Apparently a new salad place opened up on 125th. It's called "island salad". Here's the article I found about it, posted Dec. 14th 2009. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/a-big-salad-person-reaches-out-to-harlem/#more-111553 .

Has anyone been there?

Here is their website (nice music) http://www.islandsalad.com/. I checked out the menu and prices, still a little high, maybe a $1 or so less that what you'd get elsewhere in the City. But at least there's a place to get salad here. I'll try to make a point to try it sometime in the New Year!

Speaking of salad...

I got some lettuce seeds at an event I went to a few weeks ago and they've started to sprout! I wonder if I'll actually be able to grow salad in my apartment. I am looking online to see what other vegetable and herb seeds I can buy that grow well indoors. I think I am going to try:

• scallions
• tomatoes 
• lettuce
• spinach 

Has anyone tried to grow these inside...and kept them inside? I've been reading a lot and they always tell you to grow it inside to start, but then transplant outside.

Hopefully, after I gather enough knowledge and try some of these out, I will have my own salad garden. It'll save me money and I'd know where my food came from. Exciting!