The best salad I’ve ever had from a restaurant that’s not all gunked up with “stuff” is Olive Garden’s. I don’t get cheese grated on it, they toss it with just enough dressing so that it’s not swimming in it, I don’t eat the croutons and I get extra peppers and olives on the side. I’ve never had one that didn’t seem perfectly fresh and crispy, no brown edges on the lettuce, no soggy tomatoes.
Also, Outback’s chopped salad with blue cheese.
Both of these use simple iceberg lettuce and just a few other ingredients. With salad, it really is the quality of the ingredients, not the quantity or fanciness. Better some good fresh iceberg than fancy aragula that’s not perfectly fresh and loaded up with gunk.
Yes!