Some jump-start January with a juice cleanse, but a trip to Succo Cold-Pressed for one of its elixirs could derail the best-laid plans for liquid enlightenment faster than you can say antioxidant. While this juice shop has a tempting rainbow array of juices and superfood-filled smoothies, it’s the artfully presented toasts that steal the show.
“People eat first with their eyes,” says owner Stephanie Ortiz, an alumna of Santa Rosa Junior College’s culinary arts program, who believes food should taste as good as it looks.
Toasts are built on a first-rate foundation of Village Bakery’s seeded sourdough. The popular avocado toasts get their glam from toppings of pesto, prosciutto, or grated hard-boiled egg. The Sweet Crunch, spread with almond butter, is topped with bananas on one half, strawberries on the other, then bedazzled with honey, coconut, almonds, and a dusting of cinnamon.
“It’s almost like you get two toasts because they taste so different,” explains Ortiz.
No matter whether you choose sweet or savory, either one is guaranteed to get the day off to a gorgeous start.
130 Calistoga Road, Santa Rosa. 707-595-1586, succocoldpressed.com