There’s a new addition to your neighborhood dining options: Broadway Papaya, located at 1164 Broadway (nr. Lafayette Avenue; 347-763-6303). The newish spot opened its doors earlier this month.
Broadway Papaya features over 20 different healthy menu items made from all natural products, making it the first Papaya of its kind in Brooklyn. It’s the only Papaya establishment that focuses on the health conscious eater.
Owners Nelson Amao and Marlon Miller are excited to give back to the community. They believe that Broadway Papaya provides the healthy options that the neighborhood has been lacking, and they hope to demonstrate that their offerings are smart for your health as well as your wallet.
Has anyone been by to check out Broadway Papaya yet?
I bought a hot dog and a green juice.
The staff is nice.
Is that a read???? I take it that your meal didn’t knock your socks off.
What was the green juice–some sort of wheatgrass thing or something more like the Naked Green Machine Smoothie?
Hmmm….
I had a hot dog with (not enough) sauerkraut. Not the best quality meat, but hot dogs aren’t really known for being “quality”, and for $1.75, I can’t really complain about the taste.
The green juice I had was called “All Green”. There really is a science to making green juices taste good, and as someone who makes her own green juices and green smoothies, I know firsthand that it’s not easy coming up with something palatable, no matter how much of a “health nut” you think you are.
I’m not a big fan of celery but it has benefits so I suck it up (and down) when it’s in a juice. The ratio of collard greens, celery, parsley and whatever else they added to it just didn’t work for me. BUT, every palate is different and someone else may have a better opinion of it.
Despite how I feel about that, I will still go back for wheatgrass shots and maybe try other juices. I think this business is important for the neighborhood. It’s owned by two black men, one of whom was born and raised in Bed-Stuy. They have a female head cook, and are offering young brown people gainful employment. It’s a good look.
I think the location is great considering they’re right off the J Kosciusko stop and are open late. They offer reasonably-priced breakfast (so smart). They’re right next to the laundromat too. I can see them doing very well as long as they stay consistent. I think they deliver too.
I am a little bothered by their packaging though. I asked the juice guy to pour my juice into my own container so I could avoid using the Styrofoam cup and he poured my juice into said cup to pour it into my container. I elected to eat my hot dog in the shop, which I told them repeatedly, yet they insisted on wrapping it in foil and bagging it instead of plating it.
I do hope they stay though. It could become something of an institution.
Nice review! I think I’ll try it out when I’m in the area. I’m sure that if people bring up the packaging issue (or if they read it here) they will do what they can to be more “green”.
I’m a little confused by their sign. Wonder why they put “BedStuy Product” on it? The only quibble I have is that they didn’t spruce up the storefront with a nice awning or at least a logo on the sign. It would be nice to have some kind of visual element that says that this is a healthy food establishment.
My guess is that the owners want to emphasize that the business was founded by Bed-Stuy residents.
The building does look pretty drab on the outside. An awning would definitely bring more attention as well as signage on the Lafayette side. It would be easy to miss getting off the bus if you were walking away from Broadway.
I am going to be stereotypical and suggest that men don’t always think about aesthetics in that way.
It’s interesting to be selling hot dogs alongside green juices, but I heard that people were specifically asking for wheatgrass shots, so time will tell which direction they’ll go in.