Cafe Slush

Tasty sandwiches and smoothies!
They also have a very strange grocery in the back of the store.

I really want this place to succeed. We need it in this area.
I have gotten the smoothies quite a few times. They are quite wonderful. There is a large selection of frozen fruit (clearly not local, but not billed that way). You get to choose 3 fruits plus apple, orange, or pineapple juice. The best part is they make the juice right there in front of you; I couldn’t believe it when I said «apple» and I saw the employee pull out actual apples. So the smoothies are nothing but pure fruit. My 2-​year old just loves them. In fact, even though they are $ 3.99 a pop, I have to buy two of them for us because she can drink the whole thing.
I have ordered food only once. It was grilled cheese and it was fine. Nothing spectacular. Not drowning in butter, at least.
The market part of the place appears to be failing. All the items have been 25% off for a while and there is little left. The prices were not good at all, and most of the items could be found in the natural section of a Publix or Kroger, so it was never worth the trip anyway.
The space is kind of weird, but I like it. If people were inclined to hang out, watch TV, surf the Internet, it would be kind of cool. But I never see too many people there.
All in all, good luck. We would miss the smoothies if it went away.

While their efforts to offer healthy and organic food is commendable, the execution involved in doing so and the environment in which it’s done leaves much to be desired. Though the food may have been organic, it certainly had an extremely processed look and taste to it. My wife had the chicken salad that looked as if it had just been scooped out of a government subsidized industrial school cafeteria 5 gallon bucket of chicken salad. She spent the majority of the meal trying to figure out whether it was tuna or chicken… that’s how ambiguous the flavor was.
I had the veggie burger and 5 bean soup. Both I figured were easy to get right and fairly safe bets. Wrong and wrong. The veggie burger I’m almost positive was a heated up Boca veggie burger and the soup tasted like Mr. Ed’s salt lick had fallen into the pot.
The ambience of the place was bizarre as well. It looks like they have almost squatted inside an abandoned cinderblock building. The flow in the place is very awkward and the blaring of 98.5 doesn’t help either. I’m definitely not saying I require fancy digs to enjoy a restaurant, but when you leave obvious finishing details out like leaving your hardwood floor vapor barrier just hanging out from underneath the floor, it shows that finishing the place the best you could wasn’t high on your priority list.
It’s sad as the good intentions are there, and I really want a place like this to frequent, but the food quality and weird vibe are just too much.

Interesting place I gotta say. I have been wanting to go here for a while now and finally made it over there today. Its theme is to promote healthy eating and they do that by incorporating healthy sandwiches, salads, smoothies, and various wheat-​grass and the like into their menu. They also have breakfast although I only stopped in for lunch.
I ordered the Natural Turkey Sandwich, while my BF ordered the Chicken Salad Sandwich. While I thoroughly enjoyed mine, my BF was sort of annoyed that his Chicken Salad did not include the pecans or ‘organic grapes’ as promised.
The sandwiches come with your choice of soup, a salad, or chips. Matt got the Chilli, which he enjoyed, but they were out of the Vegetable Soup (BOO), so I got Jalapeño chips instead.
We also shared a Cali Sally that was a mixed greens salad, apples, avocados, swiss, goat cheese, and Fritos. MMMMMM. While an interesting combination, it worked. Only complaint is the itsy bitsy serving of dressing that was offered. Plus, we had to ask for Matt’s requested dressing (Raspberry Vinaigrette).
Anyhow, the décor was interesting with lounge/​couches and a T.V. in front of you. I felt like I was eating at home! LOL.
They also have a Natural Market which is comprised of healthy lotions and potions, fruits, veggies, cereals, etc.
If you live in the area, definitely check this place out. At the present time they have a few coupons in the Savvy Shopper. I will certainly check this place out again, as I think it certainly has strong 4 star potential. In its defense, it is relatively new and they (hopefully) are in a continual process of working out the kinks… I wish them the best of luck and am anticipating going back soon.
**3.5 STARS**