First Course Salad Kitchen

WOW. Just wow! The Joyner veggie wrap was absolutely one of the best things I have had in a very long time. I wanted to eat it ALL without putting it down, but also didn’t want it to end! My wife got the same thing and had mutual feelings. We definitely will be back and highly recommend! Staff was very friendly and attentive to our needs. Keep them around and support!!!

Came here on a Saturday afternoon after hiking at a nearby park. It was shortly after opening, so it was relatively empty. There were about 20 tables throughout the restaurant. The ordering is similar to many of the make your own salad places. You can build your own or choose one of the predesigned options and modify as you desire. There was a choice of salad or wraps. I opted for the Asian Chicken salad and modified it as they moved it down the line. There were probably about 30-40 options to choose from with most being the usual suspects at a salad bar. Most of the toppings were free with the exception of the proteins and a few sides such as bacon and avocado. Besides the salad, also ordered a tomato soup which is served daily, but they also had another soup that is rotated daily. The salad and toppings all looked fresh and the area was very clean. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Was a nice place for a healthy salad.

Plenty of seating, good location, great food, and friendly staff – what else do you want? It’s walk up counter style ordering. They have a dozen or so salads or wraps you can choose from, or you can elect to “build your own.” If you build your own, the protein options are steak, grilled salmon (each $5), chicken, and tofu ($3 each). The small salad is $8 and is quite bountiful and filling. Large salad is $10, or you can go with a wrap for $9. I had the small build your own salad (again, it’s a decent size although it’s a small) with the pine nut vinaigrette. The salad was good, but for some strange reason, they start making the salad by putting the dressing in the bottom of the bowl and then adding all of the fixin’s before finally mixing it all up. This is ok for most dressings, but the pine nut vinaigrette dressing is pretty thick (almost like pesto consistency) and it didn’t mix in very well like the typical ranch, vinaigrette, etc. dressings do. On the plus side, quinoa is not an extra charge or counted as a protein as I have seen at similar places.