Sweetgreen opens first Tampa Bay location with more to come

Salad Heights.

Sweetgreen is on a mission to redefine the future of food.

Now open in Tampa Heights, with plans for expansion to Hyde Park Village and the Edge District over the next months, guests can enjoy seasonal, earth-friendly and hearty menu options featuring fresh produce, proteins and grains. Sweetgreen's food ethos prioritizes organic, regenerative, and local sourcing across a variety of warm bowls, salads, plates and sides including chef-crafted items and the option to build your own. Known for the freshest ingredients, diehard fan favorites and made-from-scratch dressings, some of which even have a cult following, you'll never get bored with all the options available to you for lunch or dinner. Some menu highlights include:

Buffalo Chicken Bowl featuring blackened chicken, pickled carrots and celery, and sg's take on ranch dressing

Hot Honey Chicken Plate includes hot roasted sweet potatoes, hot honey ranch dressing, kale slaw

Guacamole Greens has been on the menu since we opened, this beloved bowl is a take on chips + guac

Any seasonal items which are rotated into the menu 5 times a year

Founded in 2007 by Jonathan Neman, Nathaniel Ru, and Nicolas Jammet, Sweetgreen was born out of a need of three college students simply looking for a healthier, more convenient way to eat. Today, the restaurant brand is reimagining fast food, all while leading with purpose and making sustainable decisions that last longer than we will, and never sacrificing quality for convenience. Commitment to sourcing locally is rooted from its founding in DC, where they worked with a local distributor to source produce from regional farms. Today, Sweetgreen works with hundreds of farms across the country, transparently sharing their partners with guests via in-store chalkboards, to ensure they are providing the freshest ingredients possible. Sweetgreen’s strong food ethos and investment in local communities have enabled them to grow into a national brand.

The value of convenience is on display as guests can order through multiple access points best suited to their daily needs. Come in store and experience the product first hand by choosing a fan favorite or build your own with a team member to guide you along the way. Prefer something on the go? Download the Sweetgreen app and order ahead for pickup at our restaurant. The digital experience is seamless and allows for easy customization and selection, allowing you to choose the pickup time that best works for you. You can also access delivery through the Sweetgreen app and enjoy premium access compared to other delivery providers, rewards and challenges all for ordering digitally. Want Sweetgreen at your office? The Outpost option is a workplace food program that delivers locally sourced food to your office every day. Sweetgreen is also available on all major delivery providers.

With exciting things in store as it plans to make a home for itself in Tampa, sg is adding more healthy and hearty options to the city as it furthers its mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food.

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