Helping You Eat Healthier Restaurant/Farm Review #3

Helping You Eat Healthier

                         Review #3

Welcome to the third review of a restaurant or farm in our healthy eating series. If you missed the first two posts that outline the criteria for healthy eating they can be seen by just scrolling back a couple of posts. For our third review we chose a restaurant that is one of my favorite places to go eat. It is a great example of healthy eating!

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Simple Eats

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If you’re looking for a great restaurant with a menu full of local, fresh “farm to table” dishes, locally roasted coffee and various local beers and wines from Virginia, then Simple Eats is the place for you! They get all their organic greens from local farms; in the summer you can also purchase the produce from these local farms at Simple Eats. They also get their seafood from local fishermen in the summer, but in the colder seasons the seafood comes from Carolina.

Everyone loves a restaurant that changes their menu often; at Simple Eats their menu changes every couple weeks depending on what is available throughout the year. The types of items you will find on their menu are salads, fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, seafood, and “Blunch” (Breakfast & Lunch). They have a rotating seasonal menu to keep them in line with the seasonal produce and availability. Two favorite items that change seasonally are the seasonal salads and flatbreads. But there are also some signature items that are served all year round; the most popular one being the Schmidty Sandwich. Worried that you can’t have this delicious sandwich because you are gluten-free? Lucky for you Simple Eats has gluten-free bread! They are very accommodating if you want anything gluten-free, just let them know and they will help. Not only do they have a lot of gluten-free options, but they have many dairy-free and vegetarian options as well. In addition to a local food menu, they will also provide you with a “keeping it local” cocktail menu featuring Virginia Brewed Beers and Virginia Distilled Products.

Whether you would like to eat indoors in their friendly, homey atmosphere or outdoors on the patio, you will absolutely want to come back for more! So be sure to check out Simple Eats! They are located at 3152 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach and are open Sunday through Wednesday from 8:00am-3:00pm and Thursday through Saturday from 8:00am-9:00pm. Winter hours may vary, so be sure to give them a call at 757-962-3676 or visit their website http://simpleeatsvb.com/ before you go.