I liked the vegetarian chopped salad at Rosebud Theater District - the Express there also has a carryout version.

Its a minimal amount of mixed greens tossed with red wine vinaigrette and then topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, carrots, mushrooms, red onion, red peppers, green beans, broccoli and artichokes. There's also a version with added chopped chicken or shrimp.

They also have a couple of entree salads I like, including a sort of greek-style salad with grilled lamb & a grilled salmon, spinach & red onion one.

aschie30 wrote:Try Avec's rotating salad offering on their menu. Only one option, but always interesting, fresh and satisfying (in a way that most salads aren't). Can't guarantee their won't be any meat on it, but it won't play a major role.

I'm not usually one to seek out salads, but overheated yesterday from running a race in the morning and then Pitchfork, I needed a lighter dinner. I've had this salad at Avec before, but it was especially satisfying yesterday: Werp Farms greens with slivers of wax beans, thick-cut cucumbers, sweet roasted pearl onions, puffed amaranth and a very light coriander-cumin vinaigrette. Amaranth is my new favorite salad ingredient; I prefer it over nuts for the firm texture and toasty flavor it lends.



My family and I meet at Avec for dinner once a month, and I'm fairly certain they usually have at least two vegetarian green salads--in addition to salads with meat--on their menu since vegetarian friends are sometimes invited to family dinner.

(Avec's other green salad right now has grilled peaches, endive, caciocavallo and pistachios--also tasty if somewhat busy for my preferences.)

Attrill wrote:

PitaChip wrote:Alright, I'll say it: I like the salad bar at Whole Foods at lunchtime. I work near the WF in Deerfield, which is always clean, well stocked, and fresh. Overpriced? Well, yeah. I just stay away from the weightier items like pasta salad and usually manage to get out the door for $8 or less.

When I worked in River North I used to go to the WF salad bar a lot - not bad at all. In the summer I'd bring my own garden cucumbers into work and add them to the salad when I got back to my desk. It cut the price of the salad significantly.

The New York Times published a short piece last week about saving at the Whole Foods salad bar.

The sentence "You plop a few items into a plastic box, and next thing you know you’re forking over 13 bucks." echoes Gary's post from 2007.

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edc

Thought I'd revive this one. A lot has changed in 4 years I bet.

Mr. Pie and I are celebrating 5 years next week, and we're doing it with salad.

I know, what?

But since we've been eating like this lately...