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Vitality Bowls Expands in Marin County with New Sausalito Cafe

Local entrepreneur opens second cafe as superfood craze intensifies

Vitality Bowls, known as America’s number one superfood café, announced today the opening of its café in Sausalito. The brand specializes in açaí bowls – a thick blend of the Amazon’s antioxidant-rich açaí berry, topped with a variety of superfoods – as well as nutrient-packed smoothies, fresh juice, salads and panini. The new franchise location will be the second for Henry Kim, who opened his first café in Mill Valley in August 2019. Harrison Kim, has joined his father to co-manage the store operations

“We believe in Vitality Bowls’ mission of encouraging everyone to live healthy and active lifestyles,” said Henry Kim, who most recently spent 10 years as a community organizer. Henry currently lives in Mill Valley. “The menu consists of healthful options that are packed with nutrients and flavor. We’re looking forward to increasing Marin County’s accessibility to Vitality Bowls with our second café. This is one of the few healthy food options in Marin City. People can order ahead using our app or call to pick up our delicious food. We cater with no delivery charge.”

Slated to open on October 3, the new restaurant will be located at 160 Donahue St., conveniently situated in between Target and CVS. This restaurant will be the 36th Vitality Bowls café in California, joining the 135+ locations open or in development nationwide.

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Originating in Northern California, Vitality Bowls has solidified itself as America’s superfood café – combining a dynamic café vibe with a unique collection of menu items containing high nutritional values and extraordinary tastes. Vitality Bowls offers an antioxidant-rich menu, with breakfast, lunch and dinner items made to order for each customer. All açaí bowls and smoothies are made without ingredient fillers such as ice, frozen yogurt or artificial preservatives, giving the purest taste possible.

The menu features the widest variety of unique superfoods, including graviola, acerola, organic mangosteen, organic camu camu, organic spirulina, organic aronia, organic moringa, organic maca, bee pollen and more.

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Guests can choose from a variety of delectable options, such as the Green Bowl (with graviola, organic spirulina and organic hemp seeds), the Dragon Bowl (featuring pitaya, coconut milk and bananas) and their signature Vitality Bowl (with organic açaí, strawberries and honey). Plus, fresh juices, smoothies, soups, panini and salads are available in each café.

The eatery will also feature organic kombucha and cold brew coffee on-tap.

“Simply put, we created Vitality Bowls to be a place where health-conscious individuals can go for a nutritional meal and enjoy a huge assortment of superfoods not typically found elsewhere,” said Tara Gilad, founder and owner of Vitality Bowls. “We believe that healthy food can be an option for fast casual food and we are excited to have Henry on board with this. We look forward to seeing him grow the business in Sausalito and sharing the Vitality Bowls message with the community.”

Since launching in 2011, the brand has ignited significant growth. In 2014, the concept began franchising and now has more than 135 locations open or in development across the country.

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