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As the weather warms, our thoughts turn from prime rib and mashed potatoes to lighter fare. A salad is an excellent meal on a sweltering day, and it can be as restrained—or lavish—as your tastebuds demand. And while it might be comforting to believe you’re tucking into a low-cal dish, don’t fool yourself. These salads, hearty and very flavorful, are not the slimming variety. (But, then, neither is prime rib!)

Coleslaw
Persimmon Cafe
Persimmon Cafe’s simple, straightforward coleslaw is everything you want it to be—crunchy, creamy, soothing and the perfect accompaniment to roast chicken, hamburgers or hot dogs. Composed of thinly chopped cabbage and carrots and dotted with tiny celery seeds, which lend a haunting, slightly herbaceous flavor, this coleslaw is a real crowd-pleaser.
415 A St., Lincoln, (916) 645-3322

Roxy Chopped Salad
Roxy Restaurant and Bar
A thrilling variation on the traditional chopped salad, Roxy’s version showcases a feathery pile of red, bitter radicchio and butter lettuce leaves and finely chopped mint tossed with chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans), tiny chunks of kalamata olive and sharp cheddar cheese. The salad is judiciously coated with a silky citrus vinaigrette, and the salad exhibits an almost-but-not-quite aggressive edge that is a real palate cleanser.
2381 Fair Oaks Blvd., Sacramento, (916) 489-2000; www.roxyrestaurantandbar.com

Adobe Salad
Dos Coyotes
Dos’ Adobe salad is, simply put, obscenely large, and can easily feed two people as a main course or three as a side dish. Bursting with texture and color, the salad features chunks of sweet jicama, corn kernels, black beans, cheese and tomatoes mixed with fresh greens, doused in a Southwestern vinaigrette and dolloped with sour cream and guacamole. And yes, let’s not forget the meat—patrons can choose between steak, chicken, or shrimp.
Various locations throughout the Greater Sacramento region.
Visit www.doscoyotes.net/locations.html

Greek Chicken Salad
Mustard Seed
Prettily assembled and pleasingly tangy, the Mustard Seed’s Greek Chicken Salad is an especially refreshing choice on a hot afternoon. Organic greens are tossed with cucumbers, strips of grilled chicken, and artichoke hearts, and the salad gets a frisky boost with sprinkles of feta cheese and intensely flavored kalamata olives. Tiny, ripe cherry tomatoes add a burst of sweetness and vibrant color.
222 D St., #11, Davis, (530) 758-5750; www.mustardseeddavis.com

Breakfast Salad
Tuli Bistro
Salad for breakfast? Yes, indeedy, Tuli Bistro offers its customers a delectable morning salad that’s excellent with toast. Pleasingly bitter frisee greens are mixed with a sharp, elegant sherry vinaigrette and salty bits of bacon, then adorned with a warm, perfectly poached egg perched on a crusty potato crouton. The reward lies at the end, when you’re able to sop your toast in the warmish vinaigrette/yolk mixture pooled at the bottom of the plate.
2031 S St., Sacramento, (916) 451-8854 www.tulibistro.com