August 2, 2011 — … Salata, The Next Generation Salad Bar, where you create your tossed-to-order, fresh and healthy salads and salad wraps, has opened its next corporate location, 11th system wide, at Market Street in The Woodlands the weekend of July 30 … read more
July 21, 2011 — … Salata, The Next Generation Salad Bar, where you create your tossed-to-order, fresh and healthy salads and salad wraps, has just signed a new Franchisee for a three unit deal in the DFW area. Mark and Kathryn Robbins with Pegasus Restaurant Group, LLC signed an agreement to open these three new Salata locations during the next two and a half years. … read more
May 6, 2011 — … Salata, The Next Generation Salad Bar concept, where you create-your-own, tossed-to-order, fresh and healthy salads and salad wraps, is opening its next D/FW location in downtown Dallas at 1700 Pacific Avenue, in the Chase Tower early Summer 2011. … read more
March 11, 2010 — Salata, the Latin origin of the word salad, is the next generation salad bar, where diners create their own, tossed-to-order fresh and healthy salads and salad wraps in a warm and inviting setting with fast, friendly service. The initial idea for Salata came to Owner/Franchisor Berge Simonian in early 2003, when he noticed a major climb in sales in the salad-making section of the downtown Houston restaurant he had owned and operated since 1994 … read more
March 10, 2010 — Concept does for salads what mobile phones did to rotary dials. Referring to Salata as just a salad bar is like calling the Queen Mary just a boat, Notre Dame just a church or a Rolls Royce just a car. Levels of perfection vastly vary. The fact is, Salata “Create Your Own” has raised the stereotypical salad bar to new heights. That this lunch and dinner destination offers the ultimate salad bar experience is no exaggeration… read more
February 1, 2010 — Salata, the popular create-your-own salad concept, is scheduled to open its next Houston-area location in early 2010 in the renowned Texas Medical Center at 6620 Fannin at Dryden (77030). The new restaurant will be a 750 square-foot to-go storefront featuring Salata’s signature ingredients bar that will be convenient to workers and visitors of the various medical institutions within the world’s largest medical center, as well as residents of … read more
February 1, 2010 — Salata, the Houston-based create-your-own salad restaurant, wants to play fetch. In fact, if you fetch, they’ll toss – and the results will be some much happier homeless pets in the care of Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP). For the next 90 days, the Salata Energy Corridor location at 14515 Katy Freeway (I-10 just east of Highway 6) has partnered with CAP to help adopt homeless animals into good homes and to bring … read more
December 31, 2009 —The initial idea for Salata came to Owner/Franchisor Berge Simonian in early 2003, when he noticed a major climb in sales in the salad-making section of the downtown Houston restaurant he had owned and operated since 1994. After extensive research and development, he and business partner Tony Kyoumjian developed Salata signature dressings, sauces and soups, and opened the first Salata location in October 2005… read more
WHEN YOU’RE COUNTING CALORIES, eating “just a salad” can be a surprising diet-buster if your bed of lettuce only serves as a base for a pile of unhealthy toppings. No matter how you try to spin it, the romaine and tomatoes won’t cancel out the cheddar cheese and ranch dressing. … read more
Going out to lunch can be a real pain. It just gets in the way of a perfectly good work day. Occasionally I venture out of my cube with a view for something to eat, but sually I just grab leftovers and dine over the comfort of my keyboard. Today I had to go to Fidelity Investments in Preston Center to donate blood money to hat is left of my IRA (don’t forget!) and I stopped in to try Salata, a quick and easy salad and wrap bar, not to be confused with these. … read more
Good salads are not easy to come by. The sad bins of tired-looking ingredients typifying selfserve salad bars around Dallas testify to that fact. Salata, a Houston import tucked between Pei Wei and Sonic in Preston Center, is an oasis from the lettuce doldrums. … read more
There aren’t many places outside of Thailand where you can get your salad tossed for under $10. But that was before SALATA. The first Dallas outpost of the Houstonbased create-your-own salad concept has already developed a cult-like following (even without Tom Cruise doing any of the recruiting). read more
April 30, 2010 — Berge Simonian wants his customers to know that he has their health at the top of his list. Simonian is the owner and concept developer of Salata, Create Your Own restaurants which specialize in custom-made salads and wraps. There are six locations from Spring to downtown Houston and two in Dallas. The newest location opened recently at 6620 Fannin, at Dryden … read more
March 11, 2010 — Berge Simonian, a Briar Forest-area resident, wants his customers to know that he has their health at the top of his list. Simonian is the owner and concept developer of Salata, Create Your Own restaurants which specialize in custom-made salads and wraps. There are six locations from Spring to downtown Houston and two in Dallas. The newest location opened last month at 6620 Fannin at Dryden … read more
February 5, 2010 — Salata, the Houston-based create-your-own salad restaurant, wants to play fetch. Beginning February 8th and for the next 90 days, the Salata Energy Corridor location at 14515 Katy Freeway (I-10 just east of Highway 6), has partnered with CAP to help adopt homeless animals into good homes and to bring in needed supplies for animals. For anyone who fetches (purchases) and then donates needed supplies to CAP at one of their drop-off locations or adopts a pet, CAP will provide a buy-one, get-one-free certificate for a custom-made Salata tossed salad or wrap … read more
January 5, 2010 — When Berge Simonian opened his first restaurant in Houston’s downtown tunnel system, he may have been too innovative for his own good. It was 1988 and he was selling hot-pressed sandwiches, but his customers didn’t quite know what to make of the grilled concoctions. “It was basically a Panini,” Simonian recalls. “I was maybe ahead of my time.” His second restaurant fared better, but with a hot entrée line and a separate salad line, it didn’t have a specific niche. Now, on his third restaurant concept — Salata — Simonian has scaled back the offerings to focus on salads and wraps. With revenue that has increased from $100,000 its first year to nearly $3.5 million in 2009, and eight locations in Houston and Dallas, Simonian figures he finally has a winner…
December 11, 2009 — The holidays are full of friends, family and food, but just because that time of year has arrived, it does not mean that people have to ditch their diets or time with loved ones. Kassy Walbe and Cheryl Merryman from Salata demonstrate on FOX 26 Morning News how just one bottle of salad dressing can create some easy dishes … read more
December 7, 2009 — … Berge Simonian, owner and founder of Salata Create Your Own of Houston, says, “Comparing ourselves to what we see in the rest of the country, we believe the market in Houston was spared the worst effects of the recession. “In fact, Salata stores have been performing well, even showing a moderate increase in our sales compared to the same period last year,” he says. Houston customers, however, are becoming astute shoppers, Simonian says. … read more
RETAIL / Salata founder thinks that his deluxe salad bar idea is fresh for franchising, but like others in his position, he has pitfalls to avoid / READY TO SPROUT By DAVID KAPLAN STAFF THE two Salatas downtown have the look of a trendy national salad bar chain. But those two Houston locations are the only ones. … read more