From takeout to family style or fine dining, healthy dining options abound throughout Lee and Collier counties. Natural Awakenings recently taste-tested the following venues, where fresh, healthy food is also delicious. Bon appétit.

Ada’s Natural Market & Green Leaf Café

7070 College Pkwy., Fort Myers
239-939-9600
AdasMarket.com

Enjoy an array of wraps and sandwiches; gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian fare and freshly made soups and bakery items with gluten-free options in pies, cookies, muffins, cakes and breads. Full-service organic juice and smoothie bar.

Back to Nature Organic Market & Café

1217 SE 47th Terr., Cape Coral
239-549-7667
CapeBackToNature.com
“Improving the world, one human sprout at a time,” Back to Nature features an organic juice and smoothie bar, and offers raw superfood smoothies.

Body and Soul Cafe

239-682-3663
BodyAndSoulCafe.com

Shop the web store online to order for free delivery to home/office locations in Fort Myers and Naples on Monday and Wednesday mornings. Also Saturdays at Third Street South Farmers Market, in Naples.

Blue Zone-certified with high-quality, organic, plant-based, gluten-free, peanut-free and soy-free breakfast, lunch and nutritious body bowls, as well as smoothies, weekly meal plans and cleanses prepared by a certified nutritional fitness coach and culinary graduate.

Chef Brooke’s Natural Café

photo credit: Earth Origins

1850 Boy Scout Dr., Ste. A106, Fort Myers
239-332-2433
ChefBrookeOnline.com

Get some love in your tummy with organic, homemade foods that tempt with simple combinations and complex flavors. Enjoy gluten-free options, superfoods, smoothies and a juice bar.

Delicious Raw Juice Bar

821 Fifth Ave. S., Naples
239-430-6555
2338 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples
239-231-3060
8925 Tamiami Tr. N., Ste. 60, Naples
239-734-3634
DelRaw.com

Made-to-order, highly nutritious fresh fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and wellness shots, as well as delicious food and snack alternatives.

Earth Origins Market

15121 Tamiami Tr. S., Ste. 104, Fort Myers
239-210-3256
EarthOriginsMarket.com

Explore a variety of flatbreads, sandwiches, wraps, salads, hot entrées and organic soups made from all natural ingredients. Enjoy freshly prepared juice and smoothies made with organic produce.

Epiphany Gluten Free Bakery

1514 Immokalee Rd., Unit 117, Naples
239-273-2350
EpiphanyGlutenFree.com
Custom cakes: [email protected]

Delicious paleo bread and rolls in many flavors, sandwich bread and rolls, gingerbread cookies, coconut chocolate chip cookies, paleo chocolate chip cookies, bodacious brownies, paleo raspberry swirl brownies and custom cakes for all occasions.

Food & Thought Organic General Store and Café

2132 Tamiami Tr. N., Naples
239-213-2222
FoodAndThought.com

Florida’s only 100 percent organic market and café. Fresh produce delivered daily. Homemade breakfast, lunch and dinner. Menu items prepared from scratch. Smoothies and juices are made with no ice, water or sugar. Soups are made with reverse-osmosis filtered water.

For Goodness Sake Organic Marketplace & Café

9118 Bonita Beach Rd., Bonita Springs
239-992-5838
FGSOrganicMarkets.com

Sandwiches, salads, smoothies and juices made to order and with the freshest ingredients. Freshly squeezed organic fruit and veggie juices made from local produce.

Juicelation

photo credit: Food & Thought

4947 Tamiami Tr., Ste. 104., Naples
239-529-2290
Juicelation.com

Freshly picked and locally sourced organic juice concoctions made daily from hundreds of juice recipes or customized. Home delivery or market pick-up: Thursday at Naples Italian American Foundation Farmers’ Market, Saturday at Third Street South Farmers’ Market and Shoppes of Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market, Sunday/Pine Ridge Road Farmers’ Market and The Village at Venetian Bay Green Market.

Kitchen 41

2500 Tamiami Tr. N., Ste. 111, Naples
239-263-8009
Kitchen41.com

Dinner only. Hot and cold appetizers, salads and soups, as well as pasta, fish and meat courses. The healthy restaurant uses a sous vide method of cooking with no grease, preservatives, MSG or GMOs.

Living Vine Organic Café

1400 Colonial Blvd, Ste. 59, Fort Myers
239-936-2510
LivingVineOrganicCafe.com

Family owned and operated organic café offering plant-based foods. Sandwiches, wraps, salads, soups, vegan and vegetarian specials, smoothies, wheat grass, juices and organic coffee.

Nature’s Garden Organic Café & Juice Bar

2089 Tamiami Tr. N., Naples
239-643-4959
NaturesGardenOfNaples.com

Sample homemade health foods and beverages at the deli and juice bar.

Pizza Fusion

12901 McGregor Blvd., Ste. 5, Fort Myers
239-337-7979
PizzaFusion.com/FortMyers

Pizza Fusion offers gourmet pizza, organic, gluten-free, vegan and dairy-free entrees, desserts, beers and wines and eco-friendly dining. Dine-in, take-out, or delivery within five-mile radius.

Purple Spoon

25151 Chamber of Commerce Dr., Bonita Springs
239-908-3842
PurpleSpoonFL.com

All foods prepared using locally sourced and organic ingredients whenever possible. All meat and seafood ingredients are sustainably raised and humanely harvested selections. No GMO ingredients used at cooking events or sold in the store. Ingredients not available from a local source are an organic certified or sustainably produced selection.

Catering, pickup, weekly farm-to-table dinners with preset menu and communal seating, and private culinary events. Locally grown market 3 to 6 p.m. only on Wednesday.

The Bowl

1427 Pine Ridge Rd, Ste. 3, Naples
239-734-3867
1200 Central Ave., Naples
239-231-3324
The-Bowl.com

Healthy, delicious acai and pitaya bowls and smoothies made with organic and local ingredients that people can feel good about eating. Kombucha and cold-brew coffee on tap.

The Local

5323 Airport Rd. N., Naples
239-596-3276
TheLocalNaples.com

Farm to table and sea to table cuisine. Locally sourced ingredients. Organic salads, grass-fed beef, grains and noodles, flatbreads, sandwiches, pastas. Gluten-free options. Beer and wine.

Tropical Smoothie Café

Locations in Naples, Estero, Ave Maria, Fort Myers and Cape Coral
TropicalSmoothie.com

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a variety of fresh wraps, sandwiches, salads and flatbreads in addition to real fruit smoothies.

True Food Kitchen

Waterside Shops
5375 Tamiami Tr. Ste. 15, Naples
239-431-4580
TrueFoodKitchen.com

A health-driven, seasonal restaurant merging nutrient-rich ingredients with a flavor-forward menu for lunch and dinner that rotates regularly Guests experience a variety of gluten-free, naturally organic, vegetarian and vegan offerings with fresh ingredients. Renowned physician Dr. Andrew Weil helped establish True Food Kitchen on a set of simple and exhaustively researched principles known as the Anti-Inflammatory Diet.

Whole Foods Market

9101 Strada Pl., The Mercado, Naples
239-552-5100
WholeFoodsMarket.com

A wide variety of foods prepared by trained team members under the supervision of an experienced chef include natural and organic ingredients purchased locally when possible. No artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives or trans fats. Gluten-free offerings.

Wynn’s Market

141 9 St. N., Naples
239-261-7157
WynnsOnline.com

Fresh, quality, heart-healthy meals and favorite comfort foods. Organic, natural and imported selections. Gluten-free offerings.