UGH. Just terrible! LOL. Is that posted anywhere on here perhaps I just missed it? Thanks for the info.

How is it terrible when you have no idea who it is or what the concept will be?

How is it terrible when you have no idea who it is or what the concept will be?
Um, I think it's terrible Salad and Go scrapped plans for that corner location?? This thread is about S&G so you should know that's what I'm talking about. This isn't a coffee shop thread. SMH.

They are planning a new location on the SE corner of NW 178th & May.

7 Brew going in there as well.

Salad and Go on the south side of Covell and Kelly is now open in Edmond.

It went up quick!

It looks like they are planning a new location south of Wendys near Memorial and Rockwell.

https://access.okc.gov/aca/Cap/CapDetail.aspx?Module=Permits&TabName=Permits&capID1=23SWQ&capID2=00000&capID3=00755&agencyCode=OKC&IsToShowInspection=

Right by me, I love it!

I saw through citizen access building permits that they will be demolishing 6501 N. May Avenue and building a Salad and Go. The building was a Chinese takeout/restaurant and prior to that it was a bakery?

I saw through citizen access building permits that they will be demolishing 6501 N. May Avenue and building a Salad and Go. The building was a Chinese takeout/restaurant and prior to that it was a bakery?

I think it used to be the bakery owned by Saturn Grill (or at least had some association with them, if not owned outright by them).

That'll be handy, we do weekly shopping at Sprouts on Saturdays, can pick something up on the way home...

I saw through citizen access building permits that they will be demolishing 6501 N. May Avenue and building a Salad and Go. The building was a Chinese takeout/restaurant and prior to that it was a bakery?

Used to be Ingrids.

The building will be demolished and a new Salad & Go constructed.

Used to be Ingrids.

The building will be demolished and a new Salad & Go constructed.

This article, written in 2015, says it was Sweet Memories, which came first - Ingrid's or Sweet Memories (or were they basically the same)?

https://okcfriday.com/sweet-caramel-cupcakes-dry-salty-tears-p9754-92.htm

"I’d heard that Saturn Grill got its cupcakes elsewhere and just sold them at its counter, but Joseph told me he’d bought the Sweet Memories bakery on May Avenue a few years back to bake all his own desserts."

This makes me so happy! I will go there all the time.

This article, written in 2015, says it was Sweet Memories, which came first - Ingrid's or Sweet Memories (or were they basically the same)?

Sweet Memories was there for years and was the first thing I remember being there.

I love Salad and Go! I am super excited it will be just two minutes from our house!

Yeah Sweet Memories went back to the eighties, I think. Or at the very least the very early nineties.

Yeah Sweet Memories went back to the eighties, I think. Or at the very least the very early nineties.

i'm certain it went back at least to the late eighties... my oldest brother regularly ordered items from there for mothers' day and for various girls he dated, so i remember him giving them lots of business.

Yeah Sweet Memories went back to the eighties, I think. Or at the very least the very early nineties.

Wasn't Sweet Memories also the candy store next to Johnnie's on Britton? I remember going there after family dinners and getting candy to take home.

Sweet Memories started out on Britton Road just west of the Broadway Extension then moved to Casady Square then to the location on May Ave.

That's right, at least about Casady because your post just sparked my memory of the Casady location (and I certainly don't doubt your mention of the Britton Road location). That place was around (and quite popular) for a long time.

Former Ingrid's just north of NW 63rd & May Ave has been razed and cleared of demolition material.

Former Ingrid's just north of NW 63rd & May Ave has been razed and cleared of demolition material.

Just drove by and saw that yesterday. I hope they get it built and open quickly!

Just saw that the old Ingrid's and never opened chinese place had been demolished when I drove by today. Glad it will be a Salad and Go. I came on to specifically check if anything had been posted about that location. This site never lets me down.

Just saw that the old Ingrid's and never opened chinese place had been demolished when I drove by today. Glad it will be a Salad and Go. I came on to specifically check if anything had been posted about that location. This site never lets me down.

It was actually Sweete Memories, mainly. I think Ingrid's only had it for less than a year? Also, the Chinese place was open for over a year, I believe, my wife went there at least once, it just never looked open.

It looks like a Salad and Go will be located just south of the Wendy's on Rockwell near Memorial according to a right of way permit issued by the city last month.

Any word of an opening date for the new location at N. May Ave &NW 64th St?

Any word of an opening date for the new location at N. May Ave &NW 64th St?

Website just says "coming soon".

Any word of an opening date for the new location at N. May Ave &NW 64th St?

We go by it every week on our way to/from Sprouts. The outside looks pretty much finished, no idea how much is left on the inside to do, but I'd suspect within a few weeks, they've been moving pretty fast on it.

OMG, I wish they would locate here!! I'd patronize every day.

It looks like a Salad and Go will be located just south of the Wendy's on Rockwell near Memorial according to a right of way permit issued by the city last month.

Construction has started.

This is an interesting intersection. Panda Express went up quickly, Salad and Go already started, meanwhile the Taco Casa across the street has no sign of life and the new Starbucks on the corner has 6-foot tall weeds growing around it.

Construction has started.

This is an interesting intersection. Panda Express went up quickly, Salad and Go already started, meanwhile the Taco Casa across the street has no sign of life and the new Starbucks on the corner has 6-foot tall weeds growing around it.

Taco Casa at 50th/May has no signs of life either, wondering if it all fell through in OKC...

Taco Casa at 50th/May has no signs of life either, wondering if it all fell through in OKC...

I've stopped at the one in Yukon and it's alwasy busy. Maybe not a problem, just being prudent, Unless the franchisee had a large position in Paycom...:)

Tatco Construction posted photos showing they have started construction on the new location at Rockwell and Memorial Road by the Wendy's.

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I noticed that the new and yet to be opened location of Salad and Go on N. May Ave. & NW 64th St has had the menu sign in the drive-thru removed. I could only guess that the old style menu sign might be replaced with a giant HDTV style LED monitor that are at other drive-thrus like McDonalds. I am baffled and concerned that the location has not opened yet.

I noticed that the new and yet to be opened location of Salad and Go on N. May Ave. & NW 64th St has had the menu sign in the drive-thru removed. I could only guess that the old style menu sign might be replaced with a giant HDTV style LED monitor that are at other drive-thrus like McDonalds. I am baffled and concerned that the location has not opened yet.
I noticed this as well last week. I check this page and drive by almost every day hoping that it’s opened.

I noticed this as well last week. I check this page and drive by almost every day hoping that it’s opened.

Same here! I did see a van in the drive thru the other day, I thought they might be finally installing the menus, but I guess that's when they took them out. Maybe they were messed up and had to be replaced? So ready for this location to open.

I have been looking for over a month, and I'm thinking the menu boards were never installed. I have dreamed up that it is the last thing they will install before opening, so people driving by will notice they are not yet open.

I do know that it was probably 2 months ago I saw a management looking man (purple golf shirt with a logo, and a lanyard on his neck) walking around outside checking stuff, with a "facilities operations" looking fellow in tow with a clip board. I'm guessing they are waiting on a Certificate of Occupancy and other government approval.

I have been looking for over a month, and I'm thinking the menu boards were never installed. I have dreamed up that it is the last thing they will install before opening, so people driving by will notice they are not yet open.

I do know that it was probably 2 months ago I saw a management looking man (purple golf shirt with a logo, and a lanyard on his neck) walking around outside checking stuff, with a "facilities operations" looking fellow in tow with a clip board. I'm guessing they are waiting on a Certificate of Occupancy and other government approval.

There were definitely 2 big light boxes where a static menu would go installed up until about a week ago. I kept checking daily to see if the menus had been inserted every time I drove by.

Now, I'm not saying that I have any idea what I'm talking about, but there were 2 big boxes installed, and now they aren't. I just don't know what they were.

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Perhaps it's a case of Salad & Go moving to digital menu boards and the local operators wanted to wait to incorporate that feature?

There were definitely 2 big light boxes where a static menu would go installed up until about a week ago. I kept checking daily to see if the menus had been inserted every time I drove by.

Now, I'm not saying that I have any idea what I'm talking about, but there were 2 big boxes installed, and now they aren't. I just don't know what they were.

I agree that the 2 big light boxes were there. Out of curiosity, I try to look on my way to the shop in the mornings. Driving from north to the south, I wind up looking in my mirror to see if menus have been installed, as it appears you have been doing. I kinda noticed the boxes weren't there this morning, but chalked it up to being distracted and not paying proper attention.

I'm guessing/hoping Pete is right.

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Perhaps it's a case of Salad & Go moving to digital menu boards and the local operators wanted to wait to incorporate that feature?

That thought did cross my mind. I'm just cranky that it's probably delaying the opening!

The Lost Ogle had a tweet about the May location being built backward--whatever that means. It's behind a paywall and I haven't read their story, but it might explain why things are being removed.

The Lost Ogle had a tweet about the May location being built backward--whatever that means. It's behind a paywall and I haven't read their story, but it might explain why things are being removed.

https://thelostogle.com/2024/09/20/tossed-and-turned-new-salad-and-go-on-n-may-built-backwards

Not paywalled for me. It does appear to be built facing the wrong way. That is so weird.

Yeah, that appears to be the case. I hope the construction company has good insurance. I wonder who was checking on construction on the restaurant's side, though?!

How on Earth does this happen?

I'm sure the site dictated that the building and drive-thru lanes had to be configured that way. They have a standard design for efficiency reasons, and they probably just decided to rotate it to maximize that plot of land.

The existing curb cut on May is in an odd location and if they rotated the building 180 degrees, the drive-thru line would hit just as you enter and probably back up cars onto the street. They also had to put the small amount of surface parking somewhere.

With this setup, people pull in from May, and then go around to the south side of the building to queue in double lanes.

Reminder their buildings are little more than a kiosk with no inside seating, so who cares where the two small windows are located?

But I'm sure 3rd-hand information from some guys drinking at Cousins is more reliable than common sense.

HTTP://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/saladandgo092024a.jpg

it would've been fairly trivial for them to pull the city permit and see that it was constructed exactly as planned...
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Looks backwards compared to their other location but if you look at that permit I see what they are aiming for. Makes sense.

Ok that's even funnier that it's build exactly to plan. It does look odd compared to the others, but like Pete indicated, it's a boring building and it doesn't really matter. I'm relieved they won't have to tear it down.:D

If I had done any critical thinking at all I could have saved myself some trouble...

I just need a dang opening date!

and perhaps if they could come up this way, further NW about 1700 miles.

I drove the site today, and while I’m no traffic engineer I’ve eaten at a lot of drive-through restaurants. The driveways are like the craziest roller coaster ride you’ve ever been on. The narrow lanes & tight turns make gridlock all but inevitable. The key choke point is after the vehicle pickup window on the north side of the building. Cars are against the building and are forced into a 90 degree R turn across the line of entering cars from May Avenue. It appears too tight to make a R U-turn towards May, or a left U-turn towards 64th Street for all but the smallest cars - certainly not a larger vehicle or one pulling a trailer. There’s a walk-up window, but it wasn’t clear to me where you’d park in order to walk up to it, as there is at NW 23rd & Penn.

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New digital signs going in this morning! Hopefully opening soon.

I think they are open this morning. A tent with 3 employees is in the order line. Like they are a grand opening team.

Awesome! I’ll definitely swing by for lunch. Feels like I’ve been waiting an eternity lol

I think they are open this morning. A tent with 3 employees is in the order line. Like they are a grand opening team.

I saw that, too!

They are not open. They are doing interviews in the parking lot.

They are not open. They are doing interviews in the parking lot.

I wondered if they were onboarding employees into the store. If they're just now doing interviews, I'm guessing they won't be open soon? I have no idea how quickly they get trained up. A week? In any case, it's forward progress!

I have also been curious as to when this is opening, since it about a mile or so from my house. I figured the best way to find out an answer was to reach out to them directly on their "Contact Us" page on their website, so I sent in a message requesting an update on the opening date. They replied today, and here is their response to me:

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Looks like it'll be opening later this month (fingers crossed sooner rather than later!)

So weird how long it has taken them to open.

Looks like they are getting close. Drive thru was full today at lunch, with boards indicating it was a "Training Session". Maybe a soft open? Anyway, it's a good sign.

The salad and go app shows Wednesday as their first day with listed hours.

Their website shows open and the app allows orders. I’ll swing by for lunch.