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A Salad Bigger Than Your Face
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What's nice is that it's not really in Madison Park at all. That area's commonly known as Madison Valley, though on the east side where the restaurant is it's the Central District's Mann neighborhood, and on the west side it's still Capitol Hill. In any case, not quite so overwhelmingly hoity-toity a neighborhood as if it really were Madison Park. I can't wait to try it.
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Thanks for the tip! A big, fresh, well-crafted salad can really be spectacular, given the right mood (I'm thinking the not-so-bad hangover where your body craves nutrients and fiber instead of grease and cheese). Nine bucks isn't too crazy, especially since it sounds like the ingredients are better than the all-too-typical low-grade Sysco produce. For a household of one or two, it would be tough to create two big salads at home for the same cost. You'd also have to make it yourself, clean the kitchen, and for two, eat the same two salads.
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I like Madison Park, but I haven't seen this place. Awesome to know! Will definitely check it out next time I'm there. Thanks.
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@5 Not sure how it "sounds like the ingredients are better than the all-too-typical low-grade Sysco produce." For $9 I would certainly want to know that the ingredients are all organic (lettuce is one of the "dirty dozen"). More complete reporting, please.
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Seven Loaves Pizzeria in Bellingham does a spectacular big salad. Organic Greens, high quality cheese and meat choices (buffalo salami!) and a magical balsamic vinaigrette.
And yes, couldn't resist:
http://youtu.be/kVWRU3KqUfc
And yes, couldn't resist:
http://youtu.be/kVWRU3KqUfc
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@7, I was speaking specifically of taste/freshness, but I agree that I'd be more willing to appreciate a $9 salad if I knew the ingredients were not only better tasting, but also organic and/or locally sourced. I don't know if I trust these heathen reporters on Slog, so I'll do my own research on these matters :)
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It is Madison Valley, though I like to call it "the French Quarter" bc of all the French restaurants within two blocks - Rovers, Luc, La Cote, Voila, plus Harvest Vine is French-ish.
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$9 is a normal price for a entree sized salad. Good tip--I'm excited to have this place deliver to my office.
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Paul, I already have a word for the way one feels after satiating an intense craving for a salad bigger than one's face: saladated. It's my dream to get that into the lexicon. (Also, "catastropostrophe.") SALADATED. Feel free to use it. You're welcome, everyone!
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Nice. I've been looking for a big-ass salad in this town.
Few things piss me off like paying $12 for a shitty salad. $9 for a monster is certainly worth checking out.
Few things piss me off like paying $12 for a shitty salad. $9 for a monster is certainly worth checking out.
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goodness...mr healthy over here. why in gods green earth would you consume a salad...WILLINGLY? You must have been hittin something else green to get such a idea in your head...and then...to go to the madison area of all places? Salad in the land of the white yuppies...a hell few deserve.
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I am always looking for big salads. Seattle mostly lacks that dish, which was one of my common choices in the Midwest. I have recently tried Charlie's on Broadway, they have a surprisingly Midwestern menu and the food is pretty good (plus they have Mac&Jacks). Anyway, big salads there too, and far closer to me.
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$20 delivery min. kinda kills this place for people who work downtown. Unless you can find at least one, maybe two other people at work who want salad for lunch on the same day.
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@Everyone: I used "Madison Park" because that's what was in our listings, but you're right that it's Madison Valley and I fixed it. I used to live three blocks from there, and I should have gone with my gut. We'll change the listing, too.
As to local sourcing: I'm not entirely sure you can locally source the entirety of a salad in Seattle in February. Even my weekly CSA-style basket delivery has to get a lot of stuff from out of town at this time of year.
@13: Tell your wife I eat it a lot, almost every day.
There! I hope that I managed to saladate everyone's questions and concerns.
As to local sourcing: I'm not entirely sure you can locally source the entirety of a salad in Seattle in February. Even my weekly CSA-style basket delivery has to get a lot of stuff from out of town at this time of year.
@13: Tell your wife I eat it a lot, almost every day.
There! I hope that I managed to saladate everyone's questions and concerns.
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Why so many salad haters? Are you haters of all things vegetable? And do you hate bacon? Chicken? Do you hate Tim's Cascade NW Jalapeno chips? These are only a few of the delightful 'salad' ingredients used by this amazing place. And they have homemade dressings. And homepage soup. And the owner is one of the most fun people I've ever met! :)
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