Healthy Fast Food Restaurant Opens 1st NY Location

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WHITE PLAINS, NY - A new healthy fast-food, fresh-food restaurant has opened its doors in White Plains.

Freshii, located at 240 Main St., started feeding customers Feb. 22.

The Toronto-based company, which is in more than 80 cities and 15 countries, offers a menu of healthy options, including soups, salads, wraps, burritos and frozen yogurt.

It has a huge social media presence, with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, and an innovative mobile app, which helped the company achieve the #8 spot on Restaurant Social Media Index’s Top Mobile Brands.

The restaurant’s mission, according to a prepared statement, is to “be kind to the earth by eliminating traditional fast-food practices.”

Freshii uses natural, eco-friendly cleaning products and a setup that doesn’t require energy-hungry dishwashers or ovens.

Everything, including utensils, that a customers takes from the store is either biodegradable or recyclable.

The White Plains freshii restaurant, which is the first to open in New York, is owned by Jon Blob. Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Photo caption 1: Mayor Tom Roach at the newly opened White Plains freshii. Photo caption 2: Freshii’s Baja Burrito. Photo credit: Courtesy.