Black Market Meal Prep- Juice Bar & Protein Bites — Restaurant in Rancho Santa Margarita

Black Market is an excellent shop for healthy meal prep and customizable post-workout shakes. The food is delicious, and well-made. The staff is attentive and friendly, remembering names and orders with regularity. They will frequently ask when a customer orders a shake if anyone else is having one, so they can all be made simultaneously, which is convenient.

At times, however, the process of ordering a single meal slows drastically when customers ahead of you order several meals at once. I have walked out on a couple occasions because I could not wait for 8 meals (sometimes more) to be portioned out. Granted, this is partially because of customers who are making up their minds! At any rate, maybe having a second employee available to assist with smaller orders or shakes in moments such as this...

I found this place was going into RSM about 2 years ago, but it took a long time for them to open, so I began to have meals delivered weekly from the Orange location. This was right at the time of coming out of the thick of Covid. I loved having fresh meals in my fridge that I could use for lunches. I love the variety monthly, or never gets old! So many options, chicken, ground Turkey, salmon and shrimp are my favorite! I love that each month the roasted multiple flavors so you really get an amazing variety. Also, the sauces are really great that you can get to match up to a mean if you prefer. The team is great and always super helpful! The chocolate peanut butter smoothie is another favorite and the Vietnamese coffee smoothie is also amazing if you like a dose...

I absolutely love black market meal prep. They have saved me so much time I have still allowed me to eat healthy while at work. As a first responder, I don’t always have time To go to a restaurant to eat, so having my food with me Makes my life easier. Between the chimichurri sauce, and the green salsa, I swear I could eat every meal with that. The service is always on point. I actually found a workaround for the straws because I love their smoothies and protein shakes but yes, they are a little bit thick for the straws. So I ended up bringing my own straw which are a little bit thicker. I bought them off of Amazon after California decided to make everything out of paper. Keep up the phenomenal work black market, I love your food and...