Toss’t

I go to lunch here about once a week — it’s a really great in and out place to pick up a quick salad and take back to work. The salads here are great and the slice of bread that you get with it is amazing.

Great little salad place with fresh chicken (which isn’t really par for the course in a lot of these type of place). Definitionally a hidden gem in Downtown.

I paid $ 11.50 for an amazing salad. Yes, charging $ 1.50 for ¼ avocado is cray. Yes, I justified it being in the name of health. My self designed creation was delicious (kale, tomatoes, carrots, pico, avocado, seaweed salad, chicken, lime dressing). It’s definitely quality produce and the line moves quickly. Not enough seating but great for those days you feel flush in the wallet and need to feel better about your life choices.

Awesome place for a good salad but prices are kind of ridiculous now. You get ¼th of an avocado on your salad for $ 1.50. I understand they need to make money but that’s out of hand.

So fresh & delicious. I paid $ 10.50 for a huge salad with half spinach/​half kale, carrots, cucumber, strawberries, blueberries and salmon. Taste is great, fruits & veggies are very crisp & fresh. You definitely could make this into a two-​lunch salad.

Every now and then my body tells me that it’s time for a healthy serving of veggies and omega-​3. Today was one of those days so I headed down to Toss’t (now called Earth) on my lunch break. I usually get the same thing each time I come here: a salad of spinach, mesclun mix, cucumbers, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries and salmon dressed in the bumbleberry green tea vinaigrette (medium). The salad always fills me up and makes me feel good about myself.
I noticed that there are quite a few bad reviews of this place on here and I don’t know why. I’ve gotten salads here over the past several months, on almost a weekly basis, and I’ve found the service and the quality of the ingredients to be consistently good. My only complaint is that I wish there was more of seating area to enjoy the salad. There are a few tables and chairs but they don’t look very comfortable or inviting. I tend to get my salad to go and eat at the office.

I love this place. It’s super vegetarian/​vegan friendly! It’s awesome to be able to get a healthy meal quickly. The staff there are always sweet and friendly.

One of the very few places to have a good salad in Pittsburgh. If it was in Chicago or NYC it may get lower ratings. Only good option for salad if you can ignore their bad attitude. Most of them are like those workplace D-​bags who you want to avoid during your coffee-​breaks. But salads are good. As I said, just ignore those people working there. Dont think that they are humans and you are good. Enjoy the kale/​spinach base and get back to work :)

Delicious salads however you want! I lived in NYC and you could always find a quickly tossed salad to go to keep you commuting food on the healthier side. Great selection and fresh. It is not cheap, but affordable for a good quality, fast meal. I highly recommend the corn agave dijon dressing.

I love the salad I end up with. but the price to get there is not OK. I pay $ 12 for romaine, salmon, red onions, avocado, goat cheese and the honey basil dressing. I realize there’s an up charge for some of those items, but come on, I’m not getting anything else!
Anyways, I’ve had consistently good salads until today. I got my normal salad. The girl gave me half an avocado, but did not slice it up, saying that it would break up when she mixed up the salad (bs). Also, the goat cheese looked like cream cheese spread. She proceeded to put two spoonfuls in my salad like dollops of whipped cream. Not only is that disgusting to come past globs of cheese, but when I finally do find the cheese in my large salad, I don’t have enough salad to eat it with. I’ve never had this girl make my salad before (short straight blonde hair)… and I don’t plan on her making me one in the future. The taste is all there… but for $ 12 I wish I could get all 4 solid ingredients in one bite.
Lastly, each employee has a different definition of what light, medium or heavy dressing means. My normal girl gets medium right every time… but this time it medium was drenched.
Oh well. I’ll give it another try I’m sure.

After just one visit, I can say that I’m a fan of Toss’t. Unfortunately, this is a local phenomenon in Pittsburgh, so I will not be the regular patron I would be if there were locations in Arizona. The ingredients looked fresh and all of the salad combinations sounded appetizing. I would be back again and again!
There’s still some room for improvement though, which is why I gave a ³⁄₅ instead of a ⁴⁄₅. The staff was not the friendliest I’ve encountered and the salad preparation area was pretty messy from all of the salads being thrown together over the lunch hour. For the prices they charge, I would think they could use organic or local produce… but usually that type of information is posted… so it’s probably not happening.

I don’t get the hate. If there’s a better salad downtown (quick takeaway or otherwise), I’d love to hear about it. Some of the house recipes aren’t my all-​time favorite but there is nothing stopping anyone from building a custom one. Also the fresh bread is great and I want to know their source immediately. I would like the option of online ordering for the times the line is out the door, but given the limited space and staff I’m not sure if that would help or hurt.
It’s not the cheapest place around but why anyone would think that fresh ingredients from local sources would be as cheap as a salad from Wendy’s is baffling to me. If there were a overwhelming number of places like this downtown to pick from, then we can get picky. But right now this is just about as good a salad as you can get.

While the King Cobb Salad I had today was good, and worth the $ 11 charged, the absolute pitiful and downright rude attitude of the 30-​year old-​ish blond making salads is enough reason to not go back. She clearly does not belong in the service industry.
The staff doesn’t wear aprons, and so the front of their shirts get filthy.
On the positive side, the younger cashier girl was friendly and efficient.
Au Bön Pain a few blocks away offers similar salads at cheaper prices, and consistently delivers friendly service.

I’ve been here a couple times now and have been satisfied so far. This is one of the few places you can go for lunch downtown that has fresh and healthy ingredients. I prefer eating a light lunch which usually leads me to salads (and typically packing my own,) but when I do buy lunch, I’ve been preferring Toss’d. There are many choices — especially since you can make your own. The prices are a little steep, but nothing outrageous for downtown. I think their pricing is similar to Bluebird Café, if you’ve had the pleasure of dinning there. In my mind I figure I’m paying a little extra for the fresh local ingredients, which I don’t mind at all. The only other place downtown that can compete with Toss’d’s salads, in my opinion, is Bluebird Café. They both seem to have the same business concept about using fresh, local ingredients.
Toss’d is definitely worth a try if you enjoy creative and fresh salads! Another perk is the service is really fast! Efficient service is always nice when every place is packed around lunchtime.

Have returned to Toss’t a few times since my original review, and I’m hooked :)
Everytime I’ve eaten here it’s been amazing, and I may be guilty for the addiction of my co-​workers as well. So good! The last couple of times I’ve been there I’ve ordered a custom salad with the amazing ginger dressing I mentioned in my review, and I am so in love. Do yourself a favor and go there. go now!

I really wanted to love Toss’t, but it just didn’t deliver for me. However, with a few minor changes, I think the restaurant could really improve itself.
When entering with my friend, I sat down to reserve the last available table while she ordered. She sat down and said, «I think I’m deaf!» referring to the fact that she had to have the employees repeat themselves multiple times. I wouldn’t have thought much of it until I got in line as well and had the poor girl repeat herself 3 – 4 times. Please speak up! If someone asks you to repeat yourself once or twice, they will not hear you any better if you continue to speak softly.
My next frustration was with the ordering process. One of my favorite restaurants in my hometown makes very customizable stir-​fry. They provide laminated menus right by the front door where you can stand and take your time checking the ingredients that you want in your dish. For some reason, Toss’t fills out your choices for you. I stood in line for a couple minutes behind a customer slowly selecting the ingredients for his custom salad as the employee checked the ingredients for him. I believe that the process could be expedited if this «middle man» step was eliminated.
Finally, I was underwhelmed by my $ 7.50 salad. I ordered the beets n’ berries signature salad. I only eat the leafy, green pieces of romaine, and my salad was filled with the horribly thick, white chunks. The bumbleberry green tea vinaigrette was possibly the worst salad dressing that I’ve ever had. It was not only thin but also sickeningly sweet. I literally picked out the strawberries, the goat cheese, and a few blueberries and threw away 75% of this disappointing salad. The best part of my meal was my cute little bottle of Diet Coke and delicious bag of Food Should Taste Good sweet potato chips.

I decided to try Toss’t for lunch, hoping it would be similar to Salad Works, a create-​your-​own salad chain that is common in the East. I found it to be somewhat similar, in that there was a variety of topping/​dressing/​base options. I decided to create my own salad, and I was pleased with all of the organic/​fresh choices. The mixed greens were very fresh, as were my english cucumbers, freshly shucked corn, and heirloom cherry tomatoes.
I decided to forego meat and opted for white chedar. I had them toss my salad with a little bit of balsamic, and the dressing amount was just right. I added a small bottle of Evian, and my total came to about $ 10. Perhaps a little pricey for a salad sans meat, but I was thankful for all of the fresh toppings. It’s tough to find delicious salads in Pittsburgh.
I would definitely recommend creating your own salad. My friend ordered a salad off the menu and it look just ok. The dressing was very pink, which threw me off, and the romaine was lacking in green-​ness. Also, the space is very small, so if you decide to go around lunch time, be prepared to wait for a table or else take your salad back to work.
Perhaps the fact that it wasn’t super busy at 12:30 is telling.

Give this salad place a little «thyme» and I bet it’ll be «dressed» just right.
As an avid fan of the countless DIY salad joints in NYC, I could not WAIT for Toss’t to open. It’s predecessor Hello Bistro! is awesome, but not located downtown, unfortunately (yet). So, off to Toss’t I went and I wasn’t really disappointed. My salad consisted of romaine hearts, seaweed salad (awesome option), pita chips, strawberries, shrimp and cilantro dressed in a jalapeño dressing. Aside from the lack of spice in the dressing, I’d say it was a really solid salad. Could’ve been a few more shrimpies, but I’m over it.
What will keep me from frequenting Toss’t is the wait time. There are so few tables, so you’re basically getting it to go. That being said, when there are more than 10 people waiting at a time, just standing in one another’s way, the joint gets chaotic. Not sure what the solution here is, but Valozzi’s looked pretty empty in the adjoining bar area. Maybe have a temporary waiting are in there? Just sayin…

Located on 5^th Ave Toss’t is a specialty salad shop. But unfortunately there isn’t anything too special about it.
Fresh ingredients but shrug I dunno. They have a pretty decent selection of their own specialty salads but ill stick to mixing and matching.
With the make your own salad option you get
(1) green
(4*) tossed items
(1) crunch I. e croutons etc
(1) dressing
Proteins, cheese, and more tossed items are extra.
Considering they’ve only been open a short time meaning 1 day they’ve got a ton of kinks to work out
Friendliness of staff
Knowledge of their own menu
Not over stuffing their salad
but I’m sure they’ll be fine.

I stopped by today (Opening Day) after a coworker told me Toss’t had finally opened. While my coworker opted for the make-​your-​own-​salad deal ($ 6.35 for the base, protein & cheese extra) and a juice for lunch, I chose a carrot, blueberry, apple juice for an afternoon snack. I was greeted by friendly staff and a bright, clean restaurant, but noticed a lack of ample seating options for those frequent rainy Pittsburgh days. The staff walked through the menu with me and handed me some coupons for a future visit. Once I decided on my juice of choice, I walked to the register and was surprised with my total. $ 2.67 for 16 oz of fresh juice. The same juice would cost me upwards of $ 8 at the East End Food Co-​Op. To boot? It’s flippin’ delicious.
I will definitely be back, most likely on a daily basis, to try more of their juices and salads. My coworker’s salad choice looked amazing and the bread that came with it looked moist and chock full of awesome (seeds and nuts). I can’t wait to try it all!