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Remember those old salad and sandwich bars that had glass counters filled with fresh ingredients? Imagine that, but instead of white bread, chicken, lettuce and cheap mayo, you can choose from activated almonds, seitan, kimchi and other premium produce.

That’s the idea at Verd, a plant-based, fast-food brand from Joe Pagliaro and Grace Watson who are behind now-closed Zeitgeist. Their mission is to give people access to better quality plant-based food.

All salads can be assembled quickly and customisation is easy. Start with a Not-Caesar with lettuce, cherry tomatoes, vegan parmesan and tempeh bacon; or a Spiced Dahl with brown rice, lentils, coconut yoghurt, coriander and marinated kale. On top of those you can add avocado, tofu, plant-based chicken strips, Iggy’s croutons or kimchi.

Salads are the main game but there’s also an interesting take on breakfast with a tempeh B.L.A.T; a quinoa, teff and Inca berry porridge; and a Brekky Bowl with macadamia and Inca berry granola topped with coconut yoghurt and mixed-berry puree. Then there’s coffee with house-made nut milks (a rarity in Sydney), smoothies thick enough to constitute a meal, and raw cakes made by Watson.

As a takeaway-orientated salad bar, there’s not much atmosphere for the dine-ins, just a few recycled wooden blocks and a pair of tables made from strawboard (a cardboard material made from recycled materials). If it wasn’t for the glowing "Verd" sign and the glass counter with its colourful produce, people may confuse the site for a construction station.

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Updated: December 13th, 2022

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