double Protein) lists 620 calories and 62g of protein, Panini Kabob Grill's Chicken Kabob Plate (Double Skewers) lists 620 calories and 58g of protein, and Zankou Chicken's Chicken Plate (Half Chicken) lists 720 calories and 64g of protein. Tender Greens' Salt & Pepper Chicken Plate (Double Protein) comes in at 520 calories with 58g of protein — the lowest calorie count of any dish above 55g of protein in the Pasadena data.
Notice how "double protein" versions of a dish don't always cost the same in calories — comparing the base and doubled versions side by side, when both are listed, tells you more than the protein number alone.
Editor's Top Protein Pick
Chipotle Mexican Grill's Double High Protein Bowl is the highest-protein item we track here: 81g protein, 760 calories.