Healthy Restaurants in South Lake Union

Highest-protein meals at South Lake Union restaurants

The top match is Double Smash Burger at Portage Bay Cafe — 61g protein and 1160 calories (Estimate).

Includes single-serving restaurant meals of at least 300 calories whose stated calories match their protein, carb and fat grams within 25%. Sides, drinks, add-ons, kids’ meals and family-size or multi-serving items are excluded. The table lists 4 meals from 2 brands, at most 2 per brand, each labeled by source.

We track four restaurants in South Lake Union, and all four have nutrition data on file. 45th Stop N Shop & Poke Bar posts the highest protein number: its 3-Fish Poke Bowl lists 510 calories with 52g of protein. Sweetgreen's Hot Honey Chicken Plate is close behind at 490 calories with 49g of protein — 3g less protein for 20 fewer calories.

CAVA's Harissa Honey Chicken Bowl and Portage Bay Cafe's Crab Cake Benedict both list 38g of protein at 470 calories apiece, the same protein number and the same calorie count from two very different menus — a Mediterranean bowl and a breakfast benedict. Measured per 100 calories, the 3-Fish Poke Bowl and the Hot Honey Chicken Plate both work out to roughly 10g of protein, noticeably higher than the roughly 8g per 100 calories in the CAVA and Portage Bay dishes. That's a real gap, though not a dramatic one, across a lineup where every dish on file lists at least 38g of protein.

When two dishes list the same protein number, check the calorie total before deciding between them — fewer calories for the same protein is the better ratio, whichever restaurant you're ordering from. And when the protein numbers differ, run the per-100-calorie math yourself rather than trusting the bigger raw number.

Featured healthy restaurants in South Lake Union

• 45th Stop N Shop & Poke Bar
• Portage Bay Cafe