When Bowls opened its doorways in 2017 at 207 W. Freshwater Approach in Walker’s Level, their express purpose was to supply diners a handy, quick informal eating expertise which additionally offered nutrient-rich meals that catered to quite a lot of dietary wants.
However, like so many different eating places, they discovered themselves going through a model new world within the months following the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’d been so reliant on enterprise lunches and catering that our enterprise actually fell off as individuals started working from house.” says Andy Larson, who operates Bowls alongside accomplice Kelly Krieski. “And it received to the purpose the place we started asking the query: ‘Can we proceed to function this enterprise?”
Ultimately, Larson says, the reply was sure, and no.
As a result of challenges associated to each staffing and demand, they took a protracted laborious take a look at their enterprise mannequin and made the choice to shift gears, launching a ready meal service providing an internationally-inspired menu of restaurant high quality smoothie- grain- and greens-based bowls for weekly pick-up and supply.
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Bowls to Go is without doubt one of the latest ready meal applications in Milwaukee. And it’s amongst only a few which cater to vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free and soy-free diners. Even higher, all substances for bowls are naturally gluten-free, so there’s no threat of contamination for diners avoiding gluten.
“We actually took the time to undergo our menu and decide which of our choices could possibly be frozen and reheated,” says Krieski, noting that they had been capable of transition nearly all of their bowls right into a freezable format. “In the end, we needed our high quality to stay excessive and we didn’t wish to sacrifice taste.”
After investing within the gear wanted to seal their bowls for freezer storage and constructing out an internet site that provided a handy, environment friendly ordering platform for patrons to position weekly orders for meal pick-up or supply, the companions had been capable of transfer ahead with the Bowls To Go conept.
“It’s undoubtedly been a troublesome transition,” says Larson, “However general, we’re capable of provide individuals a extra handy strategy to eat higher with out having to take the time to do loads of cooking.”
All through the model’s evolution, Bowls has maintained its dedication to ethically sourced substances together with recent greens, grass-fed steak, Amish rooster, wild-caught salmon, and pasture-raised eggs from Three Brothers Farm in Oconomowoc. They’ve additionally caught to their weapons, eschewing inflammatory oils in favor of avocado and additional virgin olive oil and substituting out processed sweeteners for extra pure options together with coconut sugar, stevia and native honey.
The 2 entrepreneurs have additionally added worth to their menu choices by partnering with Whole30 to create a devoted menu of bowls that adhere to the rules of the favored entire foods-based consuming plan.
Bowls has additionally added various new choices, together with a rice and potato gnocch bowl with basil pesto, mozzarella, oven-roasted tomatoes and peas and a vegan shepherd’s pie. Further bowls, together with Mongolian beef, rooster biryani and jerk rooster are additionally within the works.
All informed, diners have a selection of over 20 completely different bowls – from berry acai smoothie bowls and rice-based Fiesta bowls to Greek quiche and Mediterranean rooster bowls – all kinds of which can be found to pre-order for both choose up or supply on a weekly foundation.
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Bowls to Go operates on a reasonably easy premise: Orders for both recent or frozen bowls might be ordered online by 3 p.m. on Friday for pick-up in Walker’s Level or supply (inside 10 miles of the store) the next Tuesday.
Bowls might be ordered on an a la carte foundation for $10-$15 every or as a part of a handy weekly subscription program (from as few as 5 bowls per week as much as three meals per day or a complete of 21 bowls per week). In each case, prospects have management over each what number of and which particular bowls they obtain every week.
Every bowl comes with reheating directions, making it a straightforward answer for at-home or work-based breakfasts or lunches, in addition to an environment friendly strategy to deliver effectivity to meal preparation for busy people and households.
For a restricted time, new prospects also can check out the Bowls to Go subscription program for 50% off their first week. Simply click on order.bowlsmilwaukee.com/subscription to get began.
