Press for Tender Greens Restaurant

Press Reviews

San Diego Magazine
Pete Balistreri is one of the 50 people to watch in San Diego
Quick Service Restaurant Magazine
“We want the customer to come into a bright and happy restaurant that feels like a bistro”
NBC Los Angeles
“The Tender Greens Salad in the Raw. A living vinaigrette — we like those words together”
Fast Casual
“Tender Greens has placed an emphasis on using locally sourced products for menu items.”
Vital Juice
What Matt, Erik and David do on the weekends
Beverly Press
“The steak is neatly sliced into a row of beautifullyy arranged cuts.”
Chain Leader
“The benefit (of Twitter) is getting a message out there and building a community.”
Angeleno Magazine
“Wouldn’t it be great to have as many green leafy options on every corner as we do fried?”
Eric the Epicure where all things epicurian are fair game
“Same great recipe for success: fresh food,  low costs, and a bit of fun people-watching thrown in.”
Ideal Bite
“TG serves humanely raised meat, line-caught fish, and local produce – how considerate.”
Gay List Daily
“The best reason to visit the boulevard during non-drinking hours, or as others call it, daytime.”
LA.com
“It’s amazing that it’s taken this long to get a healthy restaurant in this body-conscious nook of WeHo.”
Fortune Small Business
“Twitter creates this culture that can extend way beyond your store….It’s really powerful”
Reuters
“Tender Greens’ uses Twitter to keep tabs on fans and to take online marketing to the next level.”
Riviera San Diego
“these chefs are buying whole Niman Ranch hogs and taking salads way beyond the Cobb.”
San Diego CityBear
“The restaurant has a outdoor patio and lots of healthy, fresh-made foods to choose from.”
Sofisticati
“The menu offerings, while served up faster than a drive-thru, are anything but prototypical “fast food”.”
Los Angeles Magazine
“The “Veggie,” “Sandwich,” and “Dinner” boxes feature combos of TG’s trademark fresh fare:.
Food and Wine
“Tender Greens has already become a favorite refueling stop for the entertainment industry”
LA Confidental
“In the midst of Culver City’s growing food scene is Tender Greens.”
Distinctive Living
“Talk about an idea we wish we’d had!”
Space Los Angeles
“Elaine from “Seinfeld” wouldn’t know what to do here with all these “big salads,””
Nations Restaurant News
“We just use much better products than others do around town….“We’re not all things to all people.”
Los Angeles Business Journal
“We’ve seen elements of Tender Greens copied in new restaurants.”
Art of Function
“What we found, was what I believe to be the best restaurant, with the best food, at the best price in town.”
My Life List
“What I enjoy about this restaurant is that the food actually tastes like food.”
Eater LA
“we walked by one night and the line was just about out the door, every table filled and it was early”

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