Salata Salad Kitchen gets St. Johns County build-out permit

Restaurants

Salad and wrap restaurant Salata Salad Kitchen was issued a build-out permit for a Nocatee Town Center location in St. Johns County on Feb. 5.

The project cost is $8 million for the 2,393-square-foot restaurant. Saint Johns-based Invision Construction LLC is the contractor.

The Nocatee site is Texas-based Salata’s first location in Florida. It makes the Nocatee Town Center completely leased.

At Salata Salad Kitchen,customers choose between a salad or wrap and customize it with more than 50 toppings such as shrimp, avocado, corn and black beans along with more than a dozen dressings.

The fast-casual chain was founded in 2005 in Houston. It opened its 97th location Jan. 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to its website. In addition to Texas and North Carolina, it has restaurants in California, Georgia and Louisiana.

Salata meals are built-to-order. Customers choose between a salad or wrap and customize it with choices of more than 50 toppings such as shrimp, avocado, corn and black beans along with more than a dozen dressings. Pricing is flat regardless of the number of toppings. Salads come in regular or small sizes.

The menu also includes soups and sides such as fruit and croissants.

Salata previously said it planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a March news release.

Other tenants at the Nocatee property including Verizon, Dunkin’, Heartland Dental, Bronx House Pizza and Burn Boot Camp.