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Very friendly staff. I have been here 3 times now and can't get enough of their acai bowls. The first time I came in with my doggo and they were nice enough to give her a cup of peanut butter. Everytime since has been pleasant and consistent. I live about 10mins away so I found my new spot for my Target and Petco runs!

I was looking for a healthy lunch and am so glad I found this place. The acai bowl and salad were delicious. The dressing for the southwest salad has a nice kick to it but might be too spicy for some. Will be back!

Love this place! Tips for Newbies, Oldies and picky eaters: I'd never been to a Bahia Bowls, and do not have the eyesight of a young person - LOL. The beauty of this place, aside from the obviously great offering of affordable fresh and healthy "fast food", is the number of options you have to customize your selection. Love it! (Yes, i'm picky.) In no particular order:
- I had trouble reading the fine print on the overhead menu, standing at the front counter to order. SUGGESTION: Have a few laminated large print menus at the counter. (Maybe they did have handheld menus - I never asked.) It may speed up the ordering process if the cashier doesn't have to explain every option, or repeat when it's noisy or the customer is hard of hearing. STAFF: If you see a customer squinting, hand them a menu.
- Chipotle Salad Dressing is SPICY (I loved it, but beware), and best of all (to my taste) it did NOT have strong overtones of Mayo or Ranch dressing, like many creamy dressings do.
- Choose your chop! I loved that I could choose whether my salad was chopped Fine, Medium or not at all.
- Spinach and Lettuce mix!. I like raw spinach for its nutrition, but all-spinach salads are too much for me, and not enough crunch. I loved that I could opt for a mix of both in my salad.
- Corn//Black Bean 'Salsa': I got my Southwestern salad dry (ie, dressing on the side). It had a few black beans and corn kernels throughout - seemingly without the moist/watery tomato base that I associate with "salsa". I liked this! Honestly, I prefer simply back beans and corn, without the "salsa",.on a salad. While there was enough to make a pleasing accent, I would have liked more beans and corn, to add nutrition and make the salad more of a well-balanced meal in itself. I'm sure they'd add more upon request, which I'll do next time.
- Salad was huge, a great value - definitely meal size. It's worth having them mix in the dressing behind the counter if you're going to eat out of the take-out container. There's not enough room left in the take-out container to "toss" the salad (with your dressing-on-the-side) yourself.
- Hemp Proteiin Powder: What the heck is that? No idea, but I added it to my Acai Smoothie for extra protein and really enjoyed my healthy tasty purple smoothie.
- Great Staff and Manager: They were all friendly and seemed to care about doing a great job.

Super fresh ingredients. Welcoming enthusiastic and sweet staff. Great healthy salad, wrap, fruit bowl and smoothie options with lots of customizations, including how large or small you like your salad chopped! You can add several optional protein sources, eg, black bean hummus (and more) for salads and hemp protein powder (and more) for smoothies. Generously-sized salads; I brought mine home and it filled a large dinner plate twice (see photo of just 1/2 of a Southwestern salad on a 12" plate).

The store just opened and the conscientious manager and staff are pumped and eager to do a great job.