Whole Foods Austin & their Live Food Bar
The We Like It Raw Squad is in Austin today and in between some business meetings we had an opportunity to check out the Whole Food's flagship store and their Live Food Bar. I have to say we were extremely excited by the setup and the variety in the menu. The raw food section is combined with a juice bar where fresh juices, prepared foods items and packaged food are all served together.
However, the actual food itself was average to bellow average, (comparing it to the world of raw food cuisine). Seriously... they need to hire Sarma as a consultant or something. With Whole Food's retail expertise and Sarma's cuisine expertise .... man, the possibilities are endless!
It wasn't all so-so though, here are a list our favorites:
- Raw Tostada
- Super Green Juice: Kale, Spinach, Cucumber, Celery, Lemon and Spirulina
- Raw Mock Sour Cream & Chive Dip
- Raw Marinated Vegetable Salad
- Live Almond Milk
Photos coming soon!
Hi y'all,
Welcome to Austin! It's so great to see you guys reviewing one of my favorite places to eat here. The raw tostada is okay but my faves are the lasagne and the raw nori rolls. These are not to be missed...
S
Posted by: Sarah! | May 25, 2006 at 04:47 PM
cool, I was always curious about this. I would love at some point for every raw food to have a little raw food bar...awesome....
Posted by: stephen | May 26, 2006 at 01:19 AM
Our Whole Foods here in Denver, CO has a small handful of 'living foods' items -- lemon cookies, flax crackers, mock tuna pate.. I agree with Dhru.. not the best in the realm of raw but yay for being there!!
Posted by: Scott | May 28, 2006 at 04:10 PM
I'm glad to hear that the whole foods in Austin has a live food bar. I'm relcating from S. California, where I have a few raw resturaunts to choose from and was worried about missing out.
Posted by: Christina | June 19, 2006 at 01:48 AM
is the rumor true?
did it close?
sadness...
Posted by: alissa | November 05, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Next time you're in Austin, target being here
on the 1st Saturday of the month when we have
our monthly Austin Raw Food Diet Meetup Group.
Click http://RadicalHealth.com/austin-raw-food
for more details and a map.
We have nearly 1000 Austin Raw Food clients
on our mailing list and usually 50-100+ come
to our monthly Raw Food Diet Feast.
We look forward to meeting you next time
you're traveling through.
Enjoy your best day ever!
- David & Yemiah
Posted by: David Favor | January 14, 2008 at 03:57 PM