Clean Plates 2015 Guides for New York City and Los Angeles Now Available

NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean Plates, the essential resource for information on clean eating, announced today that its 2015 Clean Plates Guides (SRP, $15.95) -- in two editions: New York City and Los Angeles -- are now available for purchase at major and specialty book retailers including Barnes & Noble and Whole Foods and online at Amazon.com and www.cleanplates.com. Written by nutritional consultant and health coach Jared Koch, with contributions by nutritional educator Ashley Spivak, Clean Plates is the only nutritionist and food critic approved restaurant guide for two of America's biggest dining destinations.

The revamped 2015 Clean Plates editions honor the healthiest, tastiest and most sustainable restaurants for vegetarians and carnivores in Los Angeles and New York City with its "Clean Plates 100," representing the best of the best restaurants complying with Clean Plates criteria standards.

"We dine out a lot, and restaurants can be bad-eating minefields. No one actually wants to consume hormones, antibiotics or pesticides. It's just that searching for the good stuff takes time," said Founder of Clean Plates, Jared Koch. "In the 2015 Clean Plates Guides, we've done all the legwork and are excited to present the top 100 establishments in both New York and Los Angeles serving nutritious, eco-friendly, and mouthwateringly delicious food."

Highlights from the 2015 Clean Plates 100 include a wide array of restaurants from grab and go to fine dining and everything in between. A new "Beyond Restaurants" section also features the best of the best in clean eating bakeries, coffee shops, ice creameries, food trucks, juice bars and provisions. The full Clean Plates 100 lists can be discovered within the new guides. A few of the selections from New York City include:

• Restaurants: Amali, Bareburger, Blue Hill, Brushstroke, The Butcher's Daughter, ABC Kitchen, Dig Inn, Gramercy Tavern and Marlow and Sons
• Beyond Restaurants: Blue Marble, Brooklyn Roasting Co., Four and Twenty Blackbirds, The Juice Press, The Meat Hook and The Squeeze

Selections from Los Angeles include:

• Restaurants: Crossroads Kitchen, Gracias Madre, Huckleberry, Pono Burger, Salt's Cure, SQIRL and Tavern
• Beyond Restaurants: Babycakes, Delcampo Meat Co, Guerilla Tacos, Kreation Juicery, McConnell's Fine Ice Creams, Paper or Plastik Cafe and Urban Radish

Because there isn't just one right way to eat, Clean Plates includes the best of every kind of eating, and the selection process is highly discerning. Extensive research, surveys, and input from food critics and writers narrow literally thousands to the hand-selected best. Finalists are then curated based on rigorous standards of clean eating excellence.

Clean Plates criteria includes: antibiotic- and hormone-free animal products, especially grass-fed and organic; sustainably fished seafood; local and/or organic produce; higher quality oils (non-gmo oils, coconut oil, olive oil); use of organic soy; a fair selection of vegetables on the menu; transparency in sourcing practices; versatility of menu offerings and, of course, taste!

In addition to the top-rated clean eating restaurants, the guides will now offer expanded distinctions for delivery, gluten-free, and grass-fed meat options. In its simplest search format yet, readers will easily find the perfect eating experience through location, dining situation (brunch, kid-friendly, business lunch, etc.) and budget needs. For those with dietary needs, the guides also narrow down the 100 restaurants to the top five by categories including: flexitarian, gluten-free, paleo-friendly and vegetarian/vegan.

In addition to the printed guides, the selections are available on the free Clean Plates iPhone app and online via a searchable database. The company also produces national and New York City email publications. Visit Clean Plates online at www.cleanplates.com, on Facebook (facebook.com/cleanplates), and on Twitter (twitter.com/cleanplates).

ABOUT JARED KOCH
Founder of Clean Plates, Jared Koch graduated premed from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is a nutritional consultant and health coach certified by the Teachers College of Columbia University, the Global Institute for Alternative Medicine and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. With an entrepreneurial spirit, he delayed enrollment in Albert Einstein Medical School to launch an entertainment company with his brother, which grossed $10 million in annual sales within ten years. Despite corporate success, Jared still felt a strong need to attend to the wellness of others. Upon selling his stake in the entertainment business, he began ten years of wellness study with the likes of Dr. Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra, raw food guru David Wolfe, and Walter Willett, Chair of Harvard's Department of Nutrition. Jared speaks frequently on the topic of nutrition and has spoken at such organizations as Google, Sony, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, MTV, and Time Warner. 

ABOUT CLEAN PLATES
The essential resource for information on clean eating, Clean Plates helps everyone, whether carnivore, vegan, gluten-free, Paleo, or somewhere in between, make better, more informed eating choices. The Clean Plates guides and online platform are the easiest way to find restaurants serving nutritious, eco-friendly, and mouthwateringly delicious food, including sustainably raised animal foods (free of hormones and antibiotics) and locally grown, organic produce. Existing mainstream guides give no mention to the healthfulness of ingredients, while health food guides give little attention to taste. Clean Plates bridges the gap, pleasing the most discerning foodie as well as the most ardent clean eating enthusiast.  In addition to the printed guides, the selections are available on the Clean Plates iPhone app and online via a searchable database. The company also produces national and New York City email publications. Visit Clean Plates online at www.cleanplates.com, on Facebook (facebook.com/cleanplates), and on Twitter (twitter.com/cleanplates).

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