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| - For a carnivore like myself, b.good is thankfully more than just a salad bar. Though if salads and vegan-friendly fare is your fancy, they've got those available too, along with fruit and veggie smoothies.
Serving entirely local, organic items b.good has this ideal down pat. There's a chalkboard displayed prominently on the wall as soon as you enter, pinpointing where the day's ingredients have been sourced. Even the ketchup dispensers pump out organic, preservative-free ketchup advertising that it contains 50% less sugar than the usual, grocery store stuff (though this one tastes and has the consistency closer to tomato paste than ketchup). Next to the ketchup is also a self-serve soda stand with craft-brewed, organic sodas and a couple of fruity drinks like raspberry lemonade and rosemary lemonade.
On the day I went, they had a promotion offering a free smoothie plus a side of baked fries for anyone who's downloaded/registered their app. I think the smoothie promo is over now, but the fries one probably still stands. The cash staff was really friendly and patiently waited for my app to finish loading.
I had the Sal-Bacado, a burger (beef, my choice) with salsa, avocado with an egg (at additional cost) on top. The thick pattied burger tasted better than I had expected! The oven-finished fries weren't my favourite, but were okay - soft on the inside, but I miss the crispy-thin shell of traditionally fried fries. They also tasted less salty, which was nice, but I think could've used a smattering of herbs (rosemary, maybe?) to fill the absence of extra salt.
My strawberry banana smoothie was rather sour, as if the bananas weren't fully ripe yet, so I would probably skip it next time. For the rest of it though, pretty yums!
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