Health care
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON
Kale Me Crazy serves health-focused food and drinks in Four Points Superfood cafe franchise Kale Me Crazy opened its sole Austin-area location in Four Points ve years ago, serving salads, wraps, acai bowls, juices, smoothies and more. Meet the owner After leaving a career in information technology, owner Nicole Tomaszewski began looking at franchise options seven years ago before nding Kale Me Crazy. “I was also kind of on my own health journey, trying to eat healthier and feed my family health- ier,” Tomaszewski said. “There weren’t a lot of healthy options in our community, so I thought it would be a great t and also just something that I could easily sell because I had my own passion about eating good, quality food.”
Franchise o cials initially encouraged Tomaszewski to look at opening near Downtown Austin, she said, but she managed to shift the focus to her neighborhood of Four Points. “You might have more foot tra c [downtown], but you also have a lot more competition,” Tomaszewski said. The restaurant o cially opened March 5, 2020, and battled “supply chain shortages, [struggles] to nd reliable sta and ... rising costs of in ation” brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, she said. What they o er Kale Me Crazy’s menu includes a variety of salads and wraps, acai bowls with fruit and nuts, and sweet or savory toasts with topping options of salmon, avocado, hummus or almond butter and banana. Also on the menu is a poke bowl made with tuna, veggies, spicy vegan mayo and a housemade marinade served on jasmine rice. Its cold-pressed juices include The Glow, made with pineapple, grapefruit and turmeric; Beet-L- Juice, made with apple, carrot, beet, celery, lemon and ginger; or its charcoal lemonade, made with
activated charcoal, lavender, agave and lemon. Its smoothies are avored with fruits and vegetables and contain superfood ingredients such as maca powder, hemp protein and raw cacao. The restaurant also serves ginger, lemon or sea moss wellness shots, and protein-packed items including peanut butter energy bites and chia pudding made with coconut milk and served with fruit. The menu caters to vegan, vegetarian, glu- ten-free and paleo preferences. Staying local Along with o ering catering services, Kale Me Crazy works to support local events and organiza- tions. The restaurant recently held a customizable smoothie bar at new Four Points pickleball court The Picklr Austin West, Tomaszewski said. While franchise o cials create the menu, Tomaszewski said the franchise likes to add its “own little Texas air.” Some of the grab-and-go items are local to Austin, such as chickpea-based snack Kibo Chips and fermented drink brand KTonic Kombucha.
The menu features a variety of toasts.
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Several smoothie options made with superfood ingredients are available at the cafe.
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