Robin P.
Yelp
I preface this with I am NOT a salad person. And yet, here I am reviewing a salad place with the same excitement I would review my favorite Mexican food joint. See, I want to love salad. But the salads I make at home are always the same, lettuce, ranch, cheese, protein. Salad is the vessel for ranch. Salata, any other salad place, same thing. Lettuce, cheese, ranch, protein.
So that's why this place is special to me, because it got me to step outside my box. Crispy rice, black lentils, simply prepared but very tasty couscous, blackened chicken, freshly sliced avocado, the options are so unlike other salad places, and they locally source as much as they can. You can't beat that.
So in my pictures you can see some of what I got, but here's a list from my build your own bowl. Keep in mind, this is massive, it will be two meals so get stuff you want to eat twice. lol Mine was kale, romaine, arugula, red pepper flake broccoli (wow), black lentils, red onion, couscous (regular, not pearl), hummus, avocado, crispy rice, blackened chicken. I was tempted to fall back into my old habit and get a ranch (Green Goddess Ranch here), but I asked to try something new and he gave me a sample of Miso Sesame Ginger. Good night! Talk about mind blowing, I've never had anything like this dressing, and I could not have been more impressed. This has changed the game.
What I experienced here is not even in the same ballpark as my "usual" salad and I LOOOVED it. As long as this place is around, I will never have to fall back to my boring salads, I might actually ENJOY eating salads. This is the absolute best way to eat healthy and be happy while doing it, especially if you love food as much as I do. Salads are finally a recurring option, thank you Sweetgreen!