GREENWICH — Sweetgreen, a fast-casual salad restaurant, has opened its first location in Connecticut near the top of Greenwich Avenue.
Sweetgreen, which says it operates a “seasonal restaurant with the mission of connecting people to real food,” now operates in a dozen states plus the District of Columbia.
The restaurant said it offers “simple, seasonal, healthy salads and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning.”
The design of 2,727-square-foot location was inspired by the charming scene along Greenwich Avenue. The store maintained the original building facade, which features large windows overlooking the street and a small park, according to Sweetgreen.
A dining room was anchored around the storefront windows to create a welcoming and light-filled space for customers, according to Sweetgreen. The dining room features custom tile, along with exposed brick.
The Greenwich location also includes a designated courier pickup window to separate customer and courier traffic during the pandemic.
Sweetgreen also said it is working with local artist Naomi Clark to create custom artwork for the Greenwich restaurant, using “bold coloration, fragmented forms, and gestural brushstrokes.”
The restaurant opened in compliance with the state’s social distancing guidelines for eateries, and follows Sweetgreen’s own safety standards, which it said includes mandatory face masks, advanced sanitation schedules, dedicated staff to ensure safety compliance and more.
Sweetgreen signed a long-term 10-year lease to operate from 98-102 Greenwich Ave., according to the property owner, Marx Realty.
Lacoste vacated the space at 98 Greenwich Avenue in early 2018.
Sweetgreen was founded in 2007 as producer of seasonal and healthy food. It currently operates in over 100 locations. The chain aims to foster community health and support small and mid-size growers that farm sustainably. As with all their locations, Sweetgreen preserved and honored the look and feel of the building in Greenwich.
Sweetgreen operates a number of locations in New York City, featuring chalk-board menus and works by local artists. Marx Realty and Sweetgreen had previously signed a 3,500-square-foot lease in January for a new location at 10 Grand Central, a 35-story Ely Jacques-Kahn designed office tower in Manhattan.
For every meal sold on its opening day, Sweetgreen said it donated a meal via its Impact Outpost program to the Carver Center in support of food-insecure children and families in Port Chester, N.Y. In solidarity with the movement for Black Lives, Sweetgreen said it will also be donating meals to the NAACP in Port Chester.
January 01, 2021 at 08:05PM
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