Superfood cafe serving oatmeal and fruit bowls comes to Winter Park

Acai and oatmeal have been popping on the trendmeter for quite a while now, so it’s no surprise that an eatery dedicated to the two

 superfoods will open Thursday, Oct. 20, in Winter Park.

Create Your Nature, by husband-and-wife team Dan and Kim Dill, will certainly attract the health-conscious, but the idea is to attract a less salubrious patronage, and from what this less-salubrious patron sampled, that shouldn’t be a problem.

Given the açai cafe and oatmeal bar is situated in the State Auto Body Building on North Orange Avenue where Foxtail Coffee, Bear & Peacock Brewery and the Winter Park Distilling Company are also housed, attracting a new clientele should be quite easy.

The Dills have placed an emphasis on sustainability and environmentally friendly practices (the bowls fashioned from coconuts are cool), and many of their ingredients are sourced from such local outfits as:

• Honey Feast (local honey)
  
• Sunchowder’s Emporia (preserves, jams and chutneys)
  
• Ancient Olive (olive oils and balsamic vinegars)
  
• Foxtail Coffee Co. (coffee)
  
• Spice & Tea Exchange (spices and salts)
  

We attended a media preview on Monday night. Here’s a taste of what you can expect when Create Your Nature opens its doors this Thursday at 7 a.m.

In addition to açai and oatmeal bowls, salads and “create your own” trail mix will be offered.

Hours are Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2016.