Insider reporter Nancy Luna tries Cava
Insider's restaurants correspondent Nancy Luna loves CAVA's bold healthy flavors, but the hummus was shockingly bad.
  • Cava is a fast-casual chain that sells bowls and pitas in a Chipotle-style format.
  • It launched its first location in 2011 to share the "Mediterranean Way" of eating with others. 
  • Cava's parent filed confidential paperwork to go public in 2023. Insider food correspondent Nancy Luna visited a Cava in California to offer her take on the concept. 
Cava sells Mediterranean-inspired pitas and bowls.
The first CAVA restaurant was in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2011.