Need a great "salads" restaurant in LA...thoughts?

[lapizzamaven]

A NYer friend is visiting for a couple of days and weve got plans for a couple big eatin meals(Mozza and Sea Harbour)...need a rec for a "lighter" meal, preferably excellent salads...grazie mille in advance!

[DrBruin]

On a related topic... here's a link to a thread about Salads in LA.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/737501

[ipsedixit]

Mendocino Farms.

Cafe Pinot (only at lunch)

[BSW6490]

Greenleaf Gormet Chop Shop in Beverly Hills has great salads, but its pretty much to go. ll Moro always has great salads and a wonderful patio in West LA. The Chop Salad at La Scala is a classic.

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La Scala Restaurant
434 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

[jojoma]

I love Tender Greens in Culver City for casual dining. The salads are made right in front of your eyes and there's nice patio seating for people watching. There's also Choppe Choppe on Hughes a couple of blocks away. Both places have really delicious salads.

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Tender Greens
9523 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

[wienermobile]

Very good salads at The Veggie Grill. I really like their Thai Chicken Salad. Their new location inside the Original Farmers Market just opened, plus many other locations.
http://veggiegrill.com/

110 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Veggie Grill
, Los Angeles, CA 90001

[lapizzamaven]

Havent been to the Farmers Market in years....may be time to return...thanks for the reminder...but i will avoid that "Grove/Caruso abomination like the PLAGUE!

[westsidegal]

not only is that Grove/Caruso an abomination, it seems like all his developments contain only chain or mediocre restaurants.
the closest things i've ever seen in Caruso developments to edible food is The Counter for burgers (MDR), Mendecino Farms (MDR), and Marmelade (the valley).
I'm not even open to trying any more. If i see the development looks like one of Caruso's, i will eat somewhere else. The probabilities of getting good food there are too low.

[matikin9]

Mendocino Farms is awesome. They've got salads packed with stuff that is both delicious and healthy.

[archer]

Momed, M Cafe and Urth, all in Beverly Hills.

Also Melrose locations for M Cafe and Urth (which of course too is in Santa Monica).

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Momed
233 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

[lapizzamaven]

thanks everyone! the meal will be next week...i will report back...dont like the sound of Lemonade..."pre-prepared"...thanks for that westsidegal...fogo de Chao sounds appealing but im not good on self restraint....been meaning to try Mendo Farms but not sure the Marina will be convenient...something very distasteful about Tender Greens the one time i was there...hmmm...will investigate Cabbage Patch...

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Tender Greens
9523 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

Cabbage Patch
214 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA

[westsidegal]

tender greens, in my opinion has three drawbacks:
1) their portion size is never contains enough protein to satisfy me for more than a couple of hours
and
2) i don't like waiting in line with a tray to order.
and
3) it is to tight/crowded for me to feel comfortable.

the food quality is good, though, if you don't mind the foregoing.

[Miri1]

Nana Cafe on Robertson and Cashi in the pico Robertson area of LA has great, big, salads. It's kosher and dairy so you won't find any meat, but they make a gorgeous Greek salad which I like to order with a side of their delicious grilled salmon.

Also, Real Food Daily, a vegan place, has some really nice salads, too,

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Real Food Daily
414 N La Cienega Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90048

[Juji]

I like Tender Greens and Mendocino Farms.

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Tender Greens
9523 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

[TonyC]

Cabbage Patch is my fave "salad restaurant". Huge portions, counter service, huge portions.

Did I mention huge portions? Their beet salad is the size of my salad bowl at home.

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Cabbage Patch
214 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA

[J.L.]

Best dang salad bar in town happens to be in the best all-you-can-eat Brazilian BBQ in town:

Fogo de Chao, Beverly Hills

Go for the all-you-can-eat salad, and skip the (very good) meat, if you can resist the temptation. Try the papaya mousse for dessert, though.

[wienermobile]

+1 for Fogo de Chao. The best salad bar in the city. Here are just some of the items on their salad bar:
24 Month, Aged Parmesan
Aged Manchego Cheese
Prosciutto
Brazilian Hearts of Palm
Artichoke Bottoms
Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Fresh Mozzarella
Smoked Salmon
Italian Salami
Jumbo Asparagus
Tabbouleh
and Shitake Mushrooms

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Fogo De Chao
133 N La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

[J.L.]

"So, where did you end up going for your 'lighter meal'?

"Uh, Fogo de Chao... ?"

Mucho street cred right there.

[ns1]

thanks for the info!

[cdub]

lemonade. one of my faves of the moment.

[westsidegal]

just a heads-up on lemonade:
all their salads are pre-prepared and are scooped up and put on a plate as you order them.
you will be standing in line with your tray.