True Food Kitchen, the award-winning restaurant brand that has pioneered health-driven dining, opens today in Hackensack, New Jersey at The Shops at Riverside. The restaurant brand’s first New Jersey location opens with its spring menu featuring a delicious lineup of fan favorites, new seasonal dishes, freshly pressed juices and handcrafted cocktails available for lunch, dinner or weekend brunch.
“We’re excited to share our passion for flavorful, healthy food and thoughtfully crafted beverages with the Hackensack community,” said Shannon Keller, Chief Marketing Officer of True Food Kitchen. “As we open our doors for dine in, we want our guests to know that our dedication to healthy living extends beyond our food – with safety standards and social distancing guidelines in place to create a safe and comfortable dining experience.”
The new restaurant occupies a 6,628 square ft. space with a 1,200 square ft. patio. When entering the space, guests are greeted by a garden-inspired dining room featuring draping vines of pothos and ivy, artwork inspired by the beautiful, nutrient-rich, seasonal ingredients highlighted in the brand’s craveable menu, and murals designed to reinforce True Food’s mission and values. The restaurant utilizes eco-friendly materials including dining chairs made of recycled soda bottles to further their promise to nourish the body and nurture the planet.
Co-founded by integrative medicine expert, Dr. Andrew Weil, True Food Kitchen’s seasonal menu is guided by the principles of his anti-inflammatory food pyramid—emphasizing wholesome, simple ingredients with thoughtful preparations to highlight the natural benefits and flavors of each ingredient. From nutrient-dense staples and responsibly sourced proteins to little-known superfoods, True Food Kitchen is committed to sourcing the most creative and freshest in-season ingredients. The new seasonal menu unveiled today at the Hackensack location offers guests a variety of new dishes featuring the most delicious, nutrient-dense produce of the season.
Several standouts on the new Spring menu include the new Vegan Double Cheeseburger, a house-made protein-packed vegetarian patty made with portobello mushroom, walnut, beet, kuzu, and topped with butter lettuce, pickled onion, organic tomato, vegan cheddar and vegenaise on a flaxseed bun; the Spicy Tuna Spring Roll, a new starter made with wild albacore tuna, baru nut sauce, turmeric nuoc cham rice noodle, carrot, asparagus, romaine, cilantro, Thai basil and mint; the brunch-classic Garden Scramble with grilled asparagus and poblano pepper; and Avocado Key Lime Pie, a seasonal vegan dessert option. Other mainstay dishes available year-round include favorites like the Ancient Grains Bowl, Spaghetti Squash Casserole, Organic Tuscan Kale Salad and more.
To complement the spring flavors and fresh ingredients, the restaurant offers a scratch bar featuring freshly pressed juices, organic teas, and natural refreshers, such as the seasonal Organic Raspberry Lemonade and Sparkling Mango Tea. A selection of beer, wine and handcrafted cocktails containing organic and gluten-free spirits are also available. Signature cocktails include the Citrus Skinny Margarita along with seasonal selections such as the Dragon Fruit Margarita, Apricots & Bourbon, The Monarch and the Strawberry Smash.
Diners at the Hackensack location will also be able to benefit from the brand’s True Rewards loyalty program that allows guests to earn points towards special offers every time they dine and includes a $10 off $25 welcome offer immediately upon signing up.
True Food Kitchen in Hackensack is open Monday through Thursday from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, Friday from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm, Saturday from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm, and Sunday from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. The full brunch, lunch, dinner and kids menu are available for pick-up or delivery, along with a selection of family meals and build-your-own packages for 2, 4 or 6 people starting at $10 per person. Cocktails, wine and beer are also available for pick-up at TrueFoodKitchen.com.
True Food Kitchen has reconfigured the dining room to allow for social distancing and has implemented other safety procedures including stringent sanitation protocols, clean masks worn by all staff, daily staff wellness checks, modified service to minimize contact and tech-enabled (mobile) menu viewing, ordering and payment.
Founded in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2008, True Food Kitchen is a restaurant and lifestyle brand inspired by the philosophy that food should make you feel better – and that great tasting food and thoughtfully crafted beverages can serve as the foundation for a life well lived. The restaurant brand is driven by a passionate collective of accomplished chefs, visionary restauranteurs, and a renowned doctor of integrative medicine – who believe delicious dining and conscious nutrition can go hand in hand, without sacrificing flavor, creativity, or indulgence. True Food’s seasonal menu is guided by the principles of Dr. Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatory food pyramid. True Food Kitchen emphasizes wholesome ingredients with flavorful preparations to highlight the natural health benefits and flavors of each ingredient. From nutrient-dense staples and carefully sourced proteins to little-known superfoods, True Food Kitchen is committed to sourcing the most responsible, creative, freshest, in-season ingredients. True Food Kitchen has 36 locations in 17 states: including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nashville, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. To learn more, visit www.TrueFoodKitchen.com.
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