After sampling two of his tasty sandwiches on my first visit, Iโm hopeful that franchise owner/operator Rick Orosco can succeed with his 3 Natives franchise in a location in The Shops at Wiregrass where multiple other similar concepts have failed โ next to Macyโs (between Fabletics and Zales Jewelers), at 28211 Paseo Dr.
3 Natives, started in 2013 by three Florida natives in Tequesta (on the east coast of South Florida, near Jupiter Inlet), although only Tequesta local Anthony Bambino is credited as the founder on 3Natives.com.ย
According to the website, Bambino traveled throughout Southern California as a salesperson and โsaw little juice bars all over the place. He wanted to bring that type of healthy and quick food (and beverages) to South Florida to see if it would work.โ
The website also notes that, โWhat started out as a 900-sq.-ft. juice bar has quickly grown into 26+ stores in Florida and Oklahoma,โ with more to come.
Orosco says that his is the first 3 Natives franchise in the Tampa Bay area, with the closest stores in Lakewood Ranch and Orlando. He also says that the simple 3 Natives menu โ featuring fresh juices and smoothies, aรงai bowls, sandwiches and salads has already been โvery well receivedโ by his growing list of customers in just a few weeks of being open.
Rick loves giving away samples of those juices โ โLean nโ Green,โ โThe Beetโ and โEasy Greensโ(left photo) โ to any and all newcomers, โbecause we press and bottle them right here in the store.โ Iโve never been a veggie-based juice guy, but I did enjoy the sweetest of the three options (Lean nโ Green) after sampling all of them.ย
Iโve yet to try the smoothies, salads or aรงai bowls, but I will say that I enjoyed both the tuna melt on tasty multigrain bread and especially, the hot, pressed Hercules wrap (with chicken breast, spinach, purple cabbage, pico, croutons, parmesan & Caesar dressing) โ very yummy and obviously super fresh, too.
For more info, visit 3Natives.com, call (813) 838-6491 or stop in and tell Rick I sent you! โGNย