{"id":30957,"date":"2023-10-27T21:42:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T03:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/meal-team-six-started-for-athletes-now-serves-bloomfield\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:31:36","slug":"meal-team-six-started-for-athletes-now-serves-bloomfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/meal-team-six-started-for-athletes-now-serves-bloomfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal Team Six, started for athletes, now serves Bloomfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Talon
Talon Fincher, co-owner of Bloomfield's Meal Team 6, offers a diverse selection including, coffee, sweet treats, meal preparation services, and made-to-order dishes. Crystal Shelton\/Tri-City Record<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

What began as a professional athlete\u2019s desire to eat healthful and a do-it-yourself attitude has combined with a family interest in the restaurant business to offer locals a convenient meal-to-go option.<\/p>\n

It was a twisting, turning road that brought Talon Fincher and his mother, Shawna Fincher, to open Meal Team Six at the intersection of First Street and Blanco Boulevard in Bloomfield. A prime location for passing oil field workers and high school students, Meal Team Six hopes to cater to those markets as well as to professional athletes who are counting macro-nutrients.<\/p>\n

\"Talon
Talon Fincher, co-owner of Bloomfield's Meal Team 6, offers a diverse selection including, coffee, sweet treats, meal preparation services and made-to-order dishes.<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Talon
Talon Fincher, co-owner of Bloomfield's Meal Team 6, offers a diverse selection including, coffee, sweet treats, meal preparation services, and made-to-order dishes. Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Meal
Meal Team Six in Bloomfield offers a diverse selection including, coffee, sweet treats, meal preparation services, and made-to-order dishes. Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cWe specialize in meal prep. We do premade meals, mainly healthy, and people can come in, dine in or take it to go. We are trying to make something convenient,\u201d Fincher said. In addition to meals such as Philly cheesesteak (sourced from a New York provider), Cajun sausage bowls, fish bowls of tilapia, salmon or shrimp, he sometimes prepares different chicken dishes. \u201cI\u2019m trying to bring in a few different meals every week or so, but we do have our base options. Our bestseller is the Philly cheesesteak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each meal notes the macro-nutrients.<\/p>\n

This convenient spot also offers a coffee bar, bakery items, burritos, wraps and salads. Also making a debut on the menu is a $5 lunch meal special for the local hungry Bobcats.<\/p>\n

Fincher\u2019s interest in food began when as a motorcycle racer, he worked with trainers and several nutritionists. When he himself became a personal trainer in Tucson, he started coming up with his own recipes, calculating macros for the meals (calories, protein, carbohydrates, sugar). Around this time he and his brother, bought and operated a Chicago-style restaurant.<\/p>\n

\"Talon
Talon Fincher with just some of the convenient meal-to-go options at Meal Team Six. (Debi Tracy Olsen\/Tri-City Record)<\/span>Debi Tracy Olsen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cWe have that background; we are very strict on how we eat,\u201d Fincher said. Their personal training clients began wanting to eat healthy but didn\u2019t want to keep track of macros themselves, and they asked Fincher if they could put meals together since they owned a restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we would put together simple healthy meals-to-go for our clients, then our regular restaurant customers caught on to it and asked if they could buy them.\u201d Soon this meal-to-go option became so popular they couldn\u2019t keep the fridge stocked, and Meal Team Six was born in Tucson.<\/p>\n

And then COVID-19 hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of had to shut the door on everything, and I didn\u2019t want to live in Tucson. I didn\u2019t know how bad COVID was, so I packed up and came home.\u201d Later in 2020, he and his mother began talking and said, \u201cHey, let\u2019s open Meal Team Six here and see what happens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

They cooked meals-to go-out of a food trailer for about two years, supplying meals to athletes Fincher met through working as a personal trainer. As it became more popular, they started looking for a retail location, and their site in Bloomfield became available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis originated as just a healthy option for athletes, but now it\u2019s for just anybody that loves food,\u201d Talon said. Not to mention those that enjoy the convenience of grabbing a meal-to-go for lunch or dinner. Fincher also has clients that will order a week or month of meals at a time and freeze them.<\/p>\n

Meal Team Six is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, find Meal Team Six on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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