Diet Brand Whole30 Opens its First Delivery-Only Restaurant in Chicago | Eater Chicago

"Launched as a collaboration between Whole30, Lettuce Entertain You, and Grubhub, Whole30 Delivered is the first Whole30 delivery-only restaurant and is now live for online orders, with meals prepared in LEYE’s kitchens and offered via Grubhub. I note the menu focuses on “unprocessed” foods and includes lunch and dinner items like spaghetti squash and chicken meatballs with tomato marinara and cashew-garlic “parmesan,” and a Thai chicken coconut curry soup made with Amish chicken breast, shiitakes, spinach, lemongrass, and green scallion. The operation strictly follows Whole30’s comprehensive rules—no added sugar (artificial or natural), alcohol, grains, dairy, legumes, or additives such as carrageenan, MSG, and sulfites—and even forbids recreated baked goods and unspecified “junk foods” even if their ingredients are technically compliant. Whole30 positions the service as a 30-day habit-changing “reset” rather than a weight-loss plan, though critics warn that avoiding major food categories can lead to potentially harmful outcomes and that its language invokes familiar diet-culture themes like “cheat days,” “junk food,” “wellness,” and “clean eating.” Crain’s first reported news of the remote kitchen’s debut." - Naomi Waxman