Craving Carts: Truck 7 - The Juice Truck

Truck: The Juice Truck as featured on Eat St.

Location: Abbott and Water St. in Gastown on weekdays from 11:30-5:00 and either in Kitsilano or Gastown on the weekends
Type of Food: Juice, smoothies
Sidekicks: Sisters - Kim and Erica and Erica's boyfriend David
Food Ordered:
Kim and Tara

The Avocado Pineapple - Avocado blended with pineapple, coconut water, lime, vanilla and agave
The Raw Chai Brownie - Dates with raw cacao powder, hazelnut, coconut oil, ground flax seed, maple syrup, vanilla & chai spices

Erica and David

The Strawberry Coconut - Strawberry blended with coconut meat, coconut milk, banana, raw cacao nibs, vanilla and agave

The Verdict:
Yummy! A meal in a glass. We loved how they use coconut and coconut water in a lot of their options! Delicious and nutritious! The combinations in the smoothies that we had had great texture, something which I often find is missing from a good smoothie.

For the price, I would definitely hit up this truck as opposed to going to a franchise like Booster Juice or Jugo Juice. At least you know where the ingredients are coming from and they don't put things like sorbets or yogurts in any of their drinks. In fact, this truck doesn't put any milk in any of their beverages - they use substitutes like almond milk and soy! The price point is slightly more - probably about $1, however if you take into account all of the freshness in these cups, it's definitely worth the extra dough!

I loved the Raw Chai Brownie! Chocolate and chai - how can you go wrong with that combination? It tasted like a Terra Breads Chocolate Chai latte, (which I love!) without the milk! Kim thought the chai was a bit overpowering, but I love the complexity that the chai spices added to the brownie!

Favourite Thing About This Truck: I love the creativity of the choices! So many different options that are all delicious and nutritious! I'd love to hear my Secret Sidekick's opinion on the actual nutritional content but from what I can see they are all great! I can't wait to get back to try more of the flavours!

Accessibility: A couple of blocks from the sky-train, the location is great for tourists as it is at one end of gastown. It is slightly more difficult for me to get to on a break. It is too bad that they aren't open in the mornings, because I would definitely try to hit them up on a workout day before work instead of a franchise.

Green Rating: They compost all of the rinds etc from there juices. They have future plans to try to incorporate some of these natural "leftovers" by using a dehydrator in the future.

Rating: 4/5
Value: 4/5