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Hitting Our Soft Spots

GayList Daily

Anywhere you look, there isn’t much that’s tender in downtown Boystown. The gyms and approach of summer keep the boys of the boulevard hard-bodied during the day, and the go-gos and back alley romps keep denizens from going soft at night.But now there’s a “tender” place right along WeHo’s main walk-of-shame.

Whether you’ve stumbled by it after bars close or were awakened by street cleaners as you were passed out on its patio, Tender Greens is provoking curiosity among the locals.

Aside from the gym and pride, the new casual eatery featuring customizable salads is giving us the best reason to visit the boulevard during non-drinking hours, or as others call it, daytime.

After choosing a leafy green and its accompanying accoutrements ($5.50), guests can pick a hot protein (for $5), like Oxnard vegetables or free range chicken – to throw on top.

If you’d rather have your protein forced upon you, you dirty little thing, the hearty and delicious “big salads” take control by deciding your ingredients for you. We would’ve tried the eatery’s Chinese chicken ($10.50), but after taking one home from the boulevard the prior weekend, we opted for the chicken cobb ($10.50), which is a grand slam.

Go ahead, introduce yourself to Tender Greens as you would any new WeHo neighbor, but keep in mind that L.A. County Health has a strict no-shirt, no service policy.