Salad Chain Sweetgreen Expands to Palo Alto Next Week

Washington, D.C.-based Sweetgreen will open its second Bay Area location next week when the "seasonal fast food" chain throws open the doors on Ramona Street, just off the main drag of University Avenue in Palo Alto. This store has 2,258 square feet with 38 seats for techies looking for some lunch.

Like the recently arrived Berkeley location, the Palo Alto Sweetgreen will feature organic, farm-focused produce in the form of seasonal salad and grain bowls. In the spirit of transparency all the produce sources are listed right on the menu and there's an Ask Me Anything email address where diners can write in to ask for more information on any of the dishes.

Speaking of those dishes, the new location will jumping right into the summer menu (in full below) with featured salads like a Mexican corn elote bowl with quinoa and farro, a roasted eggplant and falafel salad over chopped romaine, or watermelon and local feta salad with kale and arugula. The classics like a Kale Caesar, OMG Omega and the California-ready Guacamole Greens are also on the list.

Starting next Tuesday, May 17th, the new location will be open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. To celebrate the grand opening, the shop will be donating 100 percent of its proceeds to Collective Roots, a local non-profit working to create a healthier, sustainable communities.