501 Local

501 Chestnut Street
Winnetka, Illinois 60093
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Organic
Locally Grown
Healthy Oils
Filtered Water
No Margerine
Non-GMO
No MSG

The Templeton List has spent years finding the healthiest restaurants in America

It is our pleasure to introduce 501 Local, one of the healthiest restaurants in Winnetka. The Templeton List strives to bring you restaurants with a healthy food reputation like 501 Local, so you may eat in the best restaurants with the healthiest ingredients. Winnetka has many eating establishments but knowing that your food was prepared with the healthiest ingredients give you peace of mind. Many restaurants concentrate only on flavor and food cost rather than healthy eating. 501 Local stands out as one of the healthiest choices in Winnetka.

Our 5 Star Rating System

Restaurants listed in this directory have been evaluated using our 5-Star rating system to determine adherence to our strict ingredient, preparation and environmental guidelines. Each restaurant displays a green check mark next to each area of compliance.

★ Is your food locally sourced?

★ Is your food organic, pesticide and chemical-free?

★ Do you use Healthy non-hydrogenated oils?

★ Is your water filtered?

★ Do you use real butter and absolutely no margarine?

★ Are you GMO-free?

★ Are you MSG-free?

Based on each restaurant’s answers, we have developed the following rating system:

If a restaurant meets all 7 of our criteria, it will receive our highest rating and a perfect score of 5 Stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

If a restaurant does not meet all of our criteria, we subtract from their 5 star rating based on how many criteria they fail to meet.