GYM & JUICE: Virginia Beach Juice Bar Guide

Don’t let the holidays derail your healthy eating plans! You can still stay healthy without having to prepare all your own meals at home. Jess Horton of The Fit Petite has a great guide to fantastic healthy options at each Virginia Beach juice bar.

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Healthy Living All Year Long

A good workout routine is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, and vitamins and nutrients are equally vital when it comes to staying fit! Keeping your body properly fueled keeps you detoxed, increases your energy level, and helps you fight off those pesky seasonal germs. And what better place to get a powerful phytonutrient punch than at a local juice bar?

During the later part of the year, we find many holiday festivities and cocktail-worthy moments creeping into our regular weekly routine. It is up to you to make healthy choices when it comes to celebrating. The times with loved ones, families, and work friends are special. Use that time to toast and treat yourself. Staying on your nutrition plan during the week is key to minimizing the damage to your body by missing out on key nutrients from clean foods.

Assorted Smoothies
Smoothies and juices with no added sugars are healthy alternatives to soda.

Why Visit a Juice Bar?

I have a wellness tip to make eating healthy easier for you while you’re on the go. Don’t skip meals! You’ve got to eat, and Virginia Beach is fortunate enough to have several restaurants and juice bars around town that make it easy to stay on track, even while on the go. Adding in some fresh juice to your nutrition game can be a convenient and quick way to get more nutrients. 

I am including a guide for you, complete with my favorite item from each menu you should order when visiting those establishments. Stay healthy, stay strong, and sip on!

Virginia Beach Juice Bar Guide

Fruitive

Located in Hilltop, you will likely pass this spot often in your travels. Fruitive is a 100% plant-based restaurant! Stop in for a coffee date smoothie to go, or pull up a seat and enjoy a sandwich, salad, or vegan pizza.

Favorite Item: Peaches & Greens Smoothie

Juicing
Smoothies from @fruitive

The Green Cat

This organic juice bar and market is a must for beach life! This is a favorite for my fiancé and me. We are known to hit The Green Cat for weekend dates or even a clean happy hour before dinner out at the oceanfront. We love the Spicy Gypsy, made with lemon, alkaline water, ginger, cayenne, maple syrup, and Himalayan salt. Also, if you stop by for lunch, try the lentil chili and the avocado toast. The best in town!

Favorite Item: the Spicy Gypsy

The Spicy Gypsy from @thegreencatva

Town Center Cold Pressed

Stop in next time you wander from Lululemon to Anthropologie at Town Center. Located across from the new Williams-Sonoma, their bowls are beautiful, and their matcha is legit! If needed, they offer immunity shots as well.

Favorite Item: Classic Matcha

Cold Pressed Smoothies
Field of Greens juice from @towncentercoldpressed

Smoothie Stop

Smoothie Stop uses quality ingredients in all their smoothies, salads, and wraps. They also make all their products with no added sugars. The Sunrise Surprise will satisfy any sugar craving with its delicious blend of fresh mango, pineapple strawberries, and oranges. I walk away from Smoothie Stop feeling good and like I have taken care of myself.

Favorite Item: Sunrise Surprise

Smoothie Stop
Juice sampler from @smoothiestop757

GoJuice

GoJuice not only offers a large assortment of fruit juice blends, but they also offer 1, 3, and 5-day smoothie cleanse packages. But if you’re not into smoothies or juicing, they also have delicious fruit bowls and iced coffee! Personally, I opt to go with a fruit bowl. Specifically, the dragon bowl, which is made with dragon fruit puree, granola, banana slices, sliced strawberries, blueberries, and coconut flakes all drizzled with honey. A refreshing snack on a warm summer day!

Favorite Item: Dragon Bowl

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Fruit bowl and juices from @gojuice

The Swell Studio Juicery

If you are looking for a major lifestyle change in 2023, look no further than the encouraging vibes of the Swell Studio. In addition to being one of the newer juice bars, they also offer spin and circuit training classes for a complete wellness experience. I recommend the Morning Glow, which is made using a refreshing combination of juiced apples, lemons, celery, and cucumber.

Favorite Item: Morning Glow

DIY Juices

As much as we love these juice bars, there’s something wonderful about making your own juice. For starters, you’ll know exactly what ingredients are in your juice, which is helpful if you have strict dietary restrictions. You can also tweak the flavors and nutrients to be exactly what your body needs.

Here’s one of my favorite light, fruity juices, complete with cucumber, cantaloupe, and celery. To make it extra refreshing, add in a couple of mint leaves!

Cool Cucumber Juicing Recipe

Cool Cucumber

A light, fruity mixture of cucumbers, honeydew, and celery.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine juice
Servings 12 ounces
Calories 59 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Juicer Machine (Centrifugal or Press Juicer)

Ingredients
  

  • 2/3 cup honeydew, seeds removed, cut into chunks (peeling not required)
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 3/4 cup cucumber, sliced
  • 1/4 lemon (remove peel)
  • 2 leaves mint

Instructions
 

  • Juice all of the ingredients according to the directions in your juicer's handbook that comes with your juicer.

Notes

Drink immediately, or refrigerate for one hour before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 12ozCalories: 59kcalCarbohydrates: 14.5gProtein: 1.9gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 46mgPotassium: 519mgFiber: 2.6gSugar: 10.5gCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cantaloupe, celery, cucumbers, juice bar, juicing
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What Is Your Favorite Juice Bar?

Did we miss any great places for cold-pressed juice? Or any favorite recipes to make at home? Have you tried any recipes to make your own homemade juices?

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