Blue Bowl Superfoods

Following successful pop-ups at local farmers’ markets and Kaiser Permanente facilities, Blue Bowl Superfoods opened its first brick-and-mortar location in the City of Orange back in 2016, and as of early 2025 has six Orange County shops plus others spread across three Southern California counties. From Costa Mesa to Irvine, Huntington Beach, Orange, and Stanton, the Blue Bowl formula is the same: pay a flat price ($11-15) for one of three bowl sizes (12/16/24 oz.) filled with frozen, chilled, and/or room temperature fruits and toppings, then select the healthy-ish ingredients that appeal to your palate.

We say “healthy-ish” because it’s entirely possible to choose super fatty almond, cashew, or peanut butter, semi-fatty coconut or mango bits, and get carby with chocolate chia seeds or maple quinoa. But you can also stay in the superfoods lane by going with layers of “base” ingredients such as acai and pitaya, fresh fruits including strawberries and blueberries, plus toppings from goji berries and mulberries to dried peaches and diced dates. Powders ranging from espresso, matcha, and cacao to cinnamon and raspberry can further punch up the flavors, while sweeteners made with agave, apples, dates, and ginger replace traditional simple syrups and honeys. The result is typically packed with flavor and color, the latter most obvious in the base layers when the clear bowls are viewed from the side.