Passover Friendly Salad at Sweetgreen
I just spent the past few days in NY for Passover being well fed by my mommy. Now that I am back, I have to feed myself. It gets tricky keeping it breadless in the best sandwich city in the world. I figured it was as good a time as any to check out the month old Washington Square location of Sweetgreen.
Sweetgreen is a chain that does salads, juices, wraps, and soups- all that healthy stuff. The salads are assembled at the counter and mixed up for you.
I made my own salad bowl, avoiding the non kosher ingredients like farro and croutons. I also had to pass on the bread that comes with each salad. The bowls come with a choice of green, a dressing, and 4 toppings. Anything additional is more $. I picked spinach and mesclun with apple, corn, tomatoes, and cucumber. Then I added goat cheese and avocado ($1.25 each). It ended up being close to $10. Kind of painful for a meatless meal. However, the pesto vinaigrette was excellent and all the ingredients were fresh; its hard to find a perfectly ripe avocado.
One hour later, while grocery shopping, this giant salad from Iovine’s in Reading Terminal costs half as much. You could find a $1 avocado and a few dollars worth of goat cheese and have 2 salads, easy enough, though not quite as convenient as having it all made in seconds for you.
Where else should I think about for carbless dining?
Sweetgreen, 924 Walnut, 215 454-6770
Posted by Jamie at 1:17 pm, April 16th, 2014 under salad, vegetarian.
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I had Rotisseur on Tuesday for a quarter chicken and a side of beets and feta!
Also not the cheapest option, but was tasty!