POWER LUNCH: SALAD DAYS

If New York has pizza, then Los Angeles has salads. And as you might expect in this town, even the greens have a hierarchy. Lettuce examine the offerings...

Elise Taylor

SALAD

Polo Lounge

La Scala Chopped Salad

All Time Good Ass Salad

Erewhon Salmon Sweet Potato Detox Bowl

Health Nut Noodlerama

Joan's on Third Chinese Chicken Salad

INGREDIENTS

Lettuce, chicken, beets, egg, cheddar avocado, tomato, and bacon with balsamic vinaigrett e

PRICE

$46

LEAFY LORE

Named after Neil McCarthy, the longtime entertainment lawyer to Ginger Rogers and Joan Crawford, the McCarthy salad has been on the Polo Lounge menu since 1948.

YOU ARE

A former studio head

YOU LIVE IN

Trousdale Estates

YOU WEAR

Head-to-toe Brunello Cucinelli

YOUR NAME-DROP

Bob Evans

Lettuce, salami, mozzarella, and garbanzo beans with Leon dressing

$20.95

La Scala claims to have invented the chopped salad back in the 1950s—and introduced it to the likes of Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe.

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The Flats

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Greens, in-season fruit, lemon dressing

$22 (plus $6 for avocado)

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Silver Lake

A slicked back bun and micro sunglasses that you saw on

Rachel Sennott

Faroe Island salmon, sweet potato, red cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, carrots, almonds, and sunflower seeds with apple cider vinegar

$19.50

Its macrobiotic properties helped propel Erewhon's revenue per square foot to four times that of the average grocery store.

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West Hollywood

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Tracy Anderson

Chicken, rice noodles, carrots, cucumber, and pickled ginger with spicy Asian dressing

$14.45

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Calabasas

Louboutins and a Cartier Love bracelet

Your neighbor Khloé

Iceberg lettuce, wonton strips and rice sticks (a.k.a. "crispies"), and breaded chicken with a honey-soy dressing

$16.25

Joan's founder Joan McNamara began making the salad back in 1986 for her daughters' elementary school in Los Angeles12 years before her gourmet grocery store opened on West Third Street.

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