There’s a new raw food place in Chicago! It just so happens to be in my train station. It’s called simply ‘Raw’ and it opened this weekend. My train station has a new French Market that has all kinds of good things in it, including lots of fruits and veggies, desserts, coffee and lots more. The market opened a couple weeks ago and a booth area in the far front corner caught my eye on the first day I walked through it. The booth repeated the word “raw” in numerous areas, but there was nothing there to indicate what exactly it was going to be.
Today I took a late train because I had to be in court in my home county (as opposed to Cook County) and decided to take a trip through the market to get to the cab stand. Much to my surprise and excitement Raw was open! They were so nice and helpful and you could jus tell that they really believe in what they are doing! They don’t have everything the way they want it yet, but they had two salads and two desserts. One of the salads was a spring green mix with evoo and lime juice (and some other stuff I can’t remember) and the one I got was a kale salad with tomato, avocado, cucumber, lemon juice and evoo. It was soo good! They let me taste both salads and they were both really good. I also tasted the dessert, one was a lemon bar which was good and the other was a chocolate bar which was a bit too rich for me.
The salads are a little pricey (arpx $12-$13), but for the nutrients you get and the convenience I can’t complain and plan on going there at least once a week to pick up lunch.
It actually worked out really well because I stopped at the little grocery store by work and bought a $4 mediterranean turkey wrap (whole wheat wrap, turkey, spring green, hummus, roasted red peppers and olives) and had lunch at 12:30. Lunch was about 1/3 of the salad with half the wrap and a diet coke.
I had some coffee at about 2 or 3 and was good until about 5:30 when I finished the wrap and the rest of the kale salad. So for$17 I got two meals. Not great money wise, but not too bad either and very yummy tummy wise!
I got home around 8ish and I wasn’t too hungry. I was more thirsty than hungry- I need to work on making sure I get plenty of water. So I had a chocolate covered nanner, a glass of almond milk and a big water bottle of tap water.
I’m going to do a bit of writing and then go to bed early so I can get up and workout in the morning.
Does kale fill you up better than any other lettuce/spinach/green leafy substance?
Have a good night! 
~Cyn
