honeygrow Opens New Eatery In Columbia

COLUMBIA, MD — Three new honeygrow locations have opened in Maryland, including one in Columbia that opened June 14.

A fast-casual restaurant offering simple, creative dishes, honeygrow already has eateries in Charles Village, Harbor Point, Mills Station, Bel Air, Arundel Mills, Owings Mills, Rockville, Timonium, Westminster and Annapolis. While each restaurant has the same menu offering fresh and made-to-order stir-fry, salads and honeybars, the restaurants all have their own special mural designed by their team, Amy DePaoli, honeygrow director of marketing, told Patch.

The Columbia location seats 42 indoors and has an outdoor patio, DePaoli said. honeygrow features a menu of five year-round stir-frys (all under 800 calories) and six healthy salads (under 700 calories). The create-your-own (CYO) versions mean there is a dish for everyone. Customers choose a base (noodles, rice or a selection of greens), a protein (beef, chicken, shrimp, tofu or egg), add-ins and garnishes with an endless variety of options ranging from veggies, fruits and cheeses to chili crisps and roasted garlic.

There are six main sauces or six dressings to choose from as the last step. The customized program meets every dietary need, including high protein, gluten-free, keto, paleo, vegetarian, pescatarian or vegan. Guests also can choose from honeygrow's lifestyle menu for featured dishes that are paleo, keto, vegan, high protein or meet Whole 30 standards.

The restaurant also offers its signature honeybars, a sweet dessert using fresh fruit, three kinds of flavored honey and various garnishes. Like the CYO stir-frys and salads, all honeybars can be customized with a base of either cheesecake filling or vanilla yogurt. Add-ins like apples, grapes or roasted apples are the healthier options or splurge with coconut shavings, milk chocolate chips, granola, streusel crumble, whipped cream, candied pecan or brownie crumble.

honeygrow in Columbia is located at 6131 Columbia Crossing Circle, Suite T5. It's open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.