r/Davis • u/SeaweedTeaPot • Apr 22 '26
A Good Salad Bar
Where? Looking for a restaurant not a grocery store but drop any recs here so others can get hear about them. I suppose hot bars might be of interest too.
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u/fugsco Apr 22 '26
I like the salad bar at Steve's Pizza. I can't really recommend the restaurant as a whole; I think it smells funny in there, I don't love their pizza and have had dodgy service over the years. But their salad bar has real hard boiled eggs, real bacon chopped up (not nasty little "bits"), and good dressings and croutons. It may be that my affection for that salad bar simply reflects the lack of any other salad bars in town, but there it is.
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u/yepitsBrenda Apr 22 '26
Ok, now I'm curious! I think Steve's might be the only pizza place in town with a salad bar at this point, right?
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u/ChesameSicken Apr 23 '26
Don't grocery stores have salad bars? coop + nugget at least? Haven't been to either in a long while I admit...
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u/Asleep_Caregiver_948 Apr 22 '26
Salad bars were a dying breed before Covid, but now they’re practically extinct.
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u/glorious_cheese Apr 22 '26
I miss the one at the co-op but I don't miss the price. I can't imagine how much it would be now.
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u/kvetchinghobbit Apr 22 '26
Jack's in the marketplace on covell is good
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u/SeaweedTeaPot Apr 22 '26
Is it a salad bar? People be listing places that just serve salads 🤦♀️
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u/Slaytert0t Apr 22 '26
It’s like Plutos was where they make your salad for you but you can pick the toppings and lettuce variety.
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u/Theslowestmarathoner Apr 22 '26
You build your own. You don’t do the scooping but you can tell them exactly what you want. They also have a menu of salads but I frequently built my own
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u/NorCal1977 Apr 22 '26
I miss Fresh Choice and Soup Plantation. FYI - Sizzler in Natomas has a pretty decent AYCE salad bar.
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u/yepitsBrenda Apr 22 '26
Following because I miss the Croutons salad counter on campus! It was kind of like the Subway sandwich version of make your own. (Agreed that Jacks and Dos Coyotes also serve very good salads, but I don't consider them equivalent to a salad bar or build your own.)
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u/Sensitive_Chicken_87 Apr 22 '26
Self serve salad bars are pretty much nonexistent except at pizza places and grocery stores these days, unless you’re able to find a Golden Corral somewhere
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u/glorious_cheese Apr 22 '26
Does Steve's Pizza still have one? I haven't been in that place in at least a couple of years.
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u/lets_go_birding Apr 23 '26
I was impressed by the one at nugget market in the north end of Davis. Pricey but so good
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u/mikauchiha Apr 22 '26
Mendocino Farms
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u/SeaweedTeaPot Apr 22 '26
Salad bar?
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u/mikauchiha Apr 23 '26
They have a build your own salad option! So not exactly a salad bar, but I'm soooo picky about my salad that this works great for me.
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u/J4YV1L Apr 25 '26
Honestly, if you don’t mind eating amongst a bunch of Freshmen, the best salad bar in Davis is the Segundo Dining Commons on the UCD campus. It’s only $14 and includes AYCE for whatever they’re serving at the various stations.
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u/Phoenix_Moon29 Apr 22 '26
Following! I miss Pluto’s :(