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Home Grown is the definition of a homestyle brunch restaurant. Upon walking in, I was greeted and seated almost immediately, with glass bottles of water set at the table and coffee cups ready to be filled-adding to the local feel of the place. First I ordered their hazelnut iced coffee and was pleasantly surprised by how well balanced the flavor of hazelnut and coffee turned out. Then, shortly after I ordered their avocado toast with an over-easy egg and fruit. It was given to me quicker than I thought. The fruit bowl included green apples, grapes, blueberries, pineapple and strawberries, and each piece of fruit wasn’t soggy. They were nice and refreshing. The avocado toast was served on a thick piece of their great grains Farm-to-Market bread with crushed red peppers and grape tomatoes on top. With one glance, it would seemed the ratio of bread to avocado was off, but when taking that first bite, my doubts went away. Not too mushy, not too chunky, just the right amount of seasonings to make it one of the best pieces of avocado toast I’ve ever eaten. Home Grown is open daily from 6:30 am to 2:30 at 201 S Stewart Rd Liberty, MO.

Upon first walking into Nautical Bowls, located on 8250 N Oxford St, it’s like stepping into a relaxing beach. Surfboard tables with connection jars-jars that hold slips of paper to help you connect with other peopleare great conversation starters, surrounded by beach leaves, buoys, rope lights and a wall mural of a beach scene completes the feel of the entire place. Greeted with a “welcome in” by the employees and ordering a sunset bowl among their many pre-made options, or a choice of building your own acai bowl. The three sizes, dingy which is 12 ounces and $10, cruiser, 16 ounces and costs $13 and finally the yacht size which is 24 ounces and $16.

When receiving my sunset bowl, the presentation was pristine, granola on top of the two bases; blue majik and pitaya, with a whole sliced banana spread across the side with strawberries piled on top. Honey was drizzled on top of it all. Taking the first bite was one word: refreshing. The cool taste of the two bases, the crunchiness of the granola, the soft bite of banana and then the cool strawberry juice, made it the perfect bite. Nautical Bowls makes their bowls soy free, plant based, with no refined sugars, with organic ingredients, gluten and dairy free.

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