Thrive

On the run and haven’t packed a lunch? I love that Thrive gives you the chance to grab lunch on the run but not compromise healthy eating in the process. It’s tucked up in with Guzman Y Gomez and soon to be Hatch & Go in Post Office Square, and given their take-​away service, it’s also the perfect location to grab your meal and enjoy a moment eating it on the grassy knolls of PO Square.
It seems Thrive was founded by a guy heavily into paleo, however, the space itself is not preachy-​paleo. It’s just healthy options in an easy to obtain format. You pick 2 bases for your bowl. It might be brown rice and leafy greens or mashed sweet potato and baby spinach. Then you add your protein. They’ve got a selection of several proteins from pesto chicken to a delicious sounding sesame salmon. The rest is left to your choice of sides: hard-​boiled eggs, avocado and more. The entrée size is ample for a filling lunch and by the time you had a few sides easily creeps into the $ 11 – 15 range.
Not keen on a full meal? Don’t stress. Their smoothies are virtually meals in a cup and, not knowing this fact, ordered their spin on a salted caramel smoothie with banana, cashew butter, dates, sea salt and almond milk. This might be my new go-​to on Summer days when the thought of anything but liquids is too much to contemplate.