One of my favorite parts of the Culver City location – and no doubt a feature carried over to the new location – is the transparent Chipotle-style ordering process, where you order and can walk alongside the kitchen as you watch your food being made by the bustling staff, to be picked up and paid for at the end of the counter. The freshness of the food is a glorious change from the heaviness of most fast lunch break restaurants, but if you are watching the clock, you can be in and out pretty quickly (there’s always a line, but the workers have a great sense of urgency.)
The WeHo location will serve Tender Greens’ signature simple and big salads (made with the freshest locally-grown produce and only $5.50), warming soups (like chicken soup with lemon thyme for $4), and fresh grill specials (served on a plate or on a sandwich, for $10.50). They also offer bottled sodas and wines, which are prettily lined up at the Culver City location against the glass panel to the kitchen. The new restaurant will boast an eco-friendly design in its furnishings and construction.
UPDATE 3/18/09: Tender Greens’ Twitter announced that WeHo location opens TODAY!
Tender Greens
9523 Culver Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 842-8300
Street parking, some garage
See the full New York Times blog post here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/03/tender-greens-t.html
