In 2023, Native Foods became Employee owned in their remaining locations: Chicago, IL (Dame Dia), Glendale, CO (Michael Olivas) and Palm Springs, CO (Misti Rausch and Sean Reynolds).

Native Foods
Company typePrivate
Founded1994
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
ServicesRestaurant

Fast-Casual

Plant-Based
Websitewww.nativefoods.com

Native Foods was a fast-casual vegan restaurant chain that operates in California, Colorado[1] and Illinois.[2] The first Native Foods opened as "Native Foods Cafe" in 1994 in Palm Springs, California by Tanya Petrovna.[3] In 2009, the brand was acquired by Daniel Dolan and Andrea McGinty, who relocated the company to Chicago.[1]


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  1. ^ a b "Vegan chain Native Foods opening restaurant in Lone Tree". The Denver Post. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ^ "Native Foods Café acquired by Millstone Capital Advisors". Nation's Restaurant News. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. ^ "Native Foods Cafe is closing its Washington locations". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

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