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New superfood cafe Vitality Bowls coming to The Local in downtown San Marcos this spring

New superfood cafe Vitality Bowls coming to The Local in downtown San Marcos this spring

BY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER – Vitality Bowls, a cafe and eatery specializing in acai bowls, will open at 210 N. Edward Gary St., Ste. 2012, San Marcos, inside The Local Downtown apartment complex, this spring.

The menu includes a variety of options, such as the Energy Bowl with organic acai, goji berries and bee pollen; the Dragon Bowl featuring pitaya, coconut milk and bananas; and the Vitality Bowl with acai, strawberries and honey.

Fresh juices, soups, paninis and salads will also be available.

The cafe will include a full-service coffee bar serving items, such as the Acai Latte, made with espresso, acai, coconut sugar and steamed almond milk.

Vitality Bowls will be run by local franchise owner Ashley Wright, who also plans to open a location in San Antonio, according to a news release. The company is based out of Northern California and was founded in 2011. www.vitalitybowls.com

Two new restaurants coming to Richmond Heights

Two new restaurants coming to Richmond Heights

BY ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE – A pair of California-based restaurants plan to make their local debuts in a new strip mall at The Crossings at Richmond Heights, near Hanley and Interstate 64, this summer.

With 244 franchises across the country, Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza will serve quickly baked pizzas and salads. Vitality Bowls, a “superfood café” with more than 45 locations across the U.S., will offer bowls based around granola and açaí, prized for its antioxidants.

Vitality Bowls franchisee Sally Matiszik believes the café will fill a local void by offering superfoods. Such dishes as the Tropical Bowl (featuring organic açaí, coconut milk, apple juice, bananas, mango, pineapple, and flax seeds) and the Detox Bowl (featuring organic açai, almond milk, flax seed, kale, spirulina, bananas, and strawberries) will cost between $11 and $14. Smoothies will run about $6, and the restaurant plans to offer salads, paninis, fresh-pressed juices, and coffee and kombucha from local producers.

Matiszik believes the central location will draw customers from area businesses and The Heights facility next door. “It’s such an incredible visible, easily accessible area that we are really excited to be in,” she says.

The new development will reportedly also feature a Marriott Hotel, a Red Robin, and a CycleBar indoor cycling facility, among other businesses.

Coming to Leawood: Acai bowl franchise

Coming to Leawood: Acai bowl franchise

A new area franchisee for Vitality Bowls plans its first area location in Leawood.

The San Ramon, Calif.-based chain specializes in açaí bowls — a thick blend of the açaí berry topped with organic granola and a selection of “superfoods” including kale, honey, flax seed, fresh fruits and more. It also offers panini, salads, soups, smoothies and a fresh juice bar.

Chris Landes and his wife, Judy Deines, of Lee’s Summit plan a March opening at 11828 Roe Ave., Leawood.

Chopt, CoreLife and more healthy fast-food chains on Long Island

Chopt, CoreLife and more healthy fast-food chains on Long Island

BY NEWSDAY – Vitality Bowls (96 E. Main St., Smithtown): Pulpy, colorful acai bowls are the main attraction inside this petite Smithtown café with a steel counter and a handful of tables. Vitality Bowls, which began in San Ramon, California, in 2011, now has more than 50 locations nationwide, and this is the first on Long Island. Acai superfood cousins pitaya (dragon fruit), acerola and graviola (soursop) also form the basis of bowls and smoothies that cost between $7 and $13 and can be showered or pureed with things such as coconut, chia seeds, goji berries and honey. Graviola blended with kale, banana, mango, pineapple and coconut water makes for a delicious, citrusy green smoothie ($7.49). Vitality Bowls’ menu is rounded out by juices, salads and panini. (Pictured: The Eggini, a breakfast sandwich stuffed with organic, cage-free eggs, spinach, mozzarella and pesto.) More info: 631-652-3262, vitalitybowls.com read more