PowerSoul Cafe, the world’s first certified gluten-free fast-food restaurant chain, announced that $18,715.06 was raised for Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada during the grand opening celebrations of the brand’s first two locations.
 
The flagship and central kitchen at 8180 W. Warm Springs Rd. celebrated grand opening week from March 1-7 and the location at 3501 S. Valley View Blvd. in Chinatown had its grand opening from March 22-28. During each grand opening week, PowerSoul Café offered free smoothies and food to customers who donate $1 or more to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada.
 
PowerSoul Cafe vendors, including Orlando Foods and Caputo, Patagonia Foods, Ambriola, and many others supplied product for the free smoothies and food during the grand opening weeks.
 
This May, PowerSoul Cafe will open its third location (but first Henderson location), at 1469 E. Lake Mead Pkwy. (at the Monument at Calico Ridge) and will celebrate in a similar fashion with free smoothies and food for those who donate to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada.
 
“I have a enduring partnership and relationship as a longstanding board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs board of directors and the opening of my brand-new restaurant chain wouldn’t be complete without giving back to the community including the organization I hold so dear to my heart,” says Dina Mitchell, founder of PowerSoul Cafe. “I’m so proud of my staff, our customers and vendors for helping raise almost $19,000!”
 
PowerSoul Cafe stores operate 24-hours and will range in size from 500 to 1250 square feet with various footprints, including: drive thru, inline, PODs, casino, sporting arenas and airports. The endeavor anticipates a minimum of 100 stores and thousands of jobs nationwide over the five years.
 
Ordering is easy with the ability to place and pay for orders via smartphone, website, and scanning a QR code, which first directs customers to PowerSoul Cafe’s “Discover My Power” tool, a function that filters menu options and recommendations based on individual dietary goals, flavor preferences, and allergies offering what Mitchell has coined as ‘Fearless Dining, Additionally, guests can schedule pickup times to retrieve orders through self-serve smart food lockers and walk-up windows, with many sites including a drive-thru window.
 
Mitchell, a longtime Nevada-based entrepreneur, owned the rights as an Area Developer for Tropical Smoothie Café in Nevada and parts of Southern California from 2000 to 2014.