Indie Fresh
“The gem of Gotham West Market, Indie Fresh, serves up nutritious and flavorful food in healthy proportions presented festively in mason jars.”
“This place has the most amazing Borscht I've ever had!”
“There food is filling and gives me the energy I need to get through the day or recover from a workout..”
Indie Fresh
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
7 reviews
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Bad first experience and disappointed….
I ordered this: Chicken Burger with Avocado and Over Easy Egg on Gluten Free English Muffin$14.00
All natural chicken burger topped with avocado slices, avocado aioli and and over easy egg on an gluten free English muffin…
What came was a sad chicken burger with no egg over anything and no avocado anything….just chicken on a gluten free English muffin. The delivery guy couldn't do anything because he was Uber Rush……So? What? Am I supposed to go over from the LES to pick up the rest of the burger? Super disappointing lunch. Wanted to love it.
Why didn't I find this place in the winter when I needed to warm up? These soups are amazing!
I recently picked up a four-soup sampler, with broccoli, a pepper carrot, butternut squash and chili. So far the broccoli is my favorite, but I want to come back and try others the next time it's chilly.
And for hot days, the smoothie I tried (blueberry cayenne) was delectable. Perfect for a post-workout pick-me-up.
Bonus: The staff here couldn't be nicer. Everyone is so sweet and helpful!
This place DEFINITELY knows how to market itself. Mason jar packaging, contrasts by color and texture, exotic ingredients, etc.
I've been eyeing this place for a while now and finally decided to order the Bison Meatball soup with quinoaand mushroom sauce ($12) and a acai maca root smoothie ($11). It's a bit pricey but I'm willing to pay for an experience.
The meatballs were fresh and chewy but I guess the chef who made the mushroom sauce was feeling VERY generous with how much salt he wanted to dispense into the dish. It was SO salty I could not bring myself to give it a second chance.
Moving on to the smoothie. When I ordered, I clicked on Acai Maca Root Smoothie because I really wanted something berry-y. When the smoothie came, it was labeled "strawberry." I'm still very confused – last time I checked acai was not the same as strawberry and strawberry definitely does not have the same amount of antioxidants. It tasted fine though – a lot thicker than I imagined. If you imagine a berry yam smoothie, you'd probably get closer to the actual texture.
Overall, I think the place is definitely overpriced / not worthy of the experience. If you want to pay for the packaging / marketing, be their guest. That said, I might give it another try just because of all the better reviews people have written for it.
Really enjoyed my Tasmanian salmon salad. If you order it to-go, they will also kindly toss it for you. Best part is the black chia seed dressing – a bit spicy (with the help of Dijon mustard) yet very tasty!
No mason jars whatsoever.
As far as paleo-leaning fast casual spots go, Hu is definitely the winner in Manhattan, but if you find yourself stranded, stuck, or otherwise in need of sustenance and all the way over here on 11th avenue, Indie Fresh will do in a pinch. The smoothies are hearty and tasty, and come in two sizes in case you don't want a massive serving of pureed almond butter and coconut water. The tasmanian salmon salad is super filling and yummy, while staying totally clean, if that's your thing (ask them to toss it for you if you're getting it to go). It's not cheap, with the salad clocking in at $12, but you're not going to find a cheaper salad option in Gotham West, so, you know, pick your battles. I always find the service here a little pushy and weird, as the service at Gotham West tends to be in general, but nothing too terrible.
Why did I pay $9 for a bowl of soup? Well first I thought it was because I was a total moron buying into the overly priced hipster food culture of NYC (probably). BUT the thing is… i paid $9 for a huge bowl of soup, that just happened to be the best soup I have ever had. Like, ever. It was incredible. The flavors were so fresh and fulfilling. I ordered a butternut chicken soup. And of course it was organic, and natural, and blah blah blah. I went in there to buy soup because it was freezing out, I can care less about how many calories it contained. But Im happy I made the choice to get this particular soup, because it is pretty rad.
For a "healthy" place they really did not offer many vegetarian options. I really wanted the salmon salad but without the salmon. They could not accommodate and said the salad was pre-made. The server was not really helpful in showing to me other vegetarian options. Looked overpriced too. Maybe it's not fair that I'm rating them since I never ate their food, but I had genuinely wanted to eat here but they did not do a good enough job to convince me in their other dishes. They lost a customer.