Uptown Park’s evolution into one of the Galleria area’s most reliable dining destinations continues this week with a new arrival devoted to healthy eating. The development will welcome Houston’s seventh Sweetgreen on Tuesday, April 4 (1141 Uptown Park Blvd., Suite 05).
At almost 2,900-square-feet, the new location will offer indoor seating for 19 and 20 on an outdoor patio. It joins restaurants in the Heights, Rice Village, downtown, Montrose, The Woodlands, and Cypress.
Founded in 2007 by then-Georgetown students Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru, Sweetgreen has grown to over 100 locations across the country. The company is considered a rare restaurant "unicorn" that has a valuation over $1 billion.
Credit for all the success goes to its creative salad combinations. For example, the signature “Guacamole Greens” salads offer “organic mesclun, avocado, roasted chicken, red onion, tomatoes, tortilla chips, fresh lime squeeze, and lime cilantro jalapeño vinaigrette.”
The company has also earned acclaim for its innovative use of technology. Even before the pandemic, more than half of all orders came via the company's app.
To celebrate the grand opening, Sweetgreen will donate a meal for every meal sold to elementary schools in Harris County via its partnership with Brighter Bites, a non-profit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to children and families.
Opening day will also feature giveaways from Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, LH Candle Studio and Olipop, sweetgreens latest partner. DJ Rosez will perform.
Uptown Park has seen a number of new openings in the past couple years, including Urbe, James Beard Award winner Hugo Ortega’s Mexican street food restaurant, and the aforementioned Van Leeuwen Ice Cream. Later this year it will welcome Lombardi Cucina Italiana, an Italian restaurant from Lombardy Family Concepts, which is the Dallas-based restaurant group behind River Oak District’s popular French restaurant Toulouse.
Courtesy of Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen opens April 4.
