Tender Greens

Food is good. While the space is big, the entrance is cramped and awkward. There is one small menu glued right behind a card swiper blocking a good portion of the menu items and not other available menus to prepare your order. Aside from making it hard to figure out what to order, it's a good spot for lunch or casual meal and take out.

We had ordered a tuna niçoise salad, carrot hummus toast, and chicken sandwich and the service was a bit slow. The waiters apologized twice and brought out the food as fast as they could. They even compensated us with a generous Tender Greens gift card. They were very polite and proactively gave us the gift card, even though we had not made a fuss. The food was fresh and tasty as it always is (I have been to the Tender Greens location at the Stanford shopping center and I like their "The Greens" juice a lot.) I give them the benefit of the doubt--maybe something was broken in the kitchen or they were understaffed. Regardless, they handled it very well.

Fast casual spot focusing on intensely flavorful, generously portioned, protein-packed salads. You place your order at the counter, take a number and a seat, they will bring you your meal, and glasses of water if desired. The niçoise salad is probably the best I have ever tasted, studded with tiny black olives, boiled egg, and tender green beans, plus a perfectly seared slab of fresh tuna. Prices are a bit higher than a typical fast casual, but the quality and service easily justifies this. Highly recommended.