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| - I love the concept of Bolt -- with their offerings of fresh, healthy smoothies, juices and meals -- and even their website, with its bright orange background and round, cheerful font makes me want to be happier and healthier.
Unfortunately, the food didn't make me so happy. I stopped in to try the Protein bowl, a brown rice bowl (somewhat similar to Fresh's bowl offerings) with cherry tomatoes, marinated tofu, sprouts, beans, butternut squash, pepitas and carrot miso dressing. Everything is served to-go, so the components of the bowl were assembled in a takeout container and the dressing is served in a plastic cup within. For $9, the serving is generous -- possibly enough for two full meals, depending on your appetite. I found it to taste overwhelmingly of ginger, although I wasn't quite sure why, and the sauce seemed to disappear completely and be absorbed into the components without adding any enhancement of flavour. The more I ate, the less I liked it, and I couldn't bring myself to finish it even though I still felt hungry.
On the positive side, the space inside is beautiful, and staff were very friendly. In addition to their menu items they also seem to sell drinks like kombucha, coconut water and some sort of kefir, as well as Chocosol chocolate. There appeared to be a few high-top tables inside, but no chairs, so perhaps not an ideal place to sit and linger. It's a bummer that there aren't any seating options inside, as I feel somewhat strange eating all this healthy food while producing so much unnecessary waste.
I might come back to try one of their juice or smoothie offerings, but I'll skip the grain bowl next time and get my meal elsewhere.
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