Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
American
Fast food
Juice bar
Take-out
Gluten-free
Honey
Breakfast
Vegetarian cafe serving acai bowls, smoothies, coffee and light fare like toasts, salads, and daily vegan soup. Est. 2019. Also operates a food truck. Open Mon-Sat 8:00am-5:00pm, Sun 8:00am-4:00pm.
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757 Boston Post Rd, Madison, Connecticut, USA, 06443
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- Outdoor seating
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Last update on 20 Mar 2021 by craigmc
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Added by SouthernPines on 14 Jul 2019
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6 Reviews
First Review by Malimian
Ematus21
Points +1050
It’s ok - Edit
Almost all the bowls are plant based, just make sure you ask with no honey in it.
Read moreI think they were a little bit tasteless.
But a good option for the hot days and you want to refresh.
Guest
mark m braunstein
Points +508
Delicious AND Nutritious - Edit
Life Bowls takes its name from its signature fruit bowls. Consistent with its motto, “Eat, Drink, and Be Berry,” the café’s showpieces are two California-style mixed fruit bowls of fruit pudding topped with various sliced fresh fruits, honey or agave, dried coconut, and granola.
Read moreThink of the fruit bowls as ice cream sundaes without the ice cream. Instead of fat- and sugar-laden ice cream, the puddings are blended in almond milk with one of two oversized berries, the pitaya and the açaí. I know what you’re wondering.
Açaí is a small purplish roundish berry that grows from Amazonian palm trees. It’s twice the size and twenty times the price of a blueberry. Grocery stores sell açaí berries only as a frozen purée that’s more water than berries. Outside of jungles, it’s served mostly in smoothies and, as you’d guess, in açaí bowls.
Pitaya, also called Dragon Fruit, grows on cacti in Central America. Even if you’ve never eaten any, you’ll recall seeing them in food markets due to their eye-catching magenta skin with horn-like scales that would adorn dragons, if dragons were real.
Perhaps you consider bowls of fruit as suitable only for breakfast or as beach food. Beach food? By no coincidence, Life Bowls is just a ten-minute drive from Hammonasset, Connecticut’s largest state beach.
Because man does not live by fruit bowls alone, rounding out the short but diverse menu are salad bowls, oat bowls, veggie soups, fruit smoothies, connoisseur coffees, and sandwiches on bread from a local bakery. The main menu imprinted on a large signboard is prominently displayed, while the daily soup and daily special are inscribed on a small chalkboard.
The daily soups, the pesto, the mayo, and the tzatziki are all labeled vegan. Except for whey powder available as an add-on, the menu is egg- and dairy-free, meaning no cow milk, not even for coffee. Except for honey that can be skipped and bee pollen that can be added, everything else is vegan. Life Bowls, however, keeps its near-vegan status a secret. It even seems to veil in secrecy that it’s entirely vegetarian, as that word is omitted from its lexicon.
Distinct from other vegan and vegetarian restaurants whose food is just dressed up junk food, the Life Bowls menu scores high grades for nutrition. Sky high. No fried foods, no mock meats, and no white sugar. Everything served here is both delicious and nutritious.
Pros: No mock meats & no fried foods, Only real foods
Guest
kriskauf
Points +79
Mostly vegan, all fresh and delicious - Edit
We love this place - the salads are filling and good, and we also love the smoothies and sandwiches.
Read moreGuest
PastaEats
Points +73
Healthy smoothies and great sandwiches - Edit
Their entire menu is basically vegan minus the honey in their smoothies. The chickpea salad sandwich is delicious. It comes with vegan mayo and sourdough toast. The smoothies are also delicious. Just make sure to ask for no honey.
Read morePros: Their smoothies are great and healthy, Chickpea salad sandwich
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Ambertina
Points +65
Great Quality - Edit
Stopped in for a healthy mid morning snack, this food makes you feel batter after eating, and taste delicious.
Read morePros: A lot of Vegan options , Outdoor sidewalk seating , Fresh veggies
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Malimian
Points +30
Delicious hummus avocado toast - Edit
Storefront in downtown Madison is worth stopping in! Delicious fresh and healthy vegan options served by friendly servers at a great price. Can’t beat it!
Read morePros: Delicious healthy vegan options , Well priced food and friendly, quick service, Convenient location and hours
Guest
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