The new quick-serve restaurant based in Portland has expanded to Bend at 913 NE Third St. Bend represents the fourth new store that the company opened in the last seven months creating fourteen stores total.
Locally sourced, very healthy the restaurant bills itself as family friendly, burritos, bowls, hearty salads, smoothies, local brews, green juices and more.
The birth of Laughing Planet in Bloomington, Indiana was in 1995, the company relocated to Portland, Oregon in 2000.
Burritos, Bowls, & Goofiness
Laughing Planet Cafe. A quick-service restaurant offering nutritious, affordable and delicious fare with tasty burritos and bowls, soups, salads, smoothies, juices and homemade cookies are among the favorites. Through its patented mixture of fresh, healthy food, a fun, quirky ambiance and a daily dose of laughter and inspiration.
Do they serve traditional burritos?
The slick foil wrapping hides an abundance of clean, whole foods, tons of fresh veggies, and surprising global flavors that range from the exotic to the sublime. Salads attack your face-head with their deliciously crisp, locally sourced ingredients.
Company spokesperson Matty Byloos, marketing director for Laughing Planet Cafe, offers some of the comments from the website:
“Venture inside a Laughing Planet and in mere seconds, you’re transported to a weird world of off-beat aesthetics where laughing is part of your daily health. Every café is a meeting spot, a community-building forum, a place to sit and talk with friends and strangers.
Laughing Planet
Good for your body, great for your wallet, better for the planet.
Seriously. Mean it. When it comes to sourcing our fresh, whole veggies, protein supplements, fruits for our juices, and chicken for our burritos and bowls, we search for the best we can find from farmers and producers within local communities.
By doing this, we avoid the devastating effects to both the planet and our neighbors that stem from sourcing products from far away. And we always work hard to:
• Develop meaningful relationships with farmers and food producers who share our values, including Draper Valley Natural Chicken and the Truitt Brothers (where we source our beans)
• Seek out farmers and growers who have committed themselves to both sustainability, and to producing great tasting food
• Source organic produce and products whenever possible, while still creating affordable, nutritious fare
• Actively participate in energy saving programs often at a higher cost, purchasing carbon offsets (through Northwest Natural), to counter-balance the gas we use.”
