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Preliminary Work Begins on New Restaurant

With hopes of opening in the spring, new healthy food eatery begins initial effort.

With expressed hopes of opening this spring, a new healthy food restaurant located near the intersection of Saunders and Deerfield Roads is showing the first signs of progress.

Before the new building can go up, an old home must come down and that is evident to people driving by the location.

Planning to be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, the eatery will have separate menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner but each one will be prepared with the good health of the clientele in mind.

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“Everything you see on the menu will have a longevity component,” Upsana Abbott, one of the owners, said. “Spices like turmeric are on the top of my mind. They (help) prevent Alzheimer’s and cancer.”

Abbott, who has a Ph.D. in nutritional science, will do everything she can to create a menu that will help people live longer. The name of the company owned by Abbott and her husband, Anil Abbott, is Health O Wealth.

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“If you don’t have good health you don’t have any wealth,” Anil Abbott said explaining the company philosophy. The Abbotts will be joined in the business by their son, Lakshay Abbott, who will graduate from college with a degree in nutrition.

The menu will include wraps with grilled chicken, turkey or other white meat, healthy spices and fresh vegetables. The Abbotts will grow a lot of the produce on the property.

“We will try to grow as many (of the vegetables) as we can in the Chicago climate,” Upsana Abbott said. “They will be cooked to preserve the best taste.” Anil Abbott specifically mentioned tomatoes and green peppers.

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