10 Best Salads in St. Petersburg FL 2021

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10 Best Salads in St. Petersburg FL 2021

I LOVE salad! My mom made a salad every single night to start off dinner, and dinner was always at six. Those were the two constants. Now, the best salads I have at home are made by Lori. She just has a knack. I could make the same salad as her, and it won’t taste as good. It’s not because she has a salad spinner, and I don’t.

Below is a completely biased and opinionated list of my personal favorite salads in St. Pete.

Before we get into the list, an important thing you should be aware of is that there are other publishers of “best of lists” that do not actually go to the establishments, or actually eat the food. (Sounds ridiculous, right?) They just download photos from the internet, or embed Instagram posts from someone else. Instant top 10 list produced without having to leave the house.

That’s NOT how we do it.

We absolutely DO eat all of the food on all of our lists. (How can anyone recommend something they never experienced?)

Unfortunately, we’ve seen these junk lists a lot—from national and local publishers. We are also aware of a local publisher that offers paid placement in best-of-lists. There is no paid placement here.

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Best Salads Near Me …(and you, if you’re in St. Pete)

These are listed in alphabetical order. <—— Look

 

1. Baba Restaurant, Bakery & Café
2701 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
(727) 954-3406
Baba Website

Baba Village Salad
Baba Village Salad (Photo: Lori Brown)

Village Salad – tomato, kalamata olive, cucumber, capers, feta.

From Lori: “Kevin humored me because I wanted the Village Salad with just tomato, kalamatas, capers, feta and cucumber. He couldn’t stop raving at how good it was. It’s my favorite type of salad…simple, light and great flavor!”

This one is a simpler version than The Burg’s, but the addition of the capers makes a huge difference. The bright saltiness makes you just keep going back for more until it’s all gone.

 

2. Bacchus St. Pete
124 2nd Ave NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 258-8566
Bacchus Website

Bacchus French Country Salad
Bacchus French Country Salad (Photo: Kevin Godbee)

French Country Salad – roasted asparagus, beets, arugula, goat cheese, toasted walnuts, lemon-dijon vinaigrette. It was super delicious, and huge. The photo is half of a split portion.

Fresh, bursting with bright flavors, and a large portion.

 

3. The Bier Boutique
465 7th Ave N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 827-2691
The Bier Boutique Website

Bier Boutique House Salad
Bier Boutique House Salad (Photo: Lori Brown)

House Salad – mixed greens, onion, tomato, bacon, feta cheese, sunflower seeds & chow mein noodles – choose from ranch, blue cheese or honey peppercorn vinaigrette. Fresh, full of texture and the honey peppercorn vinaigrette is smooth, creamy, bright and light.

 

4. The Burg Bar & Grill
1752 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33712
(727) 894-2874
The Burg Website

Village Salad at The Burg
Horiatiki (Village Salad) at The Burg (Photo: Lori Brown)

Horiatiki (Village Salad) – tomatoes, cucumbers, greek olives, feta cheese, pepperoncini, onions, beets, green peppers, oregano, olive oil, balsamic dressing.

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This is one of our favorites that we always order. It’s the perfect combination of bright, light, crispy, salty, sweet, and spicy.

 

5. Copa
1047 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
(727) 623-9199
Copa Website

Copa's Watermelon Salad
Copa’s Watermelon Salad

Copa’s watermelon salad is bursting with flavor. It’s bright, yet balanced with sweetness, and saltiness. It’s composed of fresh watermelon, (of course), and tossed with heirloom tomatoes, onions, garlic, feta cheese, and balsamic dressing.

 

6. Gratzzi Italian Grille
211 2nd St South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 623-9037
Gratzzi Website

Gratzzi Ceasar Salad
Gratzzi Caesar Salad

Insalata Caesar – Hearts of romaine, house made Caesar dressing, shaved parmesan and rustic croutons. (The photo is the side salad portion. There is one twice this size as well.)

It may seem simple compared to some of the others on this list, but it is definitely one of my favorites. I like that they give you the full length, stalk-like leaves. The romaine is fresh and bursting with flavor. The crunch of the croutons, and the softer bite of the shaved parmesan, along with the dressing make for perfection in your mouth.

 

7. The Mill Restaurant
200 Central Ave #100
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 317-3930
The Mill Website

We have two favorites here as well.

The Mill Southern Belle Salad
The Mill Southern Belle Salad (Photo: Kevin Godbee)

Southern Belle Salad – romaine, red onion, candied pecans, sage derby, peppadews, dried apricots, honeycup vinaigrette, southern fried chicken.

The fried chicken makes this one decadent, and a good one to share, or could be a complete meal for one person. It has such a great mix of ingredients that cover the complete flavor spectrum, and it’s nice and crunchy.

The Mill Phyllo Feta
The Mill Phyllo Feta (Photo: Lori Brown)

Phyllo Feta – baby spinach, blackberries, red onion, yellow grape tomatoes, bosc pear, spiced walnuts, blackberry vinaigrette.

That Phyllo Feta is so craveable. The feta is wrapped in phyllo and baked to a golden brown. It is a terrific accompaniment to the spinach salad with blackberries, red onions, yellow grape tomatoes and highlighted with spiced walnuts which hold up well against the sweetness of the Bosc pear and the blackberry vinaigrette dressing.

 

8. Noble Crust
8300 4th St N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
(727) 329-6041
Noble Crust Website

Noble Crust House Salad
Noble Crust House Salad (Photo: Kevin Godbee)

House Salad – mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumber, radish, shaved fennel, carrots, croutons, parm, whipped feta, zesty vinaigrette.

The Noble crust house salad is delicious. It’s a light and bright and then the ricotta cheese adds some depth, and the olives give it some saltiness. These are also my favorite croutons of all.

Noble Crust Closeup
Noble Crust Closeup (Photo: Kevin Godbee)

 

9. Stillwaters Tavern
224 Beach Dr NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 350-1019
Stillwaters Website

Stillwaters Caesar Salad with Kale and Romaine
Stillwaters Caesar Salad with Kale and Romaine (Photo: Lori Brown)

Caesar Salad – chopped romaine & kale, parmesan, harrisa caesar dressing, sourdough croutons.

Stillwater’s Caesar adds kale with the romaine, and it is actually quite delicious, and a nice little twist on the traditional version. I love it.

 

10. Teak
800 2nd Ave NE
4th Floor
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 513-8325
Teak Website

Teak Wedge Salad
Teak Wedge Salad

Ultimate Wedge BLT – iceberg, applewood smoked bacon, red onion, tomato, grilled corn, buttermilk-bleu cheese dressing, balsamic reduction.

This one really lives up to its name. This combination of ingredients is pure perfection. There is a small and a large version. Pictured above is the small portion.

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The different types of salads you can get are endless, some lighter, and some more robust. Here are some of the best local salads in St. Petersburg, Florida.

DISCLAIMER: Kevin, Lori, Abby, Haley, & Lindsey do not dine anonymously (this would be impossible) and we sometimes get free food (though never expected). However, we dine with the locals and we support our own. You will always get honesty in a respectful manner. We do not include any large national or regional chains in our ratings and reviews. We focus on independent locally owned eateries exclusively.

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  • How could you miss Parkshore Grill’s fabulous house salad? Our all-time favorite!

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