1st Place: Festival Foods
2nd Place: Pizza Del Re
3rd Place: Pizza Plus

OK, we get it. The type of salad lover that is attracted to a salad bar is not someone who necessarily looks for fresh arugala, baby greens, and light homemade vinaigrettes. This crowd seems more focused on unlimited dressing and who has the biggest bucket of cheese. First place winner Festival Foods (3007 Mall Dr.), for example, has tons of delicious fresh veggies on its bar, along with all the classic salad distractions like chopped eggs, and just around the corner is a mountain of fried chicken. Both second place Pizza Del Re (911 N. Hastings Way) and third place Pizza Plus (208 S. Barstow) also just happen to be home to two of the area’s most-loved pizza buffets, so if your load of bacon bits doesn’t negate the caloric value of your salad, the pepperoni pie and cheesy-garlic bread certainly will. Finally, some salads we can get behind! – Eric Rasmussen