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MyspaceWhere: 5668 Calle Real, Goleta; 770-2730; backyardbowls.com.
What: A 100-percent organic breakfast and lunch spot serving acaí bowls with a variety of toppings
How Much: Acaí bowls, $6.85-$9.15.
The Dish: Goleta welcomed acaí bowls to town at the end of last year, when Backyard Bowls opened its second location on Calle Real. (The original location is at 331 Motor Wy.) Two friends, Pete Heth and Dan Goddard, created Backyard Bowls, inspired by Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, unprocessed foods, and one of their favorite surf spots in Hawai‘i (Backyards on Oahu). Backyard Bowls echoes with the reverberation of blenders, dicing the Brazilian acaí berry into a sludgy liquid that is thick enough to eat with a spoon. Acaí in these bowls contains the richest antioxidant content of any naturally occurring fruit. Each bowl contains the frozen pulp of the berry, blended with various other fruits, topped with granola, coconut shavings, bee pollen, sliced fresh strawberries, banana, goji, and a drizzle of honey. Patrons should try the Green Bowl, with broccoli, spinach, and ginger, but may also choose from drinkable smoothies, warm quinoa, or oatmeal.
Backyard Bowls - Goleta
5668 Calle Real, Goleta
805-770-2730. More Info
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Love Backyard bowls! Healthy, scrumptious, friendly staff...a perfect way to start a Santa Barbara morning!
sallyt (anonymous profile)
March 16, 2011 at 7:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Major YUM. Heading there shortly.
Draxor (anonymous profile)
March 16, 2011 at 8:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I came there for all the healthful and delicious food and go back for all the hotties who patronize the establishment.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
March 16, 2011 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah, hotties getting paid next to minimum wage to sell a product imported all the way from south america, for a price that only rich people can afford. Seems like another great way to make more green$$$$ from claiming to be "green". They use compostable cups but have no compost in the store.....so the compostable cups get driven to the landfill with all the other trash. Another santa barbara business that is more about image than reality. Just like Whole Foods, they use the idea of "healthy food" and being an "environmentally freindly"company as a marketing tool. Well, i am not a fool. Maybe if they are lucky, they can make it big like Jamba Juice, who used refined sugar, instead of acai shipped from the rainforest to draw the bees and their money to the honey. This place and whole foods makes me sick. whoever flags this comment for removal....you are the one who needs to hear this.
revolutionairy (anonymous profile)
March 20, 2011 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
^That attack is pretty overboard and I don't think well deserved.
I'm all for local sourcing of foods which can be locally sourced. I would hope communities would strive to be relatively sustainable if trade stops but there is nothing wrong with outsourcing goods that cannot be locally sourced like the highly nutritious acai berry. Secondly, I don't find them to be that hugely overpriced considering they use organic ingredients. Organic costs more, not because it costs much more to produce but due to govt. subsidies that go to huge factory farms which lower the price of non-organic foods. If you think they are overpriced, then why don't you open up a "Frontyard Bowls" next door and charge $2 less for the same stuff, as tasty with all of your personal environmental concerns addressed?
Also, why does it matter if the compostable cup ends up in the compost or the trash? Isn't it better than using a non-biodegradable plastic or Styrofoam cup?
Whole Foods is giant leaps beyond Ralphs and Albertsons, not to mention a lot of their agriculture IS locally sourced.
You sound like one of those people who just likes to complain about companies who address some or most environmental concerns as hypocrites rather than what they are, which is better than most of their neighbors and worthy of our support.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2011 at 11:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)