Live Juice — Restaurant in Concord

Atmosphere: 2/2 Stars Food: 2/2 Stars Staff: 1/1 Stars

Summary: Healthy, delicious, fresh and well prepared Salads! My wife and I were on our way up to Laconia NH when we decided to stop in Concord NH for lunch. We wanted something healthy, convenient and delicious. Live Juice hit all 3! We were greeted by Hugo who recommended we try the Cobb and Tahini Salads so we did, along with a fresh pressed juice and a fresh smoothie. Everything came out phenomenal! We will definitely come back again when we’re in the area, maybe even this Sunday on our way home!

Atmosphere: Live Juice is conveniently located on Main st. In Concord. It has a lovely store front with some outdoor seating also available. Inside of the restaurant was beautifully decorated with its brick and vinyl contrasts. The colors along with the plants and large screen menus really made for a modern and hip, but yet relaxed, atmosphere.

Food: The salads were amazing! Plain and simple. The ingredients tasted so fresh and they were all cut to a perfect size. The salad was tossed in such a way that the toppings remained embedded through its entirety instead of falling to the bottom like I’ve seen elsewhere. By far one of the best prepared salads I’ve had!

Staff: Hugo was so kind. He asked us if it was our first time, which it was, so he proceeded to provide us with a few recommendations which really made our lives easy! We went with his guidance and, as previously stated, glad we did! The girl who helped Hugo prepare our salad also did a great job. The woman, who I am assuming was the manager, also ensured to tell us about the fresh juices and how they are pressed same day. All in all the staff was so welcoming, kind and helpful. Great...

1st timer for lunch yesterday. While it wasn’t the best experience I was assured by friends that my experience was not the norm. The young woman making my salad admitted I was her first salad of the day and she wasn’t on her game yet. She had forgotten the goat cheese and as I stood there waiting for my friend and our juice I examined the salad and couldn’t see any “stuff “ in it. A young man working the juicer helped me and grabbed some nuts by when neither my friend and I could locate a single cranberry we again gave it to the young man to help us out. The woman who made my salad came back and informed me she had put the standard 1 tablespoon serving in and if I wanted extra it was 50 cents. I said no and thanked her but my overall impression was she made a ridiculously skimpy salad for the money I paid. My friends salad was stuffed full and she couldn’t even finish it. I ate my entire thing and was still hungry after. And I eat salad for lunch everyday! I’ll go back but if I get her again I will ask for...

A cozy little place that serves a wide variety of smoothies & juice concoctions. While many smoothie places charge an arm & a leg, prices here are surprisingly economical, especially for yuppified downtown Concord. The produce used is consistently fresh, and even in the middle of lunch hour, service is steady due to the place not being afraid to actually hire the proper amount of staff (unlike a lot of cheapskate cafes), and the line layout they use means nobody ever gets confused or bungles prep of salad or wraps.

While the recipes are all printed clearly on index cards, preparation consistency of smoothies between employees can sometimes be a problem - for example, the pear was left out of my Sweet Potato Pie juice order on my last visit. The industrial juicer they use might also need an upgrade, since it sometimes can't keep up with the sheer volume of orders thrown into it.

Overall, though, this is one of the best healthy...