Thrive A Carryout Café opened in May of 2008. Chef and Owner, Wendy Armstrong opened Thrive with the concept of using as many local and organic ingredients in all of the prepared dishes as possible. Located on Whitemarsh Island, Thrive offers a variety of dishes including gluten-free, lactose free, low-fat, vegan and vegetarian diets. We are also the first certified green restaurant in Savannah! Thrive currently pulls from 15-20 different local and organic farmers and retailers.
Check out some great things we offer:
- Full Service Catering: see our catering menus under our catering page
- A Large Local and Organic Retail Selection
- Produce Corner, where we bring the farmer’s market to you.
- Retail Meat Freezer: pick up local grass fed beef from Hunter Cattle Farm, antibiotic, hormone and nitrate free pork products from Savannah River Farm, and Tanglewood Farm chicken today!
- Artisanal Cheese Selection from local Sweetgrass Dairy and Flatcreek Lodge
- Decadent Homemade Desserts
- Biodynamic and Organic Wine Selection
- Convenient selection of prepared "feel good" foods that can be taken to-go for the whole family to enjoy, or stay and enjoy a meal in our new outdoor or indoor seating area.
- Enjoy a meal in our new outside eating area! We have worked with SCAD design and sustainability classes and Emergent Structures who were able to bring this seating area to life. Made of reclaimed material enjoy the many possibilities of being and eating green!
Environment
While serving prepared carry out healthy dishes, Thrive is also taking the initiative in making our take-out
packaging as eco-friendly as possible. Many of our containers are made of corn starch, and our utensils are made
of potato starch both made to biodegrade under natural conditions. For more info please click
here.
We are also officially Savannah's first Green Certified Restaurant!
Read more about what this certification means.
Community
Thrive is also dedicated to involvement in our community by supporting eco-friendly, local organic events.
We support the Forsyth Farmer's Market happening every Saturday (April through December) from 9am - 1pm at Forsyth Park
Thrive Café has a working vegetable garden at Oatland Island Wildlife Center. We hope to use this garden as an example vegetable garden for all Oatland Island visitors. We also love to showcase our vegetables in many of our prepared dishes.
Press
The Coastal Source has published an article about us, read it here.
Read more about our green certification in the Savannah Morning News. Previous articles can be read here and here!
We were featured recently in The South, and in Savannah Magazine!
American Way Magazine also featured us in their local food section.
