The Pennsylvania based startup follows the direction of culture, while separating themselves from the competition.

 Located right off of Route 29 near the new Malvern Wawa is the newest Bryn + Dane’s location. The local fast food startup’s mission is to make healthy eating delicious, and to not stop growing until you see a location in every town in America.

Bryn & Dane’s follows the trendy “hipster” vibe that has expanded across the country (i.e. Malvern Buttery, Honeygrow, etc.). Exposed concrete floors, abundance of live greenery, partially exposed kitchen, recycled wood tables are all present.

I really enjoyed the greenery that hangs from the ceiling, as it gave the place an almost tropical vibe. Following the hipster trend, B+D’s was immaculately clean, which is always nice.  

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Furthermore, B+D’s takes the trendy millennial vibe a step further with something I have never seen at a restaurant—facial recognition. You can save previous orders and look up past orders just by looking at the camera mounted above the ordering screens. The future is here.

Another cool feature was the ordering screens mounted on the wall, which are easy to use and will not confuse anyone who has ordered something from Wawa recently.       

The menu at B+D’s offers a wide variety of smoothies and healthy snacks, but a somewhat small variety of actual food items. They have quesadillas, salads, wraps, fries, chicken strips and a myriad of specialty teas and drinks.

I wish they had more choices though, as I feel like a good, healthy burger could really attract some more customers. However, the menu is pretty sizable and most people should be able to find something they like there.

When I visited B+D’s, I tried the buffalo chicken wrap, chicken and cheese quesadilla, vanilla chai tea, strawberry smoothie and peach smoothie.

The buffalo chicken wrap comes with its own hipster name (Tennessee Bleu), and was overall pretty good. I enjoyed how they used a moderate amount of buffalo sauce, to avoid over-spicing it.

The side of sweet potato fries were very surprising, as they are baked, not fried, and were delicious. I loathe sweet potato, but these fries may have converted me to liking this weird potato.

The chicken quesadilla was the low point of the food, as the cheese was somewhat bland and kind of ruined the whole thing for me. Also, the gluten-free tortilla they used would be better suited on a wrap and not a mexican-style dish. Tragic.

All of the smoothies and drinks were extremely delicious, and I would definitely come back just for those.

Every smoothie is made from scratch, with no sugars or sweeteners added, which was surprising due to how delicious they were. The only problem I see with those is the price, which is a bit expensive at $7.50 each.

Overall the food was pretty good, but is somewhat held back due to the lack of more choices. I really enjoyed Bryn + Danes. I can see myself returning to B+D’s, as I am trying to lose weight and those smoothies were worth another trip back.

I recommend Bryn and Dane’s to anyone who wants healthy food and a fun atmosphere, and people who just can’t get on board with the odd food that some other health oriented places serve.