Blend Smoothie and Salad Bar announced via their Instagram that they are leaving their Beacon location, and opening in Newburgh. Blend opened in Beacon in 2020, and was a fan favorite for neighborhood kids just experiencing freedom from their houses for the first time during the pandemic, when they needed to leave the house during Remote Learning to feel independent.

When asked by A Little Beacon Blog if they were leaving because of rent, they replied: “We decided to close Beacon not based on rent, but because we’re opening our Newburgh location right across the bridge, steps away from the gym Planet Fitness.”

Blend was located at 135 Main Street, near Bank Square Coffee House and next door to Lewis and Pine. This is on the west end of Main Street, near the Hudson River and train side.

Blend has 6 locations, with the Newburgh/Beacon swap. The first location started in New Windsor, where owners Alaina James and José Medina are from. Other locations include Middletown, Monroe, Elmsford, and Mohegan Lake, which located inside of a ShopRite.

Since opening in Beacon, other health food stores have also opened, including Healthy In Color, which offers and acai bowl among other things including salads and house-made supplements and house-made bottled drinks, and Butterhead Salad, which is a house-made salad boutique, where the salads are tossed in front of you. With your choice of thick cookies, brownies and FROYO.