"The Bird Road institution might smell like a bottle of vitamins (so sexy), but its prices are stuck in a bygone era of $8 juices, $10 sandwiches, and the most appropriately priced avocado toast we’ve ever seen at $6. So, worst case scenario, your credit card won’t suffer much. Start the date by grasping onto $9 protein smoothies with calloused hands. Maybe you’ll unexpectedly hold each other’s on your way out the door." - virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer