Monica O.
Yelp
SK, where have you BEEN all my life? (sorry Slipknot, you're just okay)
For years it has boggled the mind how Austin, an unofficial health capital of Texas could maintain such svelte citizens when a host of cupcakeries, tacoseries, pizzerias and dive bars conspire to undo that morning 3 miler you just worked so hard on. And don't get me started on the more explicit offenders: Gourdoughs, La Boite Café, Tiff's Treats, Casino el Camino, I'm glaring at you. This calls for proportion patrol.
Granted, neighborhood watch committees have been organized like Whole Foods, Central Market, Casa de Luz, select juice bars and the too-feeble-to-fight (Counter Culture, I applaud you) to battle these so-bad-they're-good miscreants. But when the few stand against the many, it's only a matter of time before someone eats a giant doughnut.
Enter Snap Kitchen: Spring has returned in Narnia, and there is new hope for health enthusiasts desperately fighting off those hole-y, syrupy, sweet, juicy, palatable offenders. And it's fresh fast food!? Lies.
Nein, frauline: this is primarily a curb-side pick-up establishment that offers daily-prepared, proportion-controlled, nutrition-labeled health foods for all. They offer catering, registered dietitian consulting services, and seem absolutely psyched about getting involved in Austin's green-living realm. You go girlfriend.
Gluten/Dairy-Free Compañero [GDFC] and I checked out their 6th/Lamar location, inhabiting a sliver of shopping center, just behind Amy's Ice Cream. Keep walkin', sister. Immaculate establishment indoors. GDFC had their gluten-free meatloaf (which he hadn't been able to eat in years), and I tried their curry chicken salad with greek yogurt and golden raisins, making for a mighty sweet afternoon lunch. And their gluten-free cranberry pancakes I had a week prior? Taste explosion. Bonuses:
- Everything in their 6th street store is prepared in their Triangle flagship location on a daily basis, and delivered here on a daily basis.
- They are serious about expiration dates, to ensure all the food is as fresh as can possibly be.
- Frequent om nomers card is in the makings, earning you points redeemable for good things. Good things are so good.
- Their green-living concept is also applied in their 6th street store: utensils are made of *potato*, making them biodegradable.
- Microwave available for re-heating whatever you choose.
- You could probably use Amy's outdoor patio seating if it's not occupied and you wanted to enjoy the breezy, sunny weather outside, which won't last for long. So sit outside while you can, before the Central Texas oven bears its wrath.
But the smartest idea they utilize, as far as I'm concerned, is one of separately organized menus according to your dietary restriction on their website. So, are you a righteous gluten-free, non-dairy, sodium-adverse rocker who likes to rock out? Then dude: you should SO tap their Chocolate Mousse Stuffed Quinoa Crepes.