leaf

Sara and I finally made it to leaf this past weekend.  Tricky to get there since they’re only open for lunch and the initial web reading indicated it wouldn’t be a great place to take Besh.  So while Besh was playing with his grandparents this past weekend, we hit the still-has-that-new-neighborhood-smell 2nd street district to partake of Best Salad/Dressing winner leaf.  BTW, I’m spelling the name correctly.  leaf is too cool to capitalize.

leaf is all about salads.  This makes vegetarians like Sara extremely happy, and even carnivores like myself have some viable options.  The concept is simple enough–you pick your lettuce, toppings, dressing, and optional protein and the heavily tattooed staff tosses everything together into a substantial lunch bowl.  There are also a dozen or so salads written on a large board as you walk in so you don’t have to pick out your own combination.

Sara immediately created her own salad, I went with the Strawberry Fields but added chicken.  The resulting salads were very large, and not inexpensive.  Our two salads and two waters (hers Pelegrino, mine whatever plastic bottled water) ran $27.  That’s a pretty penny, but we both came away thinking the salads were so good that it was ultimately worth it.  We may not go back often, since finding time in the middle of the day is difficult with a 3 year old, but I’d take leaf over Soup Peddler any day of the week.

UPDATE: Can’t believe I left this out–apologies.  The one standout item here, for me anyway, was the bacon topping.  This is not your typical fake bacon bits you find at super cheap salad bars.  It isn’t even the real bacon bits you find at slightly better salad bars.  These were big one inch squares of thick-cut bacon and they were AWESOME.  Plus, since they’re in a salad, it’s totally healthy.  Definitely the best salad topping ever, in its best form, and while not exactly making the salad totally worth its price, it certainly doesn’t hurt.

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