{"id":466078,"date":"2026-10-14T20:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466078\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:22:23","slug":"the-gem-organic-juice-bar-shakes-into-uptown-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466078\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gem organic juice bar shakes into Uptown Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

An organic juice bar with a disco ball and a following in Dallas has opened a third location, this one in Uptown: The Gem Organic Food and Juice Bar<\/a> is now serving juices, smoothies, and fresh food at Rosewood Court, 2101 Cedar Springs Rd., R115, next to Flower Child.<\/p>\n

Co-owned by Leslie Needleman and Mary Kathryn Bass, The Gem first opened near Lovers Lane and Inwood before moving into its first dedicated space in Preston Center<\/a> on Luther Lane in 2013. A second location<\/a> at Forest Lane and Preston Road followed in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call this new location our ‘Hidden Gem; Uptown customers had been asking for a closer shop for years,\u201d Needleman says. \u201cThe area also brings steady office and hotel traffic, and for years, we’ve wanted to bring The Gem lifestyle into new parts of Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The The juice is organic and cold-pressed fresh daily.Photo courtesy of The Gem<\/p>\n

The self-described \u201cdisco soul sisters\u201d built the business around organic food and juice, with a colorful, upbeat atmosphere to match. Their interest in wellness has personal roots. In 2009, Needleman was diagnosed with breast cancer. During her recovery, she explored organic juice, clean food, and a plant-based, anti-inflammatory diet. Bass shared her interest in a wellness-focused lifestyle centered on mind, body, and spirit.<\/p>\n

That philosophy informs the menu, which has featured ingredients such as maca, housemade cashew milk, and kale since the business launched in 2012. The juice is organic, cold-pressed fresh daily, and is not treated with high-pressure processing, or HPP, a method commonly used to extend shelf life.<\/p>\n

\u201cGem juice lasts days, not weeks, because we refuse to trade fresh flavor, nutrients, and enzymes for a longer shelf life,\u201d Bass says.<\/p>\n

The menu<\/a> is free of refined sugars, gluten, dairy, artificial ingredients, seed oils, and GMOs. Bestsellers include the Green Glow, made with kale, cucumber, lemon, apple, and ginger; the Golden Glow, a blend of turmeric, lemon, orange, ginger, and cardamom; and the Ruby Slipper, made with beet, ginger, and carrot. The Green Glow was the shop’s first recipe and remains a favorite.<\/p>\n

\"The The shop serves soup, too.Photo courtesy of The Gem<\/p>\n

Other offerings include French press coffee, cold brew, matcha, smoothies, and protein drinks. Fresh food prepared daily includes soups such as lentil, mushroom vegetable pur\u00e9e, and immunity bone broth; along with salads, hummus, protein bars, and chocolate mousse made with raw cacao, avocado, and chia seeds.<\/p>\n

The 1,000-square-foot Uptown shop follows the same colorful formula as the other locations, with a disco ball overhead and upbeat music. There’s a front counter, a refrigerated grab-and-go case for busy locals and hotel guests, and seating at individual and communal tables.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that a healthy lifestyle can be sexy and fun; every Gem has a disco ball turning overhead, walls alive with color, and a soundtrack that makes it nearly impossible not to shimmy while waiting for your smoothie,\u201d Bass says. \u201cHealthy living should feel joyful, vibrant, and energizing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gem Uptown is open 7:30 am-6 pm Monday-Friday and 8 am-4 pm Saturday. It’s closed Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An organic juice bar with a disco ball and a following in Dallas has opened a third location,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,584,158699,119313,147976,5391],"class_list":["post-466078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-health","tag-juice-bar","tag-matcha-drinks","tag-organic-food","tag-uptown-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}