About Us
A family business, built in Queens, for Queens.
The Nourish Spot is a Black, family-owned wellness bar serving fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, salads, wraps and açaí bowls. We exist to make healthy food easy to find, quick to get and good to eat, starting in our own neighborhood.
2016
Incorporated
Sept 9, 2017
Flagship grand opening
US Open
Concessionaire since 2022
JFK & LGA
Airport joint ventures
Our Mission
Better choices, closer to home.
Southeast Queens has no shortage of fast food. What it needed was fast food that was good for you. We opened on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard to give our neighbors a fresh option they could grab on the way to work, after the gym or between errands.
Everything we serve is made to order from fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds. Our tagline says it plainly: Real Food. Real Quick. Real Good.
Our reach has grown to the US Open, JFK and LaGuardia airports, and corporate catering for companies like Nike, Mastercard and Tiffany & Co. Our heart is still in Jamaica, Queens.
The Owners
Meet the founders.
A mother and daughter who brought very different careers to one shared mission, and who still greet neighbors at the door on Guy R. Brewer Blvd.
Co-Founder & CEO
Dawn Kelly
A Harlem native who calls Jamaica, Queens home, Dawn spent three decades in communications and public affairs before founding The Nourish Spot. She was a Senior Public Affairs Officer at AARP in Washington, DC, Director of Public Relations at York College/CUNY, and a Department Vice President at Prudential Financial. Along the way she covered sports for the Amsterdam News.
When her corporate role was eliminated, she turned the moment into a mission. She provided the founding investment, studied every part of the business, and built The Nourish Spot into a nationally recognized brand.
Co-Founder
Jade Duncan
Jade brings a chef’s palate and a traveler’s curiosity to the menu. She earned her associate degree in culinary arts from Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, then worked at Walt Disney World before leaving to join Silversea’s Silver Whisper as a Food & Beverage Intern, a role that took her across 3 continents and more than 50 countries. Later, as a flight attendant, she brought her total to 76 countries, collecting flavors and ideas from around the world.
At The Nourish Spot she shapes what goes into every cup and bowl, and she shares her travels with her own audience as @RocstarJade.
Giving Back
Nourishing the community, too.
Food security
With Support + Feed, we provide plant-based meals twice a month to neighbors facing food insecurity.
Youth sports
We help fund a local community basketball league.
Next-generation talent
We coach and train interns through nonprofit partners and mentor other entrepreneurs.
SBA Microbusiness of the Year
U.S. Small Business Administration
10,000 Small Businesses
Goldman Sachs alumni
NYC MWBE
Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise
ACDBE Certified
Port Authority of NY & NJ