199 | Sam Eckstein and Jordan Feldman of Springbone on Simple Cooking, Working with a Best Friend, Conflict Between Taste and Wellness + more

I sure love a good wellnessy cafe where I can order everything from avocado toast to chia pudding to a Reishi mushroom tea but what I love even more is a good story. Today's guests Jordan and Sam are long best friends and co-founders of Springbone a cafe I discovered just a couple weeks after moving to NYC and soon became a regular at. Springbone specializes in simple, natural food that blends taste and health with ease in every recipe. While I came in for the coconut milk soft-served I stayed because the founders Jordan and Sam were the nicest. Being super new to the city, the two native New Yorkers flooded me with suggestions of places I'd like all over the city. We shared an interest in simple cooking that didn't sacrifice taste for health and I was curious on how they went from working in finance and real estate to starting their dream business . All my questions and more were answered on this week's episode. We had a tangental conversation as usual where we covered working with your best friend and tips on how to keep both the friendship and business strong as well as their advice for being an entrepreneur in a field you aren’t an expert in. We discussed what health and wellness means to them, their thoughts on family, relationships, and spirituality. I loved talking to them and I'm so psyched to hang out with them more and hopefully you at our podcast meet-up at Springbone this week, RSVP here.

Notes from the Show:

-Springbone's Website | Facebook | Instagram

-we're doing a pod listener meetup at Springbone on Nov. 30th, 2017 - join us!

-also join me this Saturday (Dec. 2nd, 2017) for brunch at Divya’s Kitchen — I'm doing a LIVE podcast recording + get 20% off brunch and hang out with me after

-my annual holiday gift guide is here

-I pretty much love all the bowls, bone broths and ice creams at Springbone... but here are some of Sam and Jordan's personal favorite menu items: scrambled eggs, the rachL's Bowl (created by past pod guest racheL Mansfield), the Mexican Bowl & the Chili Bowl (seasonal)

-they also sell amazing mushroom exlier drinks from Four Sigmatic (hear more about them in the episode with Tero)

-aeropress for coffee

-Podcasts: Tim Ferris, The Joe Rogan Experience, Ben Greenfield Fitness, The Model Health Show with Shawn Stevenson (also a past pod guest), How I Built This, 10% Happier with Dan Harris

-Music: Sufjan Stevens

-Movies: happythankyoumoreplease, The Godfather (part 1), The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

-Books: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius & The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

-Audiobooks: Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller & Hamilton: The Revolution

-TV: Seinfeld & Breaking Bad

-NYC Eats: Di Fara NY, IL BUCO, Lupa, Via Carota

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