New to The Lou: Acai Every­where

While it may not be a “one-of-a-kind” spot, it is home to the only two lo­ca­tions in Mis­souri right here in St. Louis. Spice things up at Ever­bowl in Ladue or Creve Coeur and “rein­vent your fast food ex­pe­ri­ence.”

Ever­bowl is a su­per­food, nu­tri­tion-cen­tered es­tab­lish­ment – home to an as­sort­ment of açaí bowls and smooth­ies. 

Açaí, pro­nounced “AH-sigh-ee,” is de­rived from the South Amer­i­can açaí palm plant, a palm tree species. The tree’s berries are dark in color and blue­berry-like and are pulped and pureed to cre­ate the açaí base. In the late 1980s, the well-known Car­los Gra­cie, a founder of Brazil­ian Jiu-Jitsu, be­gan this even­tual con­cept of açaí bowl spe­cialty shops. The idea was picked up and sup­ported by lo­cal fit­ness junkies and surfers. Once this idea ex­panded into Hawaii and be­came pop­u­lar on the West Coast, açaí bowls be­gan trick­ling into the rest of the United States in the early 2000s.

Ever­bowl is a chain based in Cal­i­for­nia and made its way into the St. Louis area in 2021. The menu is made up of six dif­fer­ent bowl com­bi­na­tions with an ad­di­tional op­tion to cre­ate your own mix as well. 

Tay­lor Riney, a sopho­more Maryville stu­dent and Paw­print mem­ber, rec­om­mended Ever­bowl as a place to try be­ing new to the Lou. 

Tay­lor rec­om­mended Ever­bowl be­cause “in St. Louis there are a lot of dif­fer­ent places to eat, but there is noth­ing like Ever­bowl.” 

Riney has her own fit­ness brand, and is a health en­thu­si­ast. You can learn more about Tay­lor’s en­deav­ors to­wards a ca­reer in fit­ness on her web­site https://​tay­lor­riney­fit­ness.com/! She says that Ever­bowl is a great choice if you’re “look­ing for a health­ier restau­rant” op­tion.

On my visit to Ever­bowl, I went clas­sic with a se­lec­tion of their “Ever­bowl” which is a com­bi­na­tion of the açaí base topped with gra­nola, straw­ber­ries, blue­ber­ries, and ba­nanas. 

It was re­fresh­ing, smooth, and tasty. I would or­der this again, but I’m ex­cited to try other com­bi­na­tions from their menu.

Prior to try­ing my first açaí bowl, I was hes­i­tant if I would like it. No rea­son to be afraid of the açaí- If you like smooth­ies, then you would love an açaí bowl. It com­bines the con­cept of a thick, frozen blend of a smoothie-like acai base and fresh fruit and top­pings to cre­ate a sweet and health­ier meal or snack op­tion. Get out of your com­fort zone and in­dulge in a se­lec­tion from Ever­bowl.

Fol­low Ever­bowl on in­sta­gram and keep up with their new recipes and fun- @ever­bowl­craft­su­per­food, and find their full menu on their web­site! 

https://​www.ever­bowl.com/