STEPH DEROSA: GRILLED SALMON SALAD >>> Over the Moon Café Grilled Salmon Salad Price: $12.95 Rating: Three and a half out of four croutons I beat Tacomachickadee to our lunch date destination, Over the Moon Café, by about 15 minutes. That was just enough time to grab the perfect corner ch...

STEPH DEROSA: CHICKEN ARTICHOKE SALAD >>> Nordstrom Cafe Bistro Chicken Artichoke Salad Price: $10.95 Rating: Three out of four croutons   In all honesty I think Nordstrom is one of the best local shopping experiences around. Originating in Seattle, this retail giant holds such high q...

STEPH DEROSA: PESTO PASTA SALAD >>> Price: $9.99 Rating: Three out of four croutons   I was having a hard time finding quality salad for less than 10 bucks that didn’t involve sliced lunchmeat. Fortunately Tacomachicakadee, my new lunchtime gal pal, steered me in the direction of Ca...

STEPH DEROSA: CHEF SALAD >>> Price: $10.95 Rating: Two our of four croutons Before heading into the Tacoma Dome’s Home and Garden Show last week, I met up with The KAke and Tacomachickadee for a quick lunch at Alfred’s Café and Bubble Room.  The spunky server took care of us know...

STEPH DEROSA: BLEU CHEESE WEDGE >>> Price: $8.99 Rating: 2.5 out of 4 croutons The Swiss was crazy busy last Tuesday for their Inauguration Party. Mr. DeRosa was starving, and we had no patience for waiting in a food line, so down the street to The Rock we went. We breathed a sigh of relief...

STEPH DEROSA: VIAFORE’S CLUB SALAD >>> Rating: Two out of four croutons   Let’s be honest, Viafore's Italian Delicatessen isn’t the first place you think of when you have a hankering for salad, and for good reason, too. Viafore’s in Fircrest is not known for their salads, ...

STEPH DEROSA: CHOP CHOP SALAD >>> Rating: Three out of four croutons It was a hard decision at Joeseppi’s Italian Ristorante this past week as I scanned my salad options that lay before me on the menu. After immediately omitting the standard house, spinach and Caesar salad options, I was ...

STEPH DEROSA: UN-WICH Rating: 3 out of 4 croutons We had heard a while back from some East Coast friends that Jimmy John’s was the shit. And by that I mean, awesome. It was up to us to decide, for when a new Jimmy John’s store opened near the Tacoma Mall we were all about our own true taste test...

STEPH DEROSA: COYOTE STEAK SALAD >>> Crouton rating — three out of four Somehow having peanut shells all over a restaurant’s floor makes it “Texan.� I’m sorry, but I don’t remember seeing copious amounts of peanut droppings in any venue during my Texan upbringing. I saw shit and...

STEPH DEROSA: INSALATA DI MARE >>> Crouton Rating: Three out of four Before I showed my “Texan mom� attributes and drowned my entire family in a bathtub due to mass snowbound insanity, Mr. DeRosa thought it might be a wise idea to get me out of the house for dinner last night. It took u...