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| - I LOVE THIS PLACE!! Just went for the first time today, and boy, I really enjoyed it. My semi- niece suggested we go, she having been previously, and me willing to try anything once. She'd mentioned the make-your-salad option as well as the burgers, sandwiches, and sides, so I figured I knew what to expect. However, WRONG!! I expected the usual serve yourself salad bar, and I thought maybe I'd try a burger instead...until I saw the salad set-up, and I knew I had to have one. First, though, the place is small with quite limited seating. I imagine that when the place is really busy, getting a table could be quite the cutthroat proposition! Fortunately, it wasn't so bad on this Sunday afternoon after 1:30pm. There was a line of maybe 8 people ahead of us, but it went surprisingly quickly. So, the salad process...they pull out a clear plastic bowl about the size of a child's sand bucket, and you select your greens from half a dozen huge bins. I went with regular iceberg, and they packed it into the sand pail. While you pay an extra $2 for your protein, I went with chicken. Then you get unlimited toppings--dozens of options--and I added on a lot of them! Even some red quinoa and roasted beets. So I'm eyeing this overflowing sand pail and thinking, if I even BEGIN to mix in the dressing, I'm gonna have salad spread from one end of the table to the other...And then another employee took my sand pail and asked if I wanted small, medium, or large bites, to which I replied "????". Turns out they use these rocker blades to chop the salad to various bite sizes. Being new to this, I want with medium to be on the safe side. Then, wonder of wonders, they have you choose your dressing {of many}, ask if you want it light, medium or heavy, scrape your salad into a huge bowl, pour on the dressing and MIX IT UP FOR YOU, then put it back into your sand pail! Now how cool is that!! I think it's a great concept. I also got a cup of potato soup, which was purely awesome! They have Pepsi products rather than Coke, which always makes me sad, but I muddled through. Although the place is way out of my way, I definitely will go back.
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