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Sipping From the Fountain of Youth: FOY Superfoods in Mobile, AL

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After the heavy, rich foods of winter, I like to hit the reset button on my system by eating (a little) cleaner. Chia and flax seeds are sprinkled into my oatmeal and I’ll take a shot of wheatgrass (maybe more than one) daily. With summer just around the corner, I was seriously excited to see FOY Superfoods open up shop on Dauphin Street.

FOY SUPERFOODS
119 DAUPHIN STREET, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36602
http://www.foysuperfoods.com/

FOY, or Fountain of Youth, is Mobile’s first “Cold Pressed Juicery & Superfood Bar,” according to their website. Their menu is eclectic and offers energy bowls (yogurt-based bowls with fruit); super bowls (rice or salad-based bowls with or without protein) hummus, nut butter, and avocado toast;  tacos; “grack” (their homemade oat-free granola with seeds, dried fruit and maple syrup); smoothies; fresh juices, and more.

The interior is bright, with painted lettering and cheery faux greenery lining the walls and display windows. It feels fresh, and the decor actually helps get you into the “health food” mindset. Lately, my usual breakfast has been avocado or smoked salmon toast, so I opted for a change of pace and indulge in their Paleo Power Pancakes. Before I ordered them, I asked if they tasted “healthy.” Coconut flour is temperamental and can be quite dry in baked goods, and I have never been successful using it as a pancake base. She assured me they were delicious. FOY’s pancakes come three to an order and are made with almond and coconut flours, flaxseed, and coconut oil, and your choice of fruit. Sprinkled with coconut flakes and drizzled with organic maple syrup, they are light and fluffy, and pretty much everything a pancake should be.

Paleo Power Pancakes

 

Of course, I couldn’t leave FOY without trying one of their juices or smoothies, so I opted for the Green Machine smoothie, a verdant melange of cucumber, spinach, pineapple and avocado. Grassy and tart, it was a perfect sipper that left me feeling virtuously refreshed as I stepped into the bright sun and went on with my day. I’ll definitely be back sooner rather than later to partake in Mobile’s very own Fountain of Youth.

 

Amanda

Hi! I’m Amanda, and I write about my adventures with food and cocktails at www.lemonbaby.co. I’ve lived in the Northeast (Brooklyn and metropolitan Boston), the Northwest (Libby, Montana) and the South (Charlottesville, Tallahassee and currently Mobile, Alabama). I discovered a love of food as a child, and taught myself how to cook, by poring over (and practically memorizing) Martha Stewart’s Entertaining from 1982 (hate to date myself here, but I’m almost as old as that cookbook). My parents once came home from a night out to find me wrapping snow peas around shrimp. In college, I discovered Amanda Hesser (of NYT and Food52 fame) via her memoir Cooking For Mr. Latte, and, in me, a food writer was born. I spent most of my childhood in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. After meeting the love of my life and earning my B.A. in English Literature from Florida State University, my sweetheart and I moved to Libby, a town in Northwestern Montana. In Montana, I taught high school English, co-owned a catering company, and wrote a food column, Local Flavor, for the newspaper. After a destination wedding in 2006 and almost four years of gorgeous mountain views, we decided to seek a change of scenery (and a Master’s degree in English for me), and we found ourselves settling on the Gulf Coast. Our son was born in 2012, and we just welcomed a daughter in the fall of 2015. I teach full-time at the university here, and I spend as much of my free time as possible in the kitchen and behind our home bar. We bought 104-year-old house and renovated it extensively, and we can often be found sitting on our front porch with a cocktail in hand. I love to travel, and I can’t wait to share my culinary and cocktail adventures (both near and far) with the Girls on Food readers.

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