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Better Than
Fast Food

GreenSpace & Go offers a healthier alternative.

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GreenSpace & Go
32687 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak
(248) 850-8500
greenspaceandgo.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m
Closed Sunday

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May 10 • 2018

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as ginger tempeh, curried jackfruit and
ocal cardiologist and vegan
broccoli falafel.
restaurateur Dr. Joel Kahn
To finalize a bowl, choosing a sauce can be
is all about making healthy
a challenge. The cashew tzatziki is creamy
food accessible. His first restaurant,
sans dairy, while the beet hummus and green
GreenSpace Café in Ferndale, along
onion aioli are also top contenders.
with the popular GreenSpace Jungle
For the ultimate beverage, the
Truck, were catalysts for his latest
GreenSpace & Go staff whips up refresh-
development, GreenSpace & Go.
ing smoothies — the Rise & Shine is the
Located along Woodward Avenue,
Allison Jacobs
perfect morning fuel, featuring mango,
just south of 14 Mile, GreenSpace &
hints of coconut, cardamom, dates and
Go offers plant-based delicacies in a
avocado, while the Exhale is a bright shade
fast-casual setting. Kahn, along with
of purple, bursting with berries and creamy
his wife, Karen, and son, Daniel, have
almond butter.
generated a steady lunch and dinner
Akin to GreenSpace Café, GreenSpace & Go
crowd since they opened April 9.
uses non-GMO, locally sourced ingredients. Any
The GreenSpace & Go interior is quaint yet
dish can also be customized to accommodate
inviting. Patrons can either place an order at the
a multitude of allergy restrictions and dietary
counter or cozy up to a communal table or win-
requests.
dow seat.
In Kahn’s view, GreenSpace & Go is a step in
While there are some similarities to
the right direction for creating healthier quick-
GreenSpace Café’s menu, GreenSpace & Go
service options in Metro Detroit.
emphasizes portable, street food-style dishes.
“When you make the right thing to do
Diners can create their own bowls or opt for
the easy thing to do, only then can health change
filling wraps, salads, soups and minimally pro-
for the better,” Kahn says. “GreenSpace & Go is
cessed baked goods.
the right and the easy way to eat.”
The Simple Life and Turmeric Fortune bowls
As a newer addition to the Royal Oak restau-
rank high in popularity, yet visitors can also cus-
rant scene, GreenSpace & Go is paving the way
tomize their own by selecting a medley of veg-
to better “fast food.” •
etables and tempting plant-based proteins such