Photo by: Gary Raynaldo / A new ‘Just Salad’ has opened at 750 3rd Avenue / E. 46th Street in Manhattan

By Gary Raynaldo   DIPLOMATIC TIMES

A new JUST SALAD eatery held its Grand Opening Thursday at its latest digs located at 750 3rd Avenue in Midtown Manhattan  near Grand Central Station. To celebrate, the owners held a party. Well, sort of.  From  Noon  – 2  PM, the lucky ones who braved the long line scored any signature menu item for only $2!  Just Salad is a chain of fast casual restaurants that serves salads, wraps, smoothies, soups, grain bowls, market plates, and toast boxes.  It was founded in 2006 in New York City and now has more than 30 locations throughout New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Kansas, Hong Kong, and Dubai.

Photo by Gary Raynaldo / Waiting to get that $2 eat on!  Long line snaked around corner with patient customers braving the frigid winter weather, Feb. 7 2019.

VIDEO  on scene Just Salad Grand Opening Midtown Manhattan Feb. 7, 2019. when I first arrived on the scene, I didn’t know what was going on with all the folks standing on line waiting.  As a journalist, my job is to investigate things. I quickly uncovered the sit-u-ayshon –  the $2 Lunch Special. Makes sense to me!!! 

Just Salad was founded in 2006 by childhood friends Nick Kenner and Rob Crespi after noticing a shortage of healthy yet affordable food options in Manhattan, according to the legend.  Just Salad describes itself the Home of the reusable bowl, the fastest service in town, and 10 items under $10.  So, today’s $2 lunch special at the newest location was a grand bargain for those who stood online for approximately 35 minutes worth of waiting time.  In addition, the first 100 guests in line received a Free reusable bowl that they can bring back next time to get free toppings to help Just Salad save more than 75,000 pounds of plastic every year.  

Just Salad Is Not Just For Veggies,  There Is Also Meat On the Menu 

 Photo by Gary Raynaldo /   Yea, that’s the  ticket!  $2 lunch in Manhattan, baby!

Credit: Just Salad /  Some of the  different varieties of salads to chose from.

Meat lovers can toss in some of them proteins like Grilled Steak, Grilled Chicken, Buffalo Chicken, Roasted Turkey, in that salad, mix it up real good, and grease on down, as we say.   And the ingredients is for real though!  “Our produce arrives fresh daily. We serve it raw, roasted, baked, or steamed. Never Canned, “  is what Just Salad says on the menu!