GOLD COAST — Just blocks away from upscale restaurants like Gibson’s Steakhouse and Carmine’s, a new fast-casual restaurant boasts healthier options ready to heat and eat.
Kitchfix, a Chicago-based healthy meal delivery service, opened its first retail store in Gold Coast Aug. 20 at 1165 N. State St., where it will offer menu items such as quinoa bowls,raw oatmeal, kale chips, muffins and cookies.
The company, which was founded in 2013, chose its debut location in Gold Coast because it had a substantial customer base in the area and there were no upscale restaurants with a health focus, said store manager and nutritionist Jenny Westerkamp.
“Opening our first retail store was the next piece of the puzzle and we are thrilled to give new and pre-existing customers the opportunity to conveniently access our healthy snacks and meals without the wait,” said Josh Katt, founder and CEO of Kitchfix, in a statement.
The three-day grand opening celebration runs through Aug. 23. On Friday and Saturday, Aug. 21–22, Kitchfix will offer customers a buy-one, get-one free meal promotion during regular store hours Monday through Thursday 7 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m - 3 p.m.
Meals range from $12 to $18, depending on size, and snacks can be purchased for anywhere from $4 to $12. Westerkamp said the meals are locally sourced and nearly always organic, adding that they only accept non-organic options if they cannot find get them from suppliers and non-organic foods will be indicated as such.
“I was very attracted to their philosophy on food, basically infusing flavor into healthy food which is something not a lot of companies do,” she said when recalling why she joined the company nearly three years ago. “We want [customers] to feel how good they can feel, how good it could taste and how good their lives can be.”
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