Best Fall Salads In Seattle

The Daily Meal Staff|Oct. 15, 2014 7:00 am EST

When it comes to finding fresh salad ingredients for fall in the Pacific Northwest, you'll never have a shortage, as many local and organic farms provide a constant supply of numerous favorites. Fall salads in Seattle don't just consist of fresh greens and vegetables, you'll also a variety of protein-based ingredients like meats, cheeses, quinoa and seafood. Visit these Seattle eateries to taste the very best salads that Seattle has to offer this fall.

Lovage
1526 1st Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 486-2160
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Lovage is a fairly new restaurant that opened in 2013 in downtown Seattle. Its principal owner, Chef Mulugeta Abate, is known throughout the Seattle area for his amazing fusion-style cuisine that brings together numerous flavors from different countries. Lovage primarily specializes in gluten-free and raw foods and offers some of the best tasting salads in all of Seattle. For the fall season, you can choose from the Dungeness crab salad, the tuna poke salad with quinoa or the feta salad with lamb. Other popular items on the salad menu include the Caribbean jerk salad with chicken and plantains, the Mediterranean salad and the fiesta bowl salads, which provide a little more zest and spice and are packed to the hilt with the freshest of ingredients.

Il Fornaio
Pacific Place
600 Pine St., Suite 132
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 264-0994
www.ilfornaio.com

Located in Seattle's Pacific Place, Il Fornaio restaurant has a simply delicious salad bar where you can choose your own mix of healthy items and toppings. After you choose what you want in your salad, the Il Fornaio staff will toss it for you and top with the dressing of your choice. In addition to fresh greens, you can add ingredients such as chicken, tuna, salmon, tofu and eggs, as well as avocado, cucumber, tomatoes and baby spinach. Top your salad with delicious smoked bacon, roasted beets, various types of cheeses, croutons or toasted walnuts. Il Fornaio also serves several delicious Italian dishes like pizza, pasta salads, lasagna and more.

Canlis
2576 Aurora Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 283-3313
www.canlis.com

Canlis is an upscale restaurant that was first established in 1950. It features a delicious menu of Pacific Northwest cuisine and the restaurant prides itself on its required dress code, similar to the 1950s standards (men must wear either a suit or sport coat). Throughout its six generations, Canlis has incorporated a number of classic items into its menu, as well as kept up-to-date when it comes to vegan options and locally grown and raised menu ingredients. Canlis was chosen as one of Seattle's best restaurants in 2012 by readers of Seattle Magazine. It was also given notoriety as having the best salad in Seattle. The Canlis salad, with ingredients like romaine lettuce, mint, oregano, Romano cheese and bacon, is a large, filling menu item that can be prepared right at your table, or brought to you as the first or second course of your meal. It is topped with a dressing blend of olive oil, coddled egg and lemon.

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Seattle Salads
2711 E. Madison St.
Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 324-6445
www.seattlesalads.com

Seattle Salads was founded in 2011 by owner Desirae Rabe and has become one of the most popular salad shops in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle Salads prepares your salad based on what you want so you can build your own filling salad. Individual salad orders are available for pick-up or if you're ordering for a group, Seattle Salads also gives the option of delivering to your location. With so many people making the transition to eating healthier, salad shops like this one are sure to become the wave of the future. Some of this eatery's best fall salads include the quinoa, walnut and goat cheese topped with dried apricot dressing; the Seattle cobb salad with bacon, chicken, avocado and egg, topped with blue cheese dressing; and the northwest jalapeno with black beans, corn, bacon, red onions and peppers, and topped with Tim's Cascade jalapeno chips and blue cheese dressing.

Molly's Salads
Seattle Design Center
5701 6th Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 762-0604
www.trymollys.com

Molly's Salads is located near the University of Washington and all salads are made entirely with organic ingredients. While the majority of Molly's Salads are vegetarian or vegan, the eatery does have some lean meat options that can be added to your salad, including turkey, chicken and pork. Choose from Molly's Original that has a variety of fresh vegetables, or the Olympic Salad which combines apples, walnuts, feta and dried cranberries, tosses with fresh lettuce. Last but not least, for a real blast of healthy protein, try the Egg and Cheddar salad with layered, hard-boiled egg slices, sharp cheddar cheese and a variety of mixed vegetables.

Sue Gabel has been writing entertainment and travel-related articles in the greater Puget Sound/Seattle area since 1999. She writes about music, the Seattle scene and more. Her work can be found on Examiner.com.