Unless you have been hiding under a rock, it would be impossible not to notice the “fresh”, “healthy” and “organic” restaurants now inundating the Miami Metro area.
South Florida’s fast-and-fresh chains are enjoying a hefty slice of the $580 billion U.S. restaurant industry. In 2010, just four locally-based chains expect to sell a total of $97 million in meals.
Owners and patrons alike classify these restaurants as “fast casual”. The idea is that they are getting healthy food fast, while still eating the relatively causal type environment of fast food chains.
Overall, restaurants do well in the Sunshine State. In 2009, Florida had the fourth highest restaurant sales in the United States at $27.6 billion, according to the National Restaurant Association.
Florida may not always be known as on of the healthiest states overall, but the Miami area is quite the exception. In a city where beauty, health and fitness thrive as icons that it’s inhabitants strive for, it’s not surprising the success of healthy restaurants.
These “fresh” upstarts weathered the recession relatively well because they offer entrees that cost less than $10. Fast casual restaurants outperformed all other restaurant sectors in 2009. The top 100 grew 4.5 percent to $17.5 billion in sales, according to food-service consultants Technomic.
Ready to check out some of these “fresh” upstarts? Our suggestion would be to start with Lime Fresh Grill in Downtown Dadeland, just a hop, skip and a jump from your South Motors Infiniti Store.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/04/1713115/south-floridians-hungry-for-fast.html#ixzz0tZfmjYNN
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