Green Belly

EW! A green belly!? I bet that's what you're thinking... You're thinking that either this is going to be a blog about someone getting sick from something they ate, or that someone has some terrible disease.  Actually, quite the opposite! I found this restaurant out in West Omaha; the name just happens to be Green Belly!  There's actually more meaning to the name than what your probably think.  Everything in the restaurant is said to be completely fresh and natural ingredients! The tables are even recycled! Crazy huh?? I thought they looked kind of cool, and I was excited to try their food!
I went one day for lunch; I was happy to find a restaurant that sold healthy foods!  I ordered a chicken pesto sandwich... Which seemed like it would be good; But then I was shocked that one of my choices for a side was either a bag of sun chips or potato chips... Wha?!!?  I just thought a "fresh" restaurant could do better than Subway sides... I also got a drink with my meal and decided on the usual; Diet Coke (which isn't really that healthy for you)!

I sat down at the table to enjoy my sandwich and was a little surprised to find out that the food wasn't all that impressive.  It tasted just like a typical sandwich that I could have made at home in about 10 minutes.  My guest diner that came along also was not very impressed.  As the meal continued and we began to take a few sips of our sodas I thought to myself, "man, this tastes watered down..." Sometimes though, it's just the diet pops that seem that way.  But as I kept drinking I asked my guest diner if hers tasted the same way... She replied, "I thought the same thing!!!"  SO, needless to say, they even tried to make the soda healthy by (we're guessing) watering it down... This did not please me one bit.

Maybe I just didn't order the right items here??? Or maybe it was just a bad day; but neither my guest diner or I was impressed and I don't think I will be returning to Green Belly.  I feel like their "green" and "healthy" ideas were good, but the outcome was jumbled and not up to par.
Let me know if you have tried Green Belly and had a different experience!  I would love to hear from you to see what your take on this restaurant is!  Here is the website link if you would like to check Green Belly out:

http://www.thegreenbelly.com/Greenbelly_Site/Greenbelly.html

Happy Eating!