Zest

Ive been going to zest for over a year now and love it. I literally could go here for breakfast lunch and dinner. I love that they’re always sprucing up their menu and adding new recipes. It’s not just a bowl and juice place (although the bowls and juices are amazing) they have amazing baked goods and even better entres. My current fave is the chicken and waffles. Absolutely fire!

A rather bleak exterior in need of a freshening up conceals this generally uplifting health cafe. I ordered the BBQ tofu sandwich, which not did not contain actual "barbecued tofu" so much as unseasoned fried or perhaps baked tofu with barbecue sauce poured on it. The sauce itself was very bland; neither smokey nor tangy. More like an off-brand ketchup. There were other ingredients on the sandwich, but it all lacked flavor and needed salt, living up to a common stereotype of all vegan food being bland. For a place called "zest," you know? If they fixed this, it might be a good sandwich. The music was 90s/00s Top-40: Savage Garden and LeAnn Rimes. You could do a lot worse, I suppose. I just wish any place, anywhere at all, could ever make a daring choice regarding music in their establishment. But I get it. Mass appeal. More importantly, I will say the cookie and truffle I had were very enjoyable and the person working the counter was very nice and seemed like she knew what she was doing. Overall, not bad. Next time, I'll try the waffles.

Wow, the gluten and dairy free w mainly almond chocolate cookies (Cacao cookie monster and Nuts & Bolts Bite) and toasts (Avocado Krust and Hummus Krust) were delicious! I would have never known they were made without the conventional nutrient light and unhealthy ingredients. I'm coming back to try everything! They make it easy for me to maintain my diet while I'm on my health journey. I'm sure more people will go there if they were aware of the delicious and healthy options. Zest, you should open at a mall type location where more people are.

The Frapp was pretty good. Different. However, the 973 was very difficult to eat I couldn't finish it. The bread was dry and difficult to chew. The chicken was very dry and also difficult to chew. Definitely not worth the money I spent for both. $8 Frapp and $14 sandwhich. Very disappointed. They have a bit of interesting things in the store.