Fan-favorite salad chain Sweetgreen is coming to the Valley

The fast-casual restaurant plans to open two restaurants in metro Phoenix next year.

December 4, 2024

Image: The popular fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen is coming to Arizona. The restaurant plans to open outposts in Phoenix and Scottsdale in 2025.

The popular fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen is coming to Arizona. The restaurant plans to open outposts in Phoenix and Scottsdale in 2025. Sweetgreen

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Sweetgreen, the Washington, D.C.-born salad chain, announced plans to open its first two locations in Arizona.

The health-driven fast-casual restaurant will open a Phoenix location on Camelback Road and 32nd Street, taking over a portion of the former Tomaso’s on Camelback. The second store will be an outpost in Scottsdale Quarter near Greenway Hayden Loop and Scottsdale Road.

“We are thrilled to expand into Arizona and join the Biltmore and Scottsdale communities,” co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman said in a press release. “Arizona has been a long-requested market for us.”

Sweetgreen was launched in 2007 with a focus on serving fresh, healthy food with the efficiency and scalability of a tech company. Today it has more than 240 restaurants nationwide, including its pilot robotic kitchen, dubbed the “Infinite Kitchen,” in Naperville, Illinois.

In the release, Neman highlighted fan-favorite menu items, such as Sweetgreen’s seasonal Harvest Bowl, which features chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, apples, goat cheese, roasted almonds, wild rice, shredded kale and balsamic vinaigrette.

The chain’s menu also includes kale caesar and buffalo chicken salads as well as “Protein Plates” that put meats such as garlic steak or miso-glazed salmon at the center, atop a bed of wild rice.

The forthcoming Valley locations are anticipated to open in late 2025.

Sweetgreen

3221 E. Camelback Road
15323 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

Sara Crocker is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where she focuses primarily on food. She began freelancing for New Times in July 2022 and joined the staff in February 2023. Prior to New Times, Sara worked for publications such as The Denver Post, Phoenix Magazine, Phoenix Home & Garden and Colorado Life Magazine. When she’s not reporting on the Valley’s dining scene, Sara brews beer at home and is an avid cook.

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