[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he words “guilt-free” aren’t usually on a menu when dining in a restaurant specializing in Soul Food, Caribbean, and Tex-Mex comfort dishes. Then again those restaurants are not Simply Wholesome in Windsor Hills.
Straight up: Their spinach patties, vegetarian tacos, vegan sweet potato pie, and “Coconut Crunch Thirst Quencher” are clutch when you’re trying to stay on that clean eating lane for the new year.
Though wait times could stretch somewhere between 30 to 45 minutes for your food, it never feels like a problem. Between browsing from over 100 different products from Black-owned vendors, reading various books centered around health, admiring its 50s Googie exterior, or viewing the wall detailing historic accomplishments near the desert display, everything about Simply Wholesome feels like a small Black utopia of wellness.
According to Simply Wholesome founder and owner Percell Keeling, many weren’t sure if this kind of business would thrive in a predominantly Black community.