It’s on your “for you” page and in your dreams; you cannot escape the green goddess salad. Defined by the dressing that melds it all together, all over the internet, chefs are applying the concept to their favorite arsenal of veggies. Baked by Melissa is seen by many as the OG of the GG salad as the first chef to go viral sharing her version of the recipe. She scooped it up with a blue corn tortilla chip and the world has never been the same.

You’ve watched countless TikToks and reels of green goddess salads while seething with hunger on your doomscrolls and you can’t wait another second; you need a quality salad and you need it now. So here are 8 green goddess salad alternatives you can go grab in NYC right now.

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Cucumber Salad
Dame // West Village

The garlicky, mussel emulsion this salad is served on top of might remind you of a green goddess dressing, but further fortified by the taste of the sea. Fitting, because Dame is known for seafood and a bite of this salad might feel like a dip in the ocean; salty and briny from the mussels while keeping you cool as a cucumber. Finely grated horseradish hits you like a soft wave while dill keeps it feeling fresh. It’s like the green goddess took a seaside vacation.

This dish is recommended by: The Infatuation

Beet & Kimchi Salad
8282 // Lower East Side

8282 is a Korean restaurant that might be better known for their galbi and KFC, but you’ll be all the wiser if you don’t overlook this salad. Beets elevated with flavors from the far east like tomato kimchi, yuzu kosho vinaigrette and green tea powder sit atop a base of gold and red beet purée. Pistachios add a satisfying crunch that contrasts smooth, creamy burrata. An ensemble of sweet and savory flavors with luxurious textures to boot, this is a must-eat dish that will make any green goddess salad you saw on TikTok a distant memory.

This dish is recommended by: 8it NY

Shaved Fennel Salad
Frank // East Village

Fennel is one of the most underrated veggies out there. Like funky celery with that notorious hint of licorice, one of its best forms is when it’s thinly shaved into a salad. Any craving for meat will be forgotten when it’s both figuratively and literally elevated into a fluffy mountain coated with snowflakes of parmesan, rich olive oil and bright balsamic like it is at Frank in the East Village. So if you’re trying to sprinkle in a meatless Monday here and there, this is the place to do it.

This dish is recommended by: 8it NY

Potato Chip Salad
Stretch Pizza // Gramercy

Stretch Pizza is the notorious food nerd Wylie Dufresne’s latest project. His former restaurant, wd-50 was an oasis for food science with dishes featuring noodles made of shrimp, stretchable foie gras and fried mayonnaise, so tasty and innovative that it held a Michelin star for eight years. So amongst his repertoire, this potato chip salad is an anomaly. No test tubes or safety goggles here, just the beautiful simplicity of quality potato chips, frisée, mizuna and herbs. The science lies in the dressing, where instead of a liquid, they use vinegar powder to season the salad, preserving the crunchy texture of the potato chips.

This dish is recommended by: F*ck That’s Delicious

Little Gem Salad
Roberta’s // Bushwick, Williamsburg

Channel your inner Cleopatra and say goodbye to caesar because this is a better version of the ubiquitous salad. Little gem is subbed in for romaine like a salad’s sixth man; its fresh leaves in the bowl reinvigorate the dish like fresh legs on the court. Dill and mint reinforce that freshness while garlic breadcrumbs add a deeply savory crunch. Grated Pecorino Romano hammers home its caesar-like identity with a funky saltiness coating every leaf. Roberta’s is best known for its pizzas like the Roman Empire was best known for its military, but keys to the success of both include their respective versions of Caesar.

This dish is recommended by: 8it Family Meal ™

Guohua Jie Salad
Win Son // Williamsburg

A tantalizing tango of shrimp, peanuts, mango and strips of cabbage and tofu, this salad at the Taiwanese-American spot Win Son turns a plate into a dance floor so inviting, it would make even the most serious food critic bust a move. The shrimp strut their natural sweetness, the peanuts add a nutty twist and mango brings a fruity flair. With such a vast repertoire of flavor, a green goddess salad simply couldn’t keep up with this jig.

This dish is recommended by: The Infatuation

Seafood Mango Salad
Ayada // Chelsea, Elmhurst

This salad at Thai restaurant Ayada is a sea creature soiree like no other. Mussels, squid and shrimp link up with their land-bound companions red onion, cashew nuts, scallions, long beans and tomatoes. A touch of lime, palm sugar, cilantro, and fish sauce crash the party, saturating the salad with tang, sweetness and aromatic freshness so potent, it will have you feeling like you’re on a beach in Phuket.

This dish is recommended by: Eater

Iceberg & Blue Cheese
St. Anselm // Williamsburg

It might be a “treat yourself” kind of salad, but it’s a salad nonetheless. Arguably the city’s most affordable, laid back steakhouse, St. Anselm still does the steakhouse classics right. But instead of a blue cheese dressing, this iteration has a blue cheese crumble and warm bacon dressing that encapsulates the iceberg wedge in a warm hug. It’s like eating bacon in stealth mode with a vessel convincing enough to make it seem healthy.

This dish is recommended by: The Infatuation

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