Salad restaurant to open in Fishers this week, more headed for area
Healthy eaters will have more options for dining with salad restaurants slated for the Indianapolis area.
California-based chain Sweetgreen will open its third Indy-area location Tuesday, landing in Fishers at 9711 E. 116th St., Suite 300.
Meanwhile, Crisp & Green, the flagship brand of Minneapolis-based restaurant operator Steele Brands, will open five central Indiana restaurants during the next several years.
The restaurants sell custom salads, grain bowls, acai bowls and smoothies; and regularly organize yoga and other fitness events.
Sites have yet to be selected, but the first will open in 2023 and all five should be operational before 2028, according to Minnesota-based franchisee Rory Kelly.
Crisp & Green is part of a company founded in 2016 by Steele Smiley to offer healthier food in a fast-casual setting. The brand has 29 locations and expects to open another 50 across 15 states in 2023.
Salad restaurants:Green District opening 2nd Indy shop
The area has seen several salad shops pop up in recent years.
Louisville, Kentucky-based Green District, which sells signature and custom chopped salads, along with wraps and grain bowls, opened in downtown Indianapolis in 2021 and at Nora Corners Shopping Center, 1250 E. 86th St., in July 2022, and plans to open another two this year.
Sweetgreen opened at The Fashion Mall at Keystone in September 2022 and in downtown Indianapolis in October 2022.
The new Sweetgreen in Fishers will operate from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
The 2,690-square-foot location seats 26 diners inside and 32 outside.
For every meal sold on opening day in Fishers, Sweetgreen will donate a meal to Second Helpings, which helps address hunger in Central Indiana.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on Twitter: @cherylvjackson.
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