  Redetroit Member Username: Redetroit Post Number: 48 Registered: 04-2005 |
For interested healthy consumers, they just signed a lease next to the new CVS in the 1001 Woodward parking garage. They're good guys that not only invest in the city, but also live in it. I wish them success... http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007701110353 (Message edited by Redetroit on January 11, 2007) | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4544 Registered: 10-2003 |
Lotta lettuce.... | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 1294 Registered: 11-2003 |
From the article
That's a seriously expensive salad... (Message edited by susanarosa on January 11, 2007) | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3426 Registered: 08-2004 |
What makes this more desireable than say... a salad bar in other restaurants? When I want to make a salad at a restaurant... I WANT TO MAKE IT!  | ||
Redetroit Member Username: Redetroit Post Number: 49 Registered: 04-2005 |
Ha, it is expensive, but you get a lot for your money. | ||
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710 Post Number: 202 Registered: 07-2006 |
That is expensive for Michigan, though in line with pricing in some other parts of the country. It will be interesting to see how they do. | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 287 Registered: 05-2006 |
Sounds good and I wish them luck...however I wouldn't spend that much on lunch. I read articles daily that urge people to "brown bag it". Almost nine bucks for a salad? Did they do market research? | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 718 Registered: 04-2006 |
Where does it say it is going to be located next to CVS? Isn't it concerned about Bellacinos or the Green Room? | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 292 Registered: 04-2006 |
It's pretty much in line with Chipotle, Cosi and Pandera Bread on price. I'm a little surprised that they chose downtown as the place to test it out in Michigan. I hope it works out. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 426 Registered: 01-2006 |
The article states that trends show people leaning towards healthier eating habits... Then why in the hell do we keep getting fatter? I'm confused. | ||
Redetroit Member Username: Redetroit Post Number: 50 Registered: 04-2005 |
The article doesn't say that, but they told me that's where it's going to be. They've been working on getting that location for a few months now. I'm glad to see they got it done. I'm not much of a salad eater, but it should be interesting to see how they do in the downtown market. | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1256 Registered: 11-2003 |
I just paid $6.50 for a HALF chinese chicken salad at my gym today. this is bay area. That price sounds fine to me, but I am still always amazed at how I think everything in Detroit is so cheap when I visit. My favorite? BEER at bars! Its usually a good couple bucks cheaper in Detroit. Love it! Buy 2 get one free | ||
Redetroit Member Username: Redetroit Post Number: 51 Registered: 04-2005 |
"That" was in reference to their location next to CVS... | ||
Tkshreve Member Username: Tkshreve Post Number: 69 Registered: 07-2006 |
This sounds like a tough deal. I give them 1.25 years before they fold or conform. Guess what post this is............... Sixxxxtttttyyyyy Niiiiinnnneeee!!!!!! | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1285 Registered: 10-2003 |
"Then why in the hell do we keep getting fatter? I'm confused." Three words: Lafayette Coney Island. | ||
Tomoh Member Username: Tomoh Post Number: 279 Registered: 11-2004 |
Good to see a new business open on Woodward. The prices are fine, daily lunches pretty much always fall in the five to ten dollar range and their prices are the same as other "gourmet, salad-only" places so $6.59-8.84 for a lunch meal is perfectly reasonable. It's also a good trend to be on, the healthier upscale one. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 427 Registered: 01-2006 |
"Three words: Lafayette Coney Island." I've got no problem with that, bring on the fat! | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2047 Registered: 06-2004 |
Because the portion of the population that is getting fatter is not the portion of the population that will spend $9.00 on lunch. People who care about their health and their weight and what goes into their body tend to skew to a higher educational and economic demographic. $9.00 for lunch ain't much. I have never read a more negative group of responses for somebody trying to open a restaurant around here. You'd think there were trying to open it on the second floor of a building or something. | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 613 Registered: 02-2006 |
Ever think you would spend $4.00 for a cup of coffee or hot foamy milk with cinnamon? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3428 Registered: 08-2004 |
Dabirch... have you forgotten about... Hooters? | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2049 Registered: 06-2004 |
Good point. Or the Hustler Club... | ||
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott Post Number: 36 Registered: 12-2006 |
Detroiters are fatter than people in other cities because we walk less. It's been studied and is pretty well documented; if you've visited other big cities you see that it's true. Every city has its favorite high-fat local food. I happen to like our coneys but I enjoy deep dish pizza in Chicago, cheese steak sandwiches in Philly and so on. Just they walk more than us, that's all. Prof. Scott | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 321 Registered: 07-2005 |
I'm not really into salads, but a lot of people are. The salads sound expensive, and they are expensive (it's lettuce!!), but similar to salad prices elsewhere. Plus, having salad places like that improves the image of downtown. | ||
Sticks Member Username: Sticks Post Number: 174 Registered: 08-2005 |
Maybe a little pricey true, but it depends on how large the salad is. Go to any chain or slightly upscale mom and pop place (mmmm, Sidetracks..) and you'll pay $9 for a salad there too. Good thing about this place is that you have all the Compuware workers across the street and the financial district is a block or two over. Come summer time, it shouldn't be too hard to find customers willing to walk over and grab a fresh salad. I'm still holding my breath for a Noodle & Co. Had a friend who worked there when I worked in Arborland. Not a bad place if you want some pasta. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 721 Registered: 04-2006 |
Come on Professor Scott, there are lots of fat people everywhere. It is not just a Detroit thing. It does have a lot to do with general age of population, and lifestyle though. I'd say that office workers are a lot fatter than construction or factory workers. Heck I know I try my dammedest to lose weight, I walk miles every day, the problem is I spend too much time in front of a computer, or sitting around board rooms at work! | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 322 Registered: 07-2005 |
a Noodle and Co would be cool. I'd eat there. Michigan (and Detroit in Particular) was one of the fattest states/cities a few years ago, but since then we've dropped down the list quite a few places (we're something like 10 or something, instead of 1 or 2 or whatever), so we're not as bad, relatively as we used to be. | ||
Kpm Member Username: Kpm Post Number: 26 Registered: 08-2005 |
Sounds similar in concept to that salad place (I thought it was called Salad Creations?) at Somerset. Always good fresh food there. I wish this new venture success! | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 429 Registered: 01-2006 |
Noodle and Co is as overpriced and poor quality food as there is. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 471 Registered: 06-2006 |
"Luciano Gonzalez and Anthony Ciotti say they plan to open Salad Creation restaurants...in downtown Detroit by March or April and Troy and Macomb Township franchises by summer" They're too coy to say it, but the anti-suburb crowd on this board would prefer that none of these restaurants be opened at all to the idea of two out of the three being opened in the 'burbs... | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8146 Registered: 10-2003 |
I don't think that statement could be any more idiotic. (Message edited by jt1 on January 12, 2007) | ||
Planner_727 Member Username: Planner_727 Post Number: 78 Registered: 07-2006 |
To be honest... you pay $6 for a WEndy's salad. $9 is not unreasonable. Panera, etc. charges about that much, and they really are a whole meal. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1244 Registered: 12-2004 |
Who buys a salad at Wendy's, when they offer the Spicy Chicken Combo Meal? Also, I want a Panera Bread downtown. Someone should pass that along to the powers that be. | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 1295 Registered: 11-2003 |
Since I don't fit into the "poor" "uneducated" group of folks who won't pay $9.00 for a salad I'm left wondering why I hate to pay even $7.50 for a chicken greek salad at Motown... Must be why I don't have debt... | ||
Planner_727 Member Username: Planner_727 Post Number: 79 Registered: 07-2006 |
Maybe they'll have other options. It's not cheap, but it's a $9 lunch. At Panera, for example, they have the pick two where you get two of 1/2 salad, 1/2 sandwich, and a bowl of soup for $6. Fills me up every time. That doesn't mean that a Downtown can't benefit from another unique, possibly 'trendy' lunch option for under $10. | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 616 Registered: 02-2006 |
Here is their menu from the corp website. http://www.saladcreations.net/ custom.asp?id=128221&page=1 | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 219 Registered: 10-2006 |
Regardless, it is nice to see more shops opening downtown, on Woodward nonetheless. | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2050 Registered: 06-2004 |
Or you are just saving up for those $3.00 Miller Lites. If you would just change your drinking venue, and go someplace that sells $2.00 Miller Lites, you could get a couple of those salads a week. | ||
Sticks Member Username: Sticks Post Number: 177 Registered: 08-2005 |
Noodle and Co is as overpriced and poor quality food as there is. That's one of the bigger flame-baits I've seen lately. ;) | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 295 Registered: 04-2006 |
I sit at a computer all day too, but I still walk tons more than the average office worker in Detroit. Everything in that region is conformed to the car. That's why everyone is so fat. Sidenote: The ranking from Men's Health Magazine is not to be taken seriously. At least not when measuring how "fat" a city is because that's not what they are measuring. All you really have to do is go to the mall and watch the people walk (or waddle) by. Detroit is one big gal! | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 1296 Registered: 11-2003 |
I've found it's actually cheaper to drink at home, alone, with the lights off... listening to Coldplay on repeat. Come back Dabirch, please come back... | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2054 Registered: 06-2004 |
I really don't know how to respond. So I'll just leave it alone. And start slowly backing away. | ||
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom Post Number: 555 Registered: 08-2004 |
2.00 bucks for protein.. ok.. something sounds wrong about that... | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 11126 Registered: 10-2003 |
Anybody else picturing the High Life delivery guy going into a salad restaurant, seeing a menu with $9 salads, then proceeding to yank their stock of High Life from the cooler? Those commercials crack me up. |
