Everbowl is a
superfood bowl and smoothie shop. Everbowl is a fast-casual, healthy food eatery featuring a menu
of build-your-own Açaí and other "craft superfood" bowls and
smoothies. Founded by healthy
lifestyle advocate and San Diego serial entrepreneur Jeff Fenster, Everbowl
started as a singular operation in San
Diego's Poway community in 2016.
When asked why
he came up with the idea, Fenster explained, "As a parent and fitness
enthusiast, I wanted to be on
the right side of history when it comes to encouraging healthy eating
habits. I decided to open
Everbowl locations in multiple, high traffic areas to ensure that everyone has
the ability to access
superfoods, fresh fruits and vegetables in the hopes that consumers will
integrate these foods into their
everyday lives."
Everbowl has a corporate philosophy they call “Unevolve
lifestyle.” The Unevolve lifestyle doesn’t mean opting out of modern
pleasures—it means pursuing them happily through movement and nourishment that
actually feeds you, not just fills you. This is accomplished by using all
natural ingredients. Stuff, in their words, “That has been around forever.”
While visiting Diane
prior to our marriage in the middle of Covid, she had taken me to an Everbowl
in Bonita, California, for my first Everbowl. Very fresh and loaded with Açaí ( I am reminded constantly....it's pronounced Ah-sigh-ee) and fruit. When I moved Diane to Texas, we tried a couple of local Açaí bowl
places but none raised up to the level of her Everbowl experiences. Diane often
bemoaned the lack of quality Açaí places and prayed that Everbowl would expand
into Texas. And then it happened
She learned an Everbowl had opened in Flower Mound, Texas . Diane closely followed their expansion and when she found out
they were opening a store in McKinney, Texas , a few miles from our home, she
was as giddy as a school girl and scheduled us to attend the soft opening of
their McKinney store.
So in the
late afternoon, we made our way out to the corner of El Dorado Parkway and South
Custer Road on the border of Frisco, Texas and McKinney. There we joined a cue
of other Everbowl faithful to be among the first 500 patrons to get a free bowl
of their sacred blend of Açaí and fruit. While in line we met with a couple of
the franchise owners and spoke with Justin from Corporate.
He explained how
franchisees are brought in to learn the Everbowl process and culture so the
product stays consistent between stores no matter what region they come from.
The same Açaí made in California will be made in Texas or wherever Everbowl
expands to. To see the video, click HERE.
We all
inched our way to the entrance while only five people at a time were allowed
into the inner sanctum to get their bowls. Finally, Diane and I made our way by
the gate-keepers to order our bowls. I ordered the Apple Up and Diane got the
Chewy (minus the Coconut).
We closely followed the servers as they handmade
each bowl to order. Laying the base Açaí halfway up the bowl and then handing
it off to more servers who layered in all the toppings until it’s journey ended
at the cashier and into our waiting hands.
