"MIXT with Ryan Perez" is Episode 381 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "MIXT with Ryan Perez" was released on January 19, 2023.
"Tomorrow… with Ryan Perez" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Ryan Perez (SNL, The Tonight Show, Mama Needs a Movie) joins the 'boys to discuss movie-going and favorite new releases before a review of MIXT. Plus, the return of the Wiger Challenge.
Nick's intro[]
Social media. Rideshare. Delivery apps. Salad?
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco is home to many of the tech companies that have transformed daily life in the 21st century — most of them founded by terrifying uncanny-valley utilitarians and/or coked-up canceled shitheads. But among the ‘grams and the Lyfts and the Yelps is another recently founded company with the intentionally misspelled brand name that has come to signal innovation: a fast-casual salad outlet founded in 2005 by fine-dining veteran Andrew Swallow. Fortunately for Swallow, health-conscious San Franciscans would themselves swallow the company’s veggie-heavy chef-curated creations.
After success in the Bay, in 2012, the founders set their sights on national expansion, and opened outlets in the Southland — always a challenge with NorCal-skeptical SoCal surfer dudes — as well as neighboring Arizona and recent California-expat Mecca, Texas. And much like its Bay-mate Facebook, as its brand grew in success, it dropped the “The”; in this case, the trailing “Greens” after its four-letter moniker.
Today with fourteen restaurants in three states, this bread-averse bowl broker continues to surge in popularity with city-dwellers who will pay a premium for farm-fresh produce. But it remains to be seen if the salad start-up can reach the near-ubiquity of similar concepts like Sweetgreen — or, for that matter, the tech companies it shares a home with in the Foggy Apple.
This week on Doughboys… MIXT.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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3 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
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2.5 forks |
| Ryan Perez |
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2.5 forks |
| shared |
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Nick's Zesty Grain Bowl was from a prior visit to MIXT. Nick's favorite item was the MIXT Crispy Sandwich.
The Wiger Challenge[]
Powerade Zero Sugar White Cherry
In the Wiger Challenge, Nick presents Mitch and the guest a mystery beverage and they try to guess what it is. This was the first in-studio Wiger Challenge in quite some time (since October 2019).
Today's mystery drink was a Powerade Zero Sugar White Cherry.
| guest / host | guess | result |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell | G2 White Cherry Gatorade Zero | winner! |
| Ryan Perez | Diet Hawaiian Punch |
Roast Spoonman[]
Jack in the Box
| “ | Jack in the Boxers | ” |
–Alan B | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | If you come for the Doughboys, you better come correct. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | I've never tasted lettuce more in my life. I'm tasting every bit of the lettuce leaf. I've never to this degree tasted what lettuce tastes like before MXIT. There's so much fucking lettuce. It's like if you found mixed greens in a field. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell re: MIXT | ||
| “ | Emma basically threatens to send us to our rooms. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | What would be your go-to nickname for people who came into your store? | ” |
–Walterk93 | ||
| guest / host | name to call strangers |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | buddy |
| Mike Mitchell | my man
sweetcheeks |
| Ryan Perez | friend |
| Amelia Marino | honey |
| Emma Erdbrink | motherfucker
y'all |
Related Episodes[]
| Ryan Perez episodes |
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