I'm finally just realizing that in general, this small strip of land in Culver City just has good food. Just a whole slew of decent eats in such a small stretch. Tender Greens is located right next to (I'm the son of Harrison) Ford's Filling Station. So close you could have a food fight on a rowdy night. But I digress. While I admit I am a strict carnivore and often will shy away from eating veggies, I think my body just sometimes revolts and dupes my brain into craving a huge freaking salad every once in a while. It's the LA thing to eat lots...
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If farmers' market fresh is your thing, be sure to check out newly opened Tender Greens in Culver City, California. They use organic ingredients whenever possible, locally-grown produce, line-caught fish, and free-range poultry. Thanks to Souris for the tip-off.
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There's a ton of new restaurants in downtown Culver City area. The first time I stumbled upon this eatery was on 4th of July, one of the few places that was open around the area. It was a great first impression, and this time around I wanted to give it a proper review.
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Tender Greens in Culver City is hopping on a warm Friday night. The line snakes out the door as potential diners walk up and exclaim "Who knew!" or "Let's just go to Honey's Fried Chicken, instead." There's babies and strollers a-plenty, young couples and a remarkable amount of golden-aged gents in Hawaiian shirts and shorts. In short, most of the Westside has decided that this is the perfect night to grab a salad at Tender Greens on newly-bustling Culver Blvd. By about 8:30, I'm starting to get faint when it's finally my turn to order an ahi tuna nicoise salad. Now, don't even get me started about how no self-respecting French chef would put seared raw ahi on a nicoise. But no matter, I'm pretty forgiving about my tuna.
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These kind of places usually try too hard to become a trend... but instead fizzle. Tender Greens appears to be sensible in not offering too much, but still touting its mission as an inexepensive, healthy bistro.
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Appearing to be part of Ford's Filling Station and unbelievably hard to find, this little unheard of place turned out to be just what i was craving for. Being grilling season and all i've been having a hankering for just about anything charred and smoky b
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Tender Greens takes the fast-casual concept to a new level. Fast casual is a concept embodied by restaurants like Panera Bread that are a step above fast food in terms of quality, but still get you full for under $10. But Panera has its shortcomings--it has a chainy feel (no matter how hard it tries not to), terrible elevator jazz music, and it gets its food from major national suppliers. Sometimes Panera's food is too heavy or greasy, and it's not particularly healthy. Tender Greens takes everything that's wrong with Panera and fixes it, if you don't mind paying close to twice the price.
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I have visited Tender Greens in Culver City a couple of times since my, first review and I have noticed two changes. The first is the addition of two "order here" signs, and this last visit I was immediately greeted and asked for my order! I couldn't believe how quickly we were noticed. Every other time I spent minutes before someone would take my order. As I walked up to the register, I noticed a photographer taking photos of the food prep. David, one of the 3 owners, told me he was from the LA Times, and S. Irene Virbila (the LA Times food critic) was just in last night. Keep an eye out for her review in either the Wednesday Food Section of the Thursday Calendar. I can't wait to read her opinion of the ordering and service! (Above is the Ahi Tuna Salad, and the Chinese Chicken salad below)
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Culver City is rapidly becoming the new restaurant row of Los Angeles. Sony Pictures creates a huge gravity well with which to lure restauranteurs hoping to find a trendy location, that has both a strong lunch and dinner crowd. So enters Tender Greens int
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I went to yet another fabulous (except for one kink, see below) brand new restaurant in downtown Culver City called Tender Greens. Just across the walkway from Ford's Filling Station on Culver Blvd in between Cardiff and Watseka, tender Greens is bringing (mostly) organic fast food to Culver City. They took over half of the space formerly housing the behemoth of a restaurant called Sagebrush Cantina, turning it into a spacious and airy room, with large shuttered windows opening to the patio. They have created a slightly down home farm/country feel with pots of herbs growing outside such as parsley, chives and rosemary. The employees even wear aprons, with a strap buttoned in place across their backs resembling the suspenders on Bavarian Lederhosen.
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