SweetSalt Foodshop - gourmet spot in Toluca Lake
Monday, March 1, 2010 13:09
photo from their facebook page
“Made and served with love” — SweetSalt Foodshop in Toluca Lake is a great new place for fancy sandwiches, salads, fabulous soups and various foodstuffs.
It’s a tiny cafe (similar to Joan’s on Third) that offers prepared salads and sandwiches to order. Devised by co-owners (& married couple) Sara Mann and Alex Eusebio, the menu is quite spectacular, in fact.
photo from their facebook page
Various salad options include Champagne Chicken with grapes; Caprese; Hearts of Palm and Organic Grains with quinoa and couscous. They also offer a plus a ‘design your own salad’ option.
Wonderful sandwich options ($8-10) include Lavender Duck Confit — incredible! – and Shiitake Truffle panino with sottocenere cheese; delectably slow-cooked Short Rib roll — truly excellent — and also a Croque Monsieur.
One cool thing — you can place your sandwich order, then, while you are waiting, walk a few doors down to Trader Joes to do a bit of grocery shopping.
How convenient is that?!
Alex in the kitchen - photo from their facebook page
Soups are offered daily and you can see what’s up on their daily twitter feed.
Likely soup options ($4/8) include Chicken Tortilla; Celery root and corn; Roasted Fennel with truffle and so on. A recent soup was Spicy Tomato & Lentil with Bacon. As they posted — “Everything is better with bacon!”
They sell imported cheeses, charcuterie and even homemade desserts such as Chocolate Caramel Bread Pudding, Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, and a “Pack Your Knives” Crème Brulee which alludes to Alex Eusebio’s appearance on Season 5 of the competition TV show Top Chef.
Opening hours:
Monday though Friday 10am to 8pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am to 5pm
Gift baskets and catering also available — contact them via: info@sweetsaltfood.com
SweetSalt
10218 1/2 Riverside Drive,
Toluca Lake CA
tel — 818 509 7790
fax — 818 509 8875
By MaxMillion (see more of her posts). Max Million is the nom de 'net of Pauline Adamek. Born in Sydney, Australia, Pauline has lived in Los Angeles for the past thirteen years and finds it agrees with her. She has been reviewing films and filing celebrity-based interview articles since 1991, and has filed stories from various international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. She completed a family cookbook and has also written novels for 8-12 year olds. She is the creator and host of ArtsBeatLA.
Patra Wilson says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:33 am
I loved this place. I am just sorry I had to move back to Louisiana. The soups are delicious and comforting. The sandwiches are great.
Lucy says:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Thank you for the pictures. Now that I see his grubby hands all over the food, I don’t have to go. Gloves, please!
Jasemy says:
March 21st, 2010 at 5:14 am
nice post!!!!!
Miles Heggi says:
March 29th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I love little boutique places like this that seem more willing to keep their fare interesting and unique. Sounds like it definitely has a bit of French flair.
MaxMillion says:
April 5th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
God, this place has awesome sandwiches!! I need to branch out and try their soups & salads!
Leslie says:
April 11th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I just had their hearts of palm salad and it was fantastic! What a cute, wonderful addition to Riverside!
Eric says:
April 14th, 2010 at 6:42 am
WOW…all “chefs” know, they should wear a hat of some sort, so hair will not fall into anything, esp; FOOD. Mmmmmmmmmm
Jack says:
April 29th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Wow, my mouth is watering =D
MaxMillion says:
May 14th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
^ que?!
Leda says:
May 18th, 2010 at 12:08 am
SweetSalt Foodshop in Toluca Lake is a great new place for fancy sandwiches, salads, fabulous soups and various dishes.
jbirdy says:
May 23rd, 2010 at 8:49 pm
If you’re anything like me, you have good taste — obviously since you’re at this website!!!!