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    Healthy Restaurant Roundup

    A critic's breakdown of Dallas' new crop of healthy restaurants

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 28, 2015 | 5:00 pm

    With Dallas-Fort Worth ruling the world as the capital of healthy restaurant chains, and with a branch of Modmarket finally open in Dallas proper, the time has come to pit these concepts against each other.

     

    Modmarket, Seasons 52, True Food Kitchen and LYFE Kitchen are among the big players who've set up shop in DFW. Seasons 52 came first, in 2010. True Food Kitchen opened in Preston Center in fall 2013.

     

    LYFE Kitchen opened its first local branch in Plano in June 2014, and Modmarket debuted in Flower Mound in September 2014. Start, our home-grown "healthy" fast-food chain, premiered in 2012. All of these restaurants have menus that push the healthy angle and feature sit-down facilities (versus takeout concepts like My Fit Foods).

     

    Calling a restaurant 'healthy' is easy. And each has its own definition. But regardless of dietary preferences or fads, there are truths we hold dear: Healthy eating generally begins with fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and limits fat, sugar and sodium.

     

    We're not about to analyze every dish, but we will try to separate the gluten from the wheat. Here's our healthy restaurant breakdown:

     

     LYFE Kitchen
    This fast-casual concept was launched by food industry veterans Art Smith, former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey, and former McDonald's executives Michael Donahue and Mike Roberts. Everything on the menu is 600 calories or less.

     

     What's good: The health claims are authentic. They use no butter, cream, white sugar, white flour, HFCS, trans fats or additives. Instead, they use gourmet ingredients and seasonings imaginatively, like in the farmers market salad with arugula, blackberries, goat cheese and spiced pecans, which you can order as is or top it with salmon, grilled chicken, mahi mahi or garlic-lime tofu.

     

    Calories and sodium are marked clearly on the menu, and prices are cheap (though not quite fast-food cheap).

     

     Modmarket
    The mantra for this Colorado-based fast-casual chain is simple, whole, unprocessed foods — "and don't eat a ton of them." The broad menu makes room for vegan, celiac, Paleo, raw, South Beach, high carb, low carb, low GCI and many other eating plans.

     

     What's good: Food quality and execution at Modmarket are tops. Options range from entrées like roasted chicken or sesame tofu with choice of sides such as mashed red potatoes or arugula and blue cheese salad. Pizza is notably good, with an exceptional whole-grain dough made in-house and toppings such as prosciutto and Gorgonzola. Half portions are available, and prices are cheap, including $2 wine by the glass.

     

     Seasons 52
    Healthy fine-dining concept from Darden Restaurants wisely underplays its healthy angle, instead emphasizing a seasonal menu. But nearly every dish is 475 calories or less.

     

     What's good: Restaurant takes its cue from the hugely successful Houston's, with a broad and inventive menu, ambitious wine program, and sophisticated atmosphere. Calories are discreetly marked on each dish, be it a roasted half chicken with vegetables and Yukon gold mashed potatoes at 460 calories or a 220-calorie watercress salad with Gorgonzola cheese and pine nuts.

     

     Start
    Local fast-food chain from Dallas mom Erin McKool offers customers their favorite foods but "smarter," i.e., organic, fair-trade and "sustainable." Too bad the packaging and utensils are plastic, although some of that is biodegradable.

     

     What's good: If fast-food drive-through is your only considered dining option, then Start is definitely better than the competition, with whole grain muffins in place of white flour and a veggie burger next to the beef. It's a baby step toward healthful eating, and the nutritional information is printed on the menu, which puts it above some other restaurants on this list.

     

     True Food Kitchen
    Arizona-based "eco-chic" chain describes its food as "honest" and claims to have an anti-inflammatory focus, following the bible of co-founder and supplement vendor Dr. Andrew Weil.

     

     What's good: TFK is "North Dallas healthy," with $6 juice spritzers, pretty dining room and fresh produce on display. Some makes it onto the plate, such as the bountiful crudite platter with tzatziki and black olive dips. But they don't share nutritional info, and nearly everything's loaded with dairy, one of the most inflammatory food groups, rendering the primary claim empty. It sure looks good, though.

    Start is a healthier alternative to fast-food.

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    Start is a healthier alternative to fast-food.
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    Skewer News

    Vila Brazil to bring affordable Brazilian steakhouse to Cedar Hill

    Raven Jordan
    Jul 11, 2025 | 6:10 pm
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    A Brazilian steakhouse known for its low-for-steak prices is coming to Garland: Called Vila Brazil, it's part of a small local chain and will open in Cedar Hill, at 305 W. RM Rd. 1382 #316, in the former Crab & Bar space, in late 2025.

    Vila Brazil was founded by restaurateur Roberto de Sa, who opened the first location in Irving in 2011, as a home-grown rendition of churrascaria-type restaurants such as Fogo de Chao. A second location opened in Garland in 2024.

    According to co-owner Gabriel de Sa, the Cedar Hill location will feature the same menu, including rotating chef specials at the buffet.

    Vila Brazil features a lower-cost version of churrascaria, a Brazilian style of serving cuts of grilled meat from giant skewers onto diners’ plates. They offer eight cuts of meat including picanha steak, sirloin, chicken, lamb, and pork.

    There’s also a salad bar buffet featuring rice, salads, vegetables, and Brazilian-inspired dishes such as cheese bread rolls and cinnamon-grilled pineapple.

    Weekday lunch is $25 and dinner is $40 daily. For the buffet only, it’s $18-$21.

    They own other restaurants including VB's steakhouse in Arlington and Casa Pollastro, a Brazilian-Italian concept in North Dallas. But Gabriel says they take a different approach with Vila Brazil than some of the other more expensive churrascaria restaurants in town.

    "Instead we offer homemade food at an affordable price with great quality and flavor,” he says. "Our guests on average visit our store three times a month — much more frequently than your typical churrascaria."

    The Cedar Hill location will be fairly large, in a 6,528 square-foot space, with an approachable casual dining atmosphere.

    “We choose the Cedar Hill community for the same reason we opened in Garland, to serve an underserved community,” Gabriel says. “A fusion between a fast casual buffet and a Brazilian Churrascaria Vila Brazil is accessible to all members of the community with high value.”

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