Everything comes back to life in the spring, including the desire to eat fresh, healthy salads. Load up your plate with spring greens at these excellent salad spots.
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1. The Farmhouse | Kansas City, Mo. (4 stars, 435 reviews): What better place to welcome the spring growing season than the area’s highest rated farm-to-table restaurant? Yelper’s love the Farmer Salad: farm greens, seasonal veggies, cured lardons (small strip or cube of pork fat), a soft-boiled egg and polenta croutons.
2. Westside Local | Kansas City, Mo. (4 stars, 292 reviews): Westside Local showcases an impressively fresh, locally sourced menu throughout the year. The go-to salad of choice on Yelp is the kale salad that has shaved Brussels sprouts, almonds, parmesan, shallots and is topped with brown sugar bacon.
3. Filling Station | Kansas City, Mo. (4.5 stars, 160 reviews): This spot in Midtown is a great place to fuel up on greens. Yelpers love the impressive variety of fresh salads on the menu here. Add in the outdoor patio and it is a perfect lunch spot to bookmark this spring.
4. SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza | Mutliple Locations (4 stars, 117 reviews): SPIN! continues to open new locations throughout the metro which is great news for salad lovers. From the Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad to the 8 Color salad, you can easily add loads of color to your plate.
5. Songbird Cafe | Grandview, Mo. (4.5 stars, 23 reviews): Songbird Cafe has a great local feel and a menu that is loaded with fresh goodies. While their juices and smoothies are popular with Yelpers, the Cherry Salad is also singled out as a must-order lunch of organic greens, dried cherries, goat cheese, pumpkin seeds and fresh citrus juices as a dressing.
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