Amy Lauren S.
Yelp
I went here today for lunch and it was fun :). I eat salads for lunch a few times a week- it's really one of my staple lunches since I don't eat meat (except the occasional seafood)- so I guess I'm somewhat of a salad snob.
Basically, Verde is a build-your-own-salad bar where someone else makes your salad. I like salad bars, but salads always seem to taste better when someone else makes them.
If you don't want to build your own salad, you can have one of their menu creations- which is what I decided to do. I had a salad called the Farmer's Market. It's arugula, mesclun, spinach, sprouts, cucumbers, avocado, broccoli, hearts of palm, and sunflower seeds. I substituted the dressing to get fat-free raspberry vinaigrette. The avocado gave it a nice creamy texture without having a creamy dressing, and it was freshly scooped out in the restaurant in front of me- I liked that. I also got my salad chopped, and it was chopped with something that looked like a double pizza cutter. Two different parties in line asked where they could find that salad chopper- it is pretty cool. The salads also come with bread or you can get them as a wrap.
The crew at Verde seemed to really enjoy what they were doing; they had a lot of energy and did a great job with the toppings-to-greens ratio that some restaurant salads get wrong. I did add a bit more dressing when I got home. The salad prices are about standard for lunch, ranging from $8-10, although if you build your own salad and add a LOT of toppings, I could see where it could get pricey.