Vitality Bowls To Bring Açaí Bowl Trend To Former Yoppi Space On Polk

Vitality Bowls To Bring Açaí Bowl Trend To Former Yoppi Space On PolkPhotos: Bo McGee/Hoodline
Bo McGee
Published on July 30, 2015

Vitality Bowls will soon occupy 2125 Polk St., the storefront recently vacated by Yoppi Frozen Yogurt

Company representative Thea Blum confirmed the opening in an e-mail to Hoodline. "The company is very excited to bring the second SF location to Polk Street, and thinks it’s the perfect place for a casual, healthy restaurant like Vitality Bowls," she said. The company's first SF location is housed in the Financial District's Rincon Center; it also has more than a dozen other locations across California, many in Bay Area cities like Palo Alto, Redwood City, Walnut Creek, and Cupertino. 

The franchise-based chain specializes in açaí bowls, a traditional Brazilian breakfast dish that combines frozen, mashed açaí berries with granola, bananas, and other fruits. Açaí is believed to be a "superfood," containing antioxidants and other healthy nutrients. Vitality Bowls offers a number of other "superfood" add-ons to their açaí bowls, including kale, flax seed, and almonds; the majority of ingredients are gluten-free, organic, and vegan. Each location also offers sandwiches and a juice bar. 

Vitality Bowls will open only a few blocks from Basik Cafe, an açaí bowl purveyor that debuted at Polk and Pacific in January. Despite its relative newness, Basik has proven popular: the small cafe frequently has a line of customers out the door, and also boasts a four-star rating on Yelp. Vitality Bowls' Rincon location has fared less positively on Yelp, with a 3.5-star rating and complaints about long wait times.


Blum tells us the new location is still waiting on a conditional use permit, so there is no estimate on an opening timeline just yet. We'll keep you posted as Vitality Bowls goes through the permitting process.