Background
Calabrese grew up in Hyde Park, a South Side neighborhood of Chicago.
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Calabrese grew up in Hyde Park, a South Side neighborhood of Chicago.
Her first restaurant, Karyn"s Raw Bistro, is the longest-standing gourmet raw food restaurant in the United States. Calabrese worked as a professional model in her teens and into her twenties, and was featured in national magazine and television commercials. Calabrese became a raw foodist with the impression that eating uncooked foods improves health.
In the early 1980s, she hosted a support group at her home, and within six months, the group grew from six to 90 people.
Calabrese decided to transition careers from modeling to cooking and consulting about the raw and vegan lifestyle. Calabrese has opened three restaurants (Karyn"s Raw Bistro, Karyn"s Cooked, and Karyn"s On Green), a market (Karyn"s Fresh Corner), a meal program (Karyn"s At Home), a holistic therapy center (Karyn"s Inner Beauty Center and O2 Day Spa), a branded line of food, a cookbook, a cleanse guide, and a natural make-up and skin care line.
Karyn also teaches workshops and promotes raw foodism, holistic therapies, and natural longevity. Calabrese owns and manages three restaurants in Chicago:
Karyn"s On Green
According to the 2014 Zagat Survey, Karyn"s On Green is the top-rated vegan restaurant in Chicago and the most formal of Karyn"s restaurants.
Karyn"s On Green is located in Chicago"s West Loop.
This restaurant is now closed. Karyn"s Cooked
Karyn"s Cooked served vegan and plant-based cuisine. However, most dishes were cooked.
Karyn"s Cooked was located in Chicago"s River North neighborhood.
Karyn"s Cooked restaurant is now closed. Karyn"s Raw Bistro
Karyn"s Raw Bistro is the longest-standing gourmet raw food restaurant in the United States.
Also connected to the restaurant is Karyn"s Fresh Corner, a raw and organic market, and Karyn"s Inner Beauty Center and O2 Day Spa, a holistic treatment center. Karyn"s Raw Bistro is located in Chicago"s Lincoln Park.
