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Find made-to-order juice and
fresh salads at Beyond Juice.

Beyond Juice

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have to confess, or maybe kvetch,
that my lunch has been a little
lackluster lately. My law
firm's office is in 3000 Town
Center. It's where we've been
for almost 40 years, and so
sometimes I find I feel a bit
lost in a sea of monotonous
fast-food chains — Chipotle,
Potbelly, Jimmy John's, Tim
Hortons — it's not exactly an
epicurean powerhouse.
I'm not on the more
spoiled side of the 696/
Lodge mixing bowl, where
you'll find Bacco and Biga and Leo's
and Little Daddy's and Plaza Deli scat-
tered amongst the dozens of restau-
rants at every corner.
No, instead, I'm forced to suffer with
the choice of either a high-sodium,
high-calorie, high-cholesterol lunch;
a candy bar or bag of chips from the
sundry shop in the lobby of my build-
ing; or, if I'm really lucky, and had the
time to go shopping — a yogurt and a
Clif bar scrounged out of my pantry.
But finally, there's an oasis in the
food desert of Civic Center Drive
— the new Beyond Juice Detroit on
Evergreen, just south of 11 Mile. The
juice bar and cafe-style restaurant is a
Birmingham import, a concept that has
certainly thrived on Maple just west
of Old Woodward by offering healthy,
fresh food along with diet-conscious
juices and smoothies. It's exactly the
kind of upgrade the panoply of tower-
ing high-rise office buildings packed
with thousands of workers needed.
These nutrition-starved workers can
now opt for a quinoa bowl instead of
a bowl of Wendy's chili. A build-your-
own salad with a base of garden-fresh
kale, spinach or romaine instead of
McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad with
Crispy Chicken.
I've found I'm torn between two per-
sonal favorites — their avocado turkey
wrap, packed with avocado, hummus,
romaine, Muenster and delicious,
juicy cherry tomatoes, or their cilantro
chicken wrap, with roasted tomatoes,
avocado and a homemade spicy cilan-
tro sauce that's out of this world. Either
comes on your choice of a spinach,
wheat or gluten-free wrap, but you
won't find a slice of bread in the place.
The Southfield location's lease doesn't
allow the sale of traditional sandwiches
on their amazing eight-grain bread
you'll find in Birmingham so as to
avoid competition with its corporate

chain neighbors.
To appeal to the breakfast
crowd tired of Egg
McMuffins, they offer
egg white wraps
— either build
your own or
choose from their
"original" with
tomatoes, cheddar
and avocado, or the
kicked-up Spanish-
style Fuego Huevo with
the aforementioned spicy
cilantro sauce I find myself
dreaming of almost every day by 10:30
or so.
If you'd rather stick to a liquid lunch,
but weren't blessed with Don Draper's
liver, they have a selection of dozens of
delicious smoothies and juices packed
with healthy and fresh ingredients
you wouldn't find anywhere else but
at home with a Vitamix after a very
expensive trip to Whole Foods. Dieters
or workout buffs searching for flax
seed and whey and chia and granola
need look no further.
The Southfield location also offers
the same prepared grab-and-go juice
cleanses you'll find in the Birmingham
location, and parking is certainly a lot
easier if you find yourself scrambling
to punch the clock in time.
While I'm typically the grab-and-
go type, running back to my office to
return phone calls or emails between
bites, I have to compliment the Beyond
Juice team for building a beautiful
dine-in setting.
A mix of wood and
metal give it a modern
industrial feel befitting
the neighborhood, and
certainly for a quick
power lunch with an
important client, it's an
opportunity to show off
your appreciation for
clean eating without
keeping your boss wait-
ing two hours for you to
get back to work.
Like the Birmingham
location, Beyond Juice
James Franco
Detroit in Southfield
will soon offer delivery
to neighboring buildings, making my
life and the life of many others, I'm
sure, that much easier.
All I can say is, welcome to the
neighborhood. It's a long time com-
ing.

The Limited Edition Townhouse Kobe
Wagyu Burger. Champion of Burger

Brawl Detroit 2012 "Detroit's Best
Burger."

Townhouse Opens In Detroit

Mazel Toy

To Jessica and Josh Faber on the birth
of their beautiful daughter Charlotte
"Charlie" Hannah.
To Jeremy Sasson on the opening
of the new Townhouse Bistro at One
Detroit Center.
To Annabel Cohen on the opening of
Pizza@Annabel Cohen Cooks Detroit in
Crosswinds Plaza. The new restaurant
features Napolitano-style thin crust
pizzas, fresh salads and Royal Oak's
famous Ray's Ice Cream.
To the Audrey
& William Farber
Foundation on the
dedication of their new
Family Housing Village
facilities at Tamarack
Camps.
To James Franco, who
will "officially" become
a bar mitzvah on Oct.
17 at the Hollywood
Palladium in Los
Angeles, with some help
from friend Seth Rogen.
Proceeds will benefit the
Alzheimer's Association.
And condolences to the family of
Emmy-winning character actor, the late
Alex Rocco. While Rocco wasn't himself
Jewish, he played one of cinema's most
notorious Jews, The Godfather's Moe
Greene.

The Townhouse Detroit, at the cor-
ner of Woodward and Congress in
Downtown Detroit, is officially open.
The 314-seat restaurant's design is
extravagant, featuring two bars, a sushi
station, a huge open kitchen, leather-
covered seating, a plush whiskey lounge
and a glass-enclosed house with a
retractable pitched roof.
The Detroit location is larger than the
Birmingham locale with a more diverse
menu, including sushi and other raw bar
items.
Two of its signature dishes — the
design-your-own salad bowl and its
$19, 10-ounce aged prime hand-pattied
hamburgers — are available Downtown,
as is a design-your-own-burger option
starting at $14.
Guests can grab a bite to eat from the
rolling dim sum cart that has a selection
of small, inexpensive dishes that change
weekly.
Reservations are strongly recommend-
ed. Hours are Mon Fri: 11 a.m.-2 a.m.
Sat & Sun: 9 a.m.-2 am. (313) 792-5241
or info@townhousebistro.com .

Brunch At Capitol Park

Quicken Loans is bringing food truck-
fueled Sunday brunch to Capitol Park
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Aug. 23,
reports Eater Detroit.
Among the vendors: Taste Budz,

Chickadee, Andiamo, Grillz on Wheels
and Whipped by Jane of All Trades.
Attendees can stretch with Citizen
Yoga while grooving to live music after
brunch.

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JN

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