An acai bowl on a white counter with fresh fruit, granola and coconut scattered around it

Open today 9 AM to 8 PM

Real fruit. Built in front of you.

Acai bowls and smoothies on State Street. Order ahead and skip the line.

Eight bowls. Pick yours.

Pink Dragon

Pitaya with mango, kiwi, raspberries, coconut chips, granola and chia.

$12

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What's in a 208 bowl?

Four layers. Nothing to hide.

  1. The base

    Acai, banana and a splash of juice. Blended thick when you order.

  2. The fruit

    Cut that morning and piled on. Never from a bag.

A finished acai bowl from above: banana, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, granola, coconut chips and a drizzle of honey
  1. The crunch

    Granola, coconut and seeds. Swap any of it.

  2. The drizzle

    Honey or nut butter, if you want it. Most people say yes.

One bowl is about five servings of fruit. Most people call it lunch.

A 208 bowl

Ingredients

Acai, banana, a splash of apple juice. Fruit cut this morning. Granola. Honey if you want it.

Added sugar
None in the base
Made
When you order
Color added
None

A freezer-aisle bowl

Ingredients

Sweetened acai sorbet, cane syrup, natural flavors, color added. Fruit from a bag.

Added sugar
Read the label
Made
Weeks ago
Color added
Often
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Ready in about four minutes. Every ingredient is on the counter.

Fresh, every morning

The counter is the whole show. You watch through the glass.

The 208 Acai shop on a busy morning: three customers in line at the counter, two staff building bowls behind the glass, and customers eating bowls at the window tables

Fruit comes in before the doors open. It gets washed, cut and put on the rail by nine.

The acai is frozen pulp from Brazil. It goes from the chest freezer straight into the blender.

Nothing sits under a heat lamp. Nothing is pre-poured. When the rail runs low, more gets cut.

On the rail today

  • Strawberries, blueberries, banana, kiwi, mango
  • Granola, hemp seeds, chia, cacao nibs
  • Coconut chips, almonds, macadamia
  • Honey, peanut butter, almond butter
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Out of something? The counter tells you before you pay.

What neighbors say

4.9 out of 5 from 140 Google reviews

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Order ahead, or walk in

Order on your phone. It is on the counter when you get here.

Walk in

Watch it get built through the glass. Grab a stool at the window bar.

Open 9 AM to 8 PM

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Hours

Monday9 AM to 8 PM
Tuesday9 AM to 8 PM
Wednesday9 AM to 8 PM
Thursday9 AM to 8 PM
Friday9 AM to 8 PM
Saturday9 AM to 8 PM
Sunday9 AM to 6 PM

State Street, Boise, Idaho. The purple storefront by the corner tree.

Free parking out front. Bike rack by the door.

Order Ahead

Pay on your phone. Pick up at the counter.

The 208 Acai storefront: the 208 Acai logo on a purple band, a bowl drawn on the window, a bench and planters out front, a Grand Opening chalkboard by the door

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