Ever since I went to New York on business and found this little deli on the main floor of the office building that served up ready-to-go salads and allowed you to select your ingredients and dressings and billed you accordingly. The cost of a decently tasty salad ranged somewhere in the $4.00 to $6.00 range. Like you didn't need another reason to go to New York.
So, when I returned to Toronto, I rued the fact that we had no such offering. Well, shut me up, Lettuce Eatery. Newly opened at the corner of Spadina and Richmond, Lettuce Eatery does the very same thing its deli sister does in New York. Pick a bowl of your greens and from a sheet of paper, tick off all the ingredients and dressings you want. Once you've done that, they set about constructing your salad to suit your needs. The form is a bit long to go through and the salads are a bit pricier than New York, but the freshness and range of ingredients still reminds me of New York. For a healthy option, you could do much worse. I'm now looking to Lettuce Eatery to provide more New York-y offerings. Please put street dogs and pretzels on the menu for when I next return.