Logan goes to a school that does not have a school lunch program, so a few years ago a mom of one of the students started what is called the “Lunch Bunch.”
Essentially the Lunch Bunch is a group of moms that volunteer their time to get vendors together, put out lunch menus, collect money, pick up and serve the kids hot lunches. The program is amazing because the restaurants are generally locally owned and we as parents get a huge input on what is being served to our children. As a result our kids get a lot of fresh fruits and veggies and healthy snacks. Every Thursday I get the honor of picking up the food and serving it to the students. I love it for many reasons, I get to spend time at the school, I get to know the students, I get to see Logan in “his” environment and I get to try different restaurants.
This past Thursday we got to sample Evos. Our locally owned Evos has just recently opened and I never had the chance to try it, even though I have heard nothing but raves about it. I decided that we were going to get lunch there and then pick up the food for the school, I am so glad I did! The chipotle turkey burger I had was magnificent, Kaia loved her air baked chicken strips and french fries and Samson raved about the Tomato Basil chicken wrap. We got our choice of mesquite, garlic, spicy, or original Ketchup, and got a thirst quenching ginkgo ginger tea to wash it all down.
I kept hearing that it was great food, but a little expensive and so I did some quick math: for the 4 of us to eat there it would be about $21 as opposed $18 at a fast food restaurant. For those extra $3 I get fresh red and green leaf lettuce instead of iceberg, a red juicy tomato instead of one that is tasteless and hard, french fries that actually taste like potatoes instead of oil, sugar and salt, and a sense of feeling comfortable with the fact that my child is eating at a fast food place, instead of wondering what kind of poison I just put into my offspring.
As a huge added bonus the owners are the sweetest people you could come across and spent I don’t know how long packing 115 bags with chicken strips, sun chips and a ziploc baggie of grapes! The kids at the school loved the food and kept trying to get extras!
I will definitely be going back to EVOS and am thrilled to recommend it.
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