It IS Easy Being Green at ‘Brosia Bowl

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Restaurant Hours: Sunday-Monday – Closed Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. 421 N. Phillips Avenue (Jones Building) 605-310-1323 www.Brosiabowl.com (currently being updated – coming soon!) darcy@brosiabowl.com

It IS Easy Being Green at ‘Brosia Bowl

BY MARY MICHAELS | PHOTOS BY JULIE PRAIRIE PHOTOGRAPHY

Although Kermit the Frog once lamented that it’s not easy being green, one Sioux Falls business owner has elevated the profile of “green” with a plant-based food truck and restaurant.

It’s as if she was destined to get into this business because her name is…Darcy Green.

Knowing what kind of food she wanted to serve was the easy part, because plant-based meals were important to her personally, and she wasn’t finding many places in Sioux Falls offering 100% plant-based options. It took a little more thought to come up with a name, however.

“My whole concept was building a bowl of tasty food,” Green explains, “so I was thinking about something like build-a-bowl. But then someone advised me to find my own unique word. I stumbled upon the word ‘ambrosia,’ which is Greek for ‘the food of the gods.’ I just modified it a little to create ‘Brosia Bowl.”

When Green first started out a few years ago, her focus was on food prep, selling meals at places like Pomegranate Market in Sioux Falls, as well as locations like the farmer’s market in Brookings. The business evolved quickly, with Green adding a food truck last year that became popular at sites like Levitt at the Falls concerts and the Falls Park Farmer’s Market. Then, an unexpected opportunity presented itself. The Jones Building in downtown Sioux Falls was seeing some changes with business relocations, leaving an opening next to The Source Coffee Roastery + Taproom. While it hadn’t been in Green’s immediate plan to have a storefront, she knew she couldn’t pass up the space.

Now, two months after opening the restaurant, she knows it was the right decision. From Tuesdays through Saturdays, people can stop by ‘Brosia Bowl to try a wide array of plant-based grain bowls, salads and wraps from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The bowls start with a grain, such as quinoa, white rice or brown rice and add a tasty combination of plant-based protein, fruits and vegetables and spices. Bowl combinations include Black Bean Burrito, Teriyaki Chick’n, Thai Peanut and Creamy Coconut Curry. Some people may think salads are boring, but not at ‘Brosia Bowl. The salads are as pretty as they are delicious. The Greek Salad, for example, includes roasted chickpeas, quinoa, cherry tomatoes, parsley,

cucumbers, kalamata olives, vegan feta, red onions and soy tzatziki dressing. One of the most popular items is the Winter Salad, featuring roasted chickpeas, quinoa, apples, pears, cranberries, walnuts, red onions, vegan feta and white vinaigrette. If you’re on the go, you can get any salad made as a wrap so that it’s portable.

The flavors at ‘Brosia Bowl range from savory to spicy to sweet, so there is truly something for everyone. And, if you haven’t tried plant-based meals that feature meatalternatives, chances are you won’t be able to tell the difference.

“You can add Chick’n to any salad or wrap for just a bit extra,” Green says. “Chick’n is a plant-based protein. People love the Chick’n and Tofu Scramble and tell us they couldn’t tell the difference.”

You’ve always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Well, you can get your day started off on the right foot at ‘Brosia Bowl with roasted red potatoes, tofu scramble, pico de gallo and cheddar cheese topped with crunchy tortilla strips. It’s perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner as a bowl or as a Breakfast Burrito.

To satisfy your sweet tooth, Green offers dessert bars from another new plant-based business, the Bee Loved Kitchen, with flavors such as chocolate cherry espresso, key lime and peanut butter chocolate.

Green is mindful about her menu and providing good food to fuel the body, and she is just as mindful about other aspects of her business. ‘Brosia Bowl uses all-compostable packaging, from the containers to the forks.

Be sure to follow ‘Brosia Bowl on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) to find out where you can find the food truck and what meals are being featured in the graband-go section at Pomegranate Market. You can also order online through Google or by downloading the Clover app.

By the end of his song, Kermit the Frog realizes that green isn’t so bad, saying, “I am green and it’ll do fine. It’s beautiful and I think it’s what I wanna be.”

As for ‘Brosia Bowl…it’s green, and it’ll do fine. And, it’s just what Darcy Green was hoping it would be.