TRG Craves...Summer Salads

What better way to celebrate the summer than with dishes that offer a plethora of the season’s freshest flavors? This week, TRG is craving summer salads that feature the tastiest veggies, fruits and proteins with tangy vinaigrettes and dressings to create perfect warm-weather dishes. Keep reading to get the skinny on some of our favorites available on menus throughout the Southeast.

4th & Swift - local heirloom tomato salad with Balsamic melon sorbet, pea tendrils, Himalayan salt and lemon agrumato

Fritti – insalata di rucola with arugla, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, lemon and olive oil

Sotto Sotto – bietole e ravanello with roasted beets, radish trio, hazelnuts, arugula, lemon and olive oil

Escorpion – shrimp salad with arugula, pineapple, jicama and onions

Miller Union – local lettuces, cucumber, radish, buttermilk-herb dressing

FLIP burger boutique – cherry tomatos salad with pickled celery, blue cheese and walnuts

INC Street Food – vegetable escabeche salad with marinated squash, zucchini, chayote and tomatoes with chicharrones and blood orange glaze

Village Tavern – Asian tuna salad featuring fresh center-cut Ahi tuna, seasonal greens, carrots, snow peas, edamame and sesame ginger dressing

Ruth’s Chris Steak House – Ruth’s jumbo chop salad, an original with julienne iceberg lettuce, baby spinach and radicchio tossed with red onions, mushrooms, green olives, bacon, eggs, hearts of palm, croutons, bleu cheese and lemon basil dressing, then topped with crispy onions

Herons – farm lettuce salad with compressed melon, red onions, fennel, local feta and mint vinaigrette

Abattoir - beets, arugula, fennel, ricotta and dill vinaigrette

Floataway Café – Woodland Garden arugula with peach, lemon, olive oil and parmesan

Bacchanalia – summer vegetables with micro leaves, herbs, preserved lemon and morel mushrooms

Star Provisions – Southern-style potato salad

MARKET Buckhead – steamed shrimp salad with avocado and mushroom champagne vinaigrette

Serpas - house salad is the perfect summertime appetizer with goat cheese, candied pecans and a blistered grape vinaigrette.  

Eleven - eleven salad of spring baby lettuce, avocado, black-eyed peas, corn, tomato, haricot vert and cumin dressing