Raw Smoothie Co. co-founder James Rue. Credit: Photo via rawsmoothieco/Facebook

A day that starts with Raw Smoothie Co. has a high chance of being successful.

The shop started holding it down in NoHo before the neighborhood got hip, bringing to Tampeños all-organic gems like the Rise and Grind green smoothie featuring brown bear espresso beans.

The spot marks eight years in business by taking over the block for party soundtracked by Just Some Friends’ collective’s DJ Svntos. Expect vendors, locally-made threads, grub from the Nana’s food truck, and more.

There’s no cover for Raw Smoothie Co.’s eight-year anniversary party happening Sunday, March 23. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...