{"id":8257,"date":"2019-03-21T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=8257"},"modified":"2019-03-21T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:44:50","slug":"salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=8257","title":{"rendered":"Salad Search: 6 Great Places to Enjoy Salads Within an Hour of Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If today is the day you opt to go for that healthy salad over the burger, fries and ice cream, then these six places a within an hour of Boston, Mass., will provide those green new beginnings for you&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Fresh Greens Salad from the Red Heat Tavern, Bedford, Mass.<\/h2>\n<p>The Red Heat Tavern is known for cooking delicious comfort foods in a rare Josper Oven (more popular in Europe), but they also excel at making fresh salads. They source locally and the result is greens that have that farm-fresh taste. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/red-heat-tavern.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Red Heat Tavern<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8258\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8258\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/red-heat-tavern-fresh-salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8258\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/red-heat-tavern-fresh-salad.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh green salad from Red Heat Tavern in Bedford, Masachusetts..\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/red-heat-tavern-fresh-salad.jpg 750w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/red-heat-tavern-fresh-salad-319x425.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh greens salad from Red Heat Tavern in Bedford, Mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Salad Bar at Lambert&#8217;s Marketplace in Westwood, Mass.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8262\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8262\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lamberts-Salad-Bar2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8262\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lamberts-Salad-Bar2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lambert's Salad Bar at Lambert's Marketplace in Westwood, Mass., features more than 300 items.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lamberts-Salad-Bar2-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lamberts-Salad-Bar2-1-319x425.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lambert&#8217;s Salad Bar at Lambert&#8217;s Marketplace in Westwood, Mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lambert&#8217;s is a produce center, so they came up with the great idea to include a salad bar at its bustling market. This isn&#8217;t just any salad bar, however. Staff arrives at 5 p.m. to prepare about 1,000 lbs of food per day. The 300 items spanning 15 ft. is a spectacular sight, and includes everything from fresh greens and fruit to hummus and various cheeses. Be careful, though: It is tempting to overload your plate and negate any resemblance to healthy eating. On the other hand, some people just put their healthy plans on hold for another day. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/lamberts-salad-bar-westwood-massachusetts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Lambert&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Mediterranean Salad from Red Cherry Cafe in Walpole, Mass.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8260\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8260\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Red-Cherry-Salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8260\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Red-Cherry-Salad.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean Salad from Red Cherry Cafe in Walpole, Massachusetts.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Red-Cherry-Salad.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Red-Cherry-Salad-567x425.jpg 567w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Red-Cherry-Salad-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mediterranean Salad from Red Cherry Cafe in Walpole, Mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Red Cherry Cafe serves up a fantastic Mediterranean Salad for lunch that includes romaine chicken, tabbouleh, feta cheese, olives, roasted red peppers and red wine vinaigrette. Crafted with love from a Greek family that truly knows what they are doing! <a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/red-cherry-cafe-walpole.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Red Cherry Cafe<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Garden Scallop Salad from The Beach Plum (Southern New Hampshire)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8263\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8263\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beach-plum-garden-scallop-salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8263\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beach-plum-garden-scallop-salad.jpg\" alt=\"Garden Scallop Salad from The Beach Plum in Epping, NH.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beach-plum-garden-scallop-salad.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beach-plum-garden-scallop-salad-567x425.jpg 567w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beach-plum-garden-scallop-salad-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beach-plum-garden-scallop-salad-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden Scallop Salad from The Beach Plum in Epping, N.H..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Beach Plum is best known for its mouthwatering lobster rolls, New England clam chowder and 78 ice cream flavors, but they also make terrific salads. The Garden Scallop Salad is a masterpiece with plenty of tender, baked locally-sourced scallops. Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/beach-plum-north-hampton-portsmouth-epping.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beach Plum<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Salad Bar at Warren&#8217;s Lobster House, Kittery, Maine<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8261\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8261\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/warrens-salad-bar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8261\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/warrens-salad-bar.jpg\" alt=\"60-items salad bar at Warren's Lobster House in Kittery, Maine.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/warrens-salad-bar.jpg 3758w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/warrens-salad-bar-640x405.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/warrens-salad-bar-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/warrens-salad-bar-1024x649.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectacular 60-item salad bar at Warren&#8217;s Lobster House in Kittery, Maine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The succulent Maine lobster alone is worth the visit to Warren&#8217;s Lobster House, but, believe it or not, many just go for the salad bar. It&#8217;s easy to understand why. The 60-item salad bar features fresh vegetables, cheeses, hummus, tabouli, beans, homemade breads and soups. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/Warrens-Lobster-Kittery-Maine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more\u00a0about Warren&#8217;s Lobster House<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Greek Salad from The Feisty Greek, Norwood, Mass.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8265\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8265\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 976px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/greek-salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8265\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/greek-salad.jpg\" alt=\"Greek salad with grilled chicken from The Feisty Greek in Norwood, Mass.\" width=\"976\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/greek-salad.jpg 976w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/greek-salad-540x425.jpg 540w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/greek-salad-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greek salad from The Feisty Greek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Feisty Greek&#8217;s Greek salad is huge and full of real feta cheese (not the kind you buy in the grocery store). The lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and olives are all fresh-tasting, too, making this one of the very best Greek salads in the Boston area. The homemade Greek dressing is also fantastic. Add some chicken, lamb, beef or a souvlaki stick and you have a complete meal! Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefeistygreek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Feisty Greek<\/a>, a fantastic Greek restaurant!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pin It on Pinterest!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8270\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8270\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 679px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fresh-salads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8270 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fresh-salads.jpg\" alt=\"Where to enjoy fresh salads not too far from Boston #salad #foodies #boston #VisitingNewEngland\" width=\"679\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fresh-salads.jpg 679w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fresh-salads-235x425.jpg 235w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/fresh-salads-565x1024.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If today is the day you opt to go for that healthy salad over the burger, fries and ice cream, then these six places a within an hour of Boston, Mass., will provide those green new beginnings for you&#8230; Fresh Greens Salad from the Red Heat Tavern, Bedford, Mass. The Red Heat Tavern is known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8257"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8271,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257\/revisions\/8271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}