Raleigh-Durham/ Food & Drinks
Published on April 20, 2020
Jonesing for salads? Check out Raleigh's top 4 spotsPhoto: Gusto Farm to Street

Need more salads in your life?

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top salad spots in Raleigh, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fulfill your urges.

Raleigh-area consumers usually spend more in the spring at restaurants than any other season of the year, according to data on local business transactions from Womply, a provider of small business marketing software. Daily spending at Raleigh-area restaurants rose to $279,366 for the metro area in the spring of last year, 11% higher than the average for the rest of the year.

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1. Sosta Café

photo: bruce k./yelp

First on the list is the Sosta Café. Located at 130 E. Davie St., Suite #130, the spot to score coffee and tea, sandwiches and salads is the highest-rated salad spot in Raleigh, boasting 4.5 stars out of 193 reviews on Yelp.

2. Gusto Farm to Street

Photo: gusto farm to street/Yelp

Next up is Gusto Farm to Street, situated at 3088 Wake Forest Road. With 4.5 stars out of 172 reviews on Yelp, the spot to score pizza and salads has proved to be a local favorite.

3. Happy + Hale

Photo: luke m./Yelp

Happy + Hale, located at 443 Fayetteville St., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the breakfast and brunch spot, which offers juices and smoothies and salads, four stars out of 168 reviews.

4. Mama Crow's Burger & Salad Shop

photo: mama crow's burger & salad shop/yelp

Mama Crow's Burger & Salad Shop, a spot to score burgers and salads, is another much-loved go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 36 Yelp reviews. Head over to 500 E. Davie St. to see for yourself.


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