Downtown Danville, California, has a brand-new restaurant, and it’s devoted entirely to toast.
Well, that’s not completely true—toast and juice.
This new, hyper-themed restaurant is called Toastique. It’s a nationwide chain with most of its locations on the East Coast, but a brand new Toastique branch opened in downtown Danville in 2024.
The restaurant is the newest venture from two friends who loved the toasty concept and decided to bring one to the Bay Area.
As soon as we heard about Toastique here at The Bay Area Telegraph, we wanted to check it out. One of Toastique’s owners was kind enough to drive some food to us in Lafayette—all the way from Danville—so we could try it.
The Toast
Toast may seem like a strange concept around which to build a restaurant. Typically, toast is the epitome of simple food—you drop some bread into the toaster, press a button, slather on a bit of jam and butter, and you’ve got a quick morning meal.
Toastique, however, does things rather differently. Instead of simple dishes like this, they focus on healthy and hearty variations on the toast theme.
At the heart of this is their avocado toast. Avocado toast here in the Bay Area is practically a way of life, so if you’re going to make it, you better do it well.
After tasting Toastique’s Avocado Smash Toast, I can confirm that they indeed do it very well.
The avocado toast I tried was a thick slice of whole wheat sourdough bread. It was dense and chewy with a great crumb—exactly how Bay Area bread should be.
On top of that, Toastique slathered a generous helping of guacamole. A little oil drizzled on top—and perhaps a touch of chili powder—rounded out the dish.
On top of the guacamole, there were perfectly sliced little tomato pieces, sprouts, and other greenery.
The avocado toast was well-seasoned, the ingredients were extremely fresh, and the overall effect was delicious.
I enjoyed this, but perhaps more surprisingly, my seven-year-old son loved it too. He had only had avocado toast a handful of times and had largely forgotten about the dish.
After tasting Toastique’s avocado toast, he insisted that we start putting avocado toast in his school lunches from now on!
The Bowls
Alongside toast dishes, Toastique serves a variety of superfood bowls.
These fit in with the general Bay Area trend of superfood dishes, with fare that is quite similar to what you get at Vitality Bowls or some of the new Palmetto Superfoods locations opening around the 925.
The bowl Toastique sent us had a brilliantly purple layer of frozen dragon fruit, topped with cacao nibs, strawberries, coconut pieces, kiwi, and more.
The whole thing was drizzled in honey, which gave a nice sweetness to the dish. The dragon fruit itself was frozen, almost like a slushy consistency.
The contrast of the cold dragon fruit—with its tangyness and brilliant purple color—against the crunchiness of the cacao nibs and coconut, along with the bright flavors of the fresh fruit, made for a delicious bowl.
The Juices
Toastique is a toast restaurant, but it’s also a juice bar. The menu features a variety of juices, both freshly pressed and sold in little glass bottles.
Toastique sent us a delicious emerald-green juice. I was afraid this might be something new-agey and awful, like a kale smoothie.
Instead, it was a tasty, surprisingly sweet tropical drink with a strong pineapple flavor.
We also tried a bottled juice, called Radiance. It was fine, but nothing to write home about. The freshly made juices are clearly the winner here.
The Verdict
All told, the food from Toastique made for an almost aggressively healthy lunch.
As longtime readers will know, I’m not opposed to a Detroit-style deep-dish pizza or perhaps some fried chicken for lunch.
Toastique, however, goes in an entirely different direction. This is health food at its core, but executed well enough that even foodies who are more focused on taste than nutrition will enjoy eating it.
The quality of the ingredients was the real star of Toastique’s food.
And the flavors are accessible enough that even a seven-year-old boy—albeit one with a fairly complex palate—was able to enjoy them.
The only real drawback to this food is the price. The meal I had would’ve set me back $56. That makes it more of a healthy indulgence—perhaps something to have after a periodic trip to the gym—rather than something most people will be purchasing on a day-to-day basis.
That said, if you want to treat yourself while also sticking to your New Year’s resolutions (and congrats to you if you’re one of the rare people still following them!), then Toastique is a great option.
It’s also a great fit if you want to meet a health-conscious friend for lunch—or perhaps just want to pick up a very refreshing juice drink as we get into the summer season.
For my money, I’d stick to basics like the avocado toast and the freshly made juices. There are some even more out-there items on the menu, like collagen smoothies and charcoal-based dishes.
That’s a bit too far in the health direction for this reporter. But the next time I’m looking for some tasty avocado toast, I now know where to find it.
Where to Find It
You can find Toastique in downtown Danville at 350 Railroad Ave, Suite 100. Here’s their website. You can also order via DoorDash and other delivery services.
If you visit, let them know the Bay Area Telegraph sent you, and email us at tom@bayaretelegraph.com to share how you like the food.
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