A healthy-eating café chain with roots in the Southeast is putting down its first Oklahoma stake inside one of Oklahoma City's most prominent office towers. Nature's Table plans to open its first Oklahoma café at Union Plaza, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring special offers and giveaways for early arrivals.
The new café is partnering with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and will be located in Barrett Tower at 3030 Northwest Expressway, serving meals and smoothies to building tenants and other guests, according to The Journal Record. The tribe owns Barrett Tower, part of the broader Union Plaza complex it purchased in 2023 — an 18-story, 250,000-square-foot office building at the same address that is also home to CPN-owned Sovereign Bank's retail branch and Oklahoma City operations center, as The Oklahoman reported at the time of the purchase.
Freebies, Gift Bags and a Year of Smoothies
Opening-day perks are designed to pull a crowd through the doors. The first 50 guests will receive a free smoothie, the next 50 can buy a smoothie for $1 with an entrée purchase, and the first 100 guests will receive gift bags, per the same report. Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase a year of smoothies — one regular real-fruit smoothie per week — redeemable only at the Nature's Table café inside Union Plaza.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Vice-Chairman Jason Smalley said the tribe is committed to long-term ownership and investment in Barrett Tower, and that the partnership will add value for Union Plaza and its tenants while offering healthy, quality food choices. The nation is a federally recognized tribe headquartered near Shawnee that represents more than 38,000 tribal citizens worldwide.
A Southern Chain Eyes Oklahoma Growth
Nature's Table emphasizes ingredient sourcing and meals designed to be accessible while considering people, animals and the environment, with a menu built around ingredient choices and accessible dining. Founded in 1977, the chain had 42 locations as of a recent count, according to QSR Magazine, which lists breakfast, wraps, sandwiches, salads, protein bowls, soups, smoothies and açai bowls among its offerings.
The brand's path to Oklahoma traces back to January 2025, when Fast Fresh Brands announced its acquisition of Nature's Table. At that point the chain had more than 40 locations spread across Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Indiana, and the deal was framed as a way to expand Nature's Table in its current markets while extending its reach into new ones.
Fast Fresh Brands' Playbook for Oklahoma City
Fast Fresh Brands CEO Cody Pepper said the partnership brings Nature's Table to Oklahoma under Chairman Barrett's leadership and called the Union Plaza location an important first step for the brand in the state. He expects many more Nature's Table cafés to open across Oklahoma in the coming years.
Fast Fresh Brands also owns Oklahoma City-based Bee Healthy Café, and the two brands share a target customer: both chains gravitate toward office buildings, gyms and institutional settings such as hospitals, the outlet noted. A separate report from Modern Restaurant Management said the company had doubled its footprint in just six months under Pepper's leadership.
For now, the Union Plaza café stands as the brand's opening bid in a new state, with its Dec. 4 debut set to test whether Oklahoma City office workers and visitors take to the smoothie-and-bowl concept the way customers have in Nature's Table's established Southeastern markets.
