cafe see national museum of the american indian . native foods cafe type private founded 1994 founder tanya petrovna and co founder ray white headquarters chicago illinois u.s. website www.nativefoods.com native foods cafe is a fast casual vegan restaurant chain that operates in california oregon colorado and chicago . the first native foods cafe opened in 1994 in palm springs california . the company was founded by chef tanya petrofina and co founder ray white who sold a majority stake in the business to husband and wife andrea mcginty and daniel dolan in 2009 . 1 mcginty and dolan raised 10 million in capital in 2012 and another 15 million in 2014 . 2 the company moved its headquarters to chicago in 2011 and expects to have 200 locations open by the second half of 2017 . 1 see also edit list of vegetarian restaurants veganism references edit a b expanding vegan cafe finds thriving market throughout us . atlantablackstar.com . 2013 04 16 . retrieved 2015 09 11 . vegan restaurant group poised to expand nationally with first east coast locations . marketwatch.com . 2014 06 05 . retrieved 2015 09 11 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title native foods cafe & oldid 743816102 categories fast food chains of the united statesrestaurants established in 1994companies based in chicagovegan caf s in the united states1994 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 12 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view