Founded in 2005, Freshii has become one of the world’s fastest growing restaurant franchises with more than 300 locations across the world. Fortunately, Freshii has chosen to make Pacific Beach its newest home.
With an ever-evolving menu to keep superfoods new and interesting, Freshii was established to help people live better lives by making healthy food affordable and convenient.
With its company mantra “Eat. Energize.,” Freshii has no plans of slowing down in bringing their mix of culinary health trends, innovative recipes, and superfoods to communities through their modern, fast casual restaurants.
Chris Allen, John Christensen, and Alex Black are the owners of Freshii PB, and have four more locations coming soon across greater San Diego.
“I discovered Freshii up in Portland. I liked what the brand stood for in terms of the zero waste packaging, the charitable contributions, etc,” says Black.
Black, Allen, and Christensen had been discussing a venture together for a while. “Freshii seemed like they were a business trying to grow responsibly, and it had a lot of the things you would want in growing a business,” says Black. “The headquarters team is amazing. They are the type of people I wanted to work with, and so the rest kind of fell into place.”
Freshii offers a diverse menu with seven different categories – bowls, burritos, salads, wraps, soups, smoothies, and juices. They also offer sweet treats, including low-fat frozen yogurt and Energii Bites (delicious peanut butter, honey, oats, coconut, and chocolate chips).
Black thinks this is one of the elements that makes Freshii so special. “There are a lot of smoothie and juice places, but we have a complete menu and a complete brand. Not only is the idea good, but the execution I think is where we stand out,” he says.
The menu is completely customizable to each individual’s diet, whether they are vegan, vegetarian, or have a food allergy.
Black says that their breakfast is really the “undiscovered” part of their menu. “We wanted to create a breakfast menu with good food and good coffee, so we brought in Stumptown coffee to serve,” Black says.
Some of the menu highlights include the Pangoa bowl (brown rice, avocado, aged cheddar, cherry tomatoes, black beans, cilantro, lime wedge, and fiery barbeque sauce), Oaxaca bowl (brown rice and kale, avocado, beet slaw, black beans, corn, salsa fresca, crispy wontons, lime wedge, and spicy yogurt sauce), and the Metaboost salad or wrap (spinach, kale and field greens, goat cheese, mango, almonds, carrots, edamame, balsamic vinaigrette).
With its simple, efficient design dawning light wooden tables, white pallet walls, blue and green mosaic tiles, gray chairs, and a greenery wall labeled with the company’s mantra, Freshii on Garnet is the perfect addition to what many locals have been craving. Freshii
Where: 1380 Garnet Ave.
Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Info: freshii.com.
