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| - Oh Green, how do I love thee....so much that I fantasize about salads and tsoynamis. I've been to both the Tempe and Phoenix locations, including the cafe/bakery/sister restaurant, Nami. I am a 23 year vegetarian, part time vegan. My SO is a Nebraska bred, meat and potatoes kinda guy. We both love Green. I'm convinced, if you don't like Green, there's something broken in your mouth...now the important stuff...
Ambience. ...hip, funky, casual, sometimes hectic...and all in a good way. Not intimidating. No too hippy dippy. Just clean, bright, and creative. There's tons of seating inside and at the Tempe location, a patio. The staff are 99% of the time cheerful and friendly...on one occasion we got a surly server/cashier but it wasn't bad enough to ruin our visit.
FOOOOOOOD... Well where to start..i order the Ranchero salad every time I eat here. Tender, mixed baby greens, crunchy tortilla strips, carrot shreds, creamy ranch and Green's yummy yummy barbecue "wings"...it's perfect. Speaking of wings...these are amazing. Meaty texture, zesty sauce and the cucumber ranch and veg that accompany it are refreshing and delicious. This is my guy's go to. With the thyme fries...that are so crispy.... The perfect fry. We had the fries with chili once and unfortunately/fortunately we decided it wasn't for us and that I make a far meaner, and superior veggie chili. Moving on....on my very first visit I tried the Kung pao with mock chicken noodle bowl and was not a fan. Watery, too sweet, too salty yet bland sauce, slightly too al dente noodles...it just wasn't what I expected. We also split a Wendy's pickle. It's a mock fried chicken cutlet with pickle and spicy vegan mayo. It was warm and soft and tastes so much like chicken I was slightly scared it was real..on subsequent visits, we tried the 'thee argentine poboy"...grilled mock steak and caramelized peppers and onions with mayo and a spicy sauce. The steak had crispy bits, tender bits and was so flavorful. I would've loved more vegetables. ..there were 2 pieces of pepper on the whole sandwich. .but the part that stands out the most, oddly enough was...the bun. The fluffiest, most perfect bun ever. I want every sandwich I eat to be on that bun. We also ate the BBBQ bacon burger. Veggie patty, portabella cap, bacon, bbq sauce, mushrooms onions and mayo. This burger was so rich and delicious and big. We split it and I couldn't finish my half. Green also offers daily, off - menu, specials. We got a Carne asada nachos, which were ok. Tasty, but not enough carne, and too many dry chips. The most recent special I tried was a rueben sandwich. The sandwich was huge! Tons of Seiten steak, thousand island, vegan cheese and sauerkraut on rye. It came with fries, (you can get fruit, fries, coleslaw). Very tasty. My only beef is with the price tag. Both specials I tried were $12 which is $3+ more than the regular menu items. Which isn't a lot by any means...but the specials i tried weren't Green's best dishes..
At Green you can get water, or one of their delicious, refreshing drinks...lime, berry lemonade, iced tea, and vimto. I have no idea what vimto is..maybe it's vitmo..anyway..i don't know what it is, but I know it's red, mildly sweet and delicious. There's also some bottled kombucha, boxed water, other bottled juices as well as beer! on tap. Local favorites from 4 peaks brewery and more. And super reasonably priced. . $3 for a kiltlifter.
If by some chance you have any room left, do yourself a favor and get dessert. The s'mores tsoynami is so good. Creamy soft serve, chocolate, graham crumbs and rice fluff...soo goey. Ive had a lemon ginger tsoynami as well and it was scrumptious. You can buy pastries and other goodies too including take and bake cookies. And the desserts are reasonably priced too. Seriously. . $4.50 for a huge tsoynami. Suck it DQ.
I almost forgot! Nami does sunday brunch and Monday through Friday breakfast and Green frequently holds special dinners...a carnivore conversion dinner, holiday meals..and Green and Nami cater.
I also wanted to mention a few details...
Ordering is done at a counter. You're given a number and a server brings you your food. You clear your own table. There are condiments like hot sauce and tamari available. The kitchen tries to use organic whenever possible.
Long review short..i love Green. It's delicious, vegan comfort food. Not even "comfort food". It's the food you, as a vegetarian, dream about finding on the menu at a restaurant. No more crappy side salad and fries! No more frozen, did they cook this on the meat grill, veggie burgers! Enough of me typing...You should just go and love it too.
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