LB Kitchen (website, instagram) has announced plans to open a second location at the Rock Row (website, facebook, instagram) Medical Campus in Westbrook. Owners Bryna Gootkind and chef Lee Farrington hope to launch the new LB Kitchen (instagram) in January.
The 600 sq ft cafe kiosk will be offering pre-packaged versions of the grain, salad and breakfast bowls, sandwiches, and wraps that LB Kitchen in known for. The new location will also serve tea, functional beverages and have a full brewed coffee and espresso bar. Notably, the new LB Kitchen will also be offering new dishes that align with nutritional recommendations from the New England Cancer Specialists and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
LB Kitchen co-owner Bryna Gootkind shared this statement about the new venture,
LB Kitchen’s focus on functional food means looking at ingredients and what they do in our bodies. This lens is helpful in detaching any preconceived value systems from food and ideas that often originate from diet culture and trends. Instead we keep it simple by asking: what can the power of food do for us and how can we make that experience nourishing, delicious and fun…For us, this location is a natural extension of our brand, continuing our focus on how our food is part of a well-being regimen and now more specifically part of a healing process for patients inside this innovative medical center.
Rock Row (website, facebook, instagram) is being developed by the Waterstone Properties Group. The Medical Campus is part of a 26-acre mixed use development located off Brighton Ave near the Portland/Westbrook line. The Medical Campus will be anchored by New England Cancer Specialists. RAYUS Radiology, Saco Bay Physical Therapy, Plastic & Hand Surgical Associates, The Dempsey Center and other organizations will also be located at the new campus along with LB Kitchen. It is expected to launch in early 2025.
Farrington and Gootkind launched LB Kitchen at 249 Congress Street in 2017 and moved into the cafe and market space at the corner of Smith and Congress Streets in early 2023.
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