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My First Visit to Greenlane, a HEALTHY Drive Thru in Tampa

Author Geno

You haven’t seen many salads in my #GenoAteTampa reviews and social media posts. I’m a burgers, wings, steak and chicken parmesan kind of guy. My car pulls into a drive thru more often than my primary care physician would like. So it definitely caught my attention when I heard about a drive thru with healthy food opening on Gandy in Tampa.

Greenlane opened this year at 4495 West Gandy Boulevard in Tampa, just a block away from Wendy’s, McDonald’s, KFC and a bunch of other drive thru spots where you can load up on fried, fatty, salty awesomeness.

They invited us over to try out their salads and wraps yesterday. I had a game plan in mind. First, I’d try the salad. Then to fill up, one of my favorite Tampa area Chinese food takeout places is not terribly far away. Spoiler: I never made the trip to get crab rangoon or sweet & sour chicken.  This salad MORE than filled up this 6’4″ nearly 300 pound giant.  Wait til you see it. Let’s drive thru.

The verdict…
When I’m driving along Gandy on the Tampa side, will I stick to the 4 for 4 at Wendy’s? It’ll depend on my mood, but honestly, I really did like Greenlane. For $10, that’s an enormous salad. I like how they put all the extras on top so you can mix them in with the lettuce as you go, as you like. Everything was super fresh and crunchy. Places like this that offer a limited menu tend to do the few things they do… right. And that’s the case here.

When I got back to the radio station, I wasn’t hungry when my show wrapped up at 7. That’s rare. But healthy food fills you up. Fast food usually doesn’t have the healthy stuff you need so you are hungry again a few hours later. So props to Greenlane. The only other salad I’ve ever considered a meal is the 1905 Salad at Columbia Restaurant in Ybor.

On my next visit, I’ll probably go with the Chicken Caesar wrap with pretzel sticks. There will definitely be a next visit.

Geno's 5 Favorite Tampa Area Burger Spots

  • #5: The Stein & Vine in Brandon

    This is one of the things I miss about living over on the Hillsborough side. I only got to visit once or twice, but their take on the Juicy Lucy with the cheese in the middle was fantastic. (This burger in the photo is a different one, but it looks solid.)

  • #4: Shake Shack in Tampa

    We FINALLY have our own Shake Shack in Tampa.  Hopefully there are more to come.  As great as the burgers are, the real star of the show is their Christmas Cookie milkshake… offered only seasonally unfortunately.

  • #3: Five Guys in Pinellas Park

    Sure sure it’s a chain.  But those burgers are always done right.  Whenever anyone complains that Florida doesn’t have In-N-Out, I say you have Five Guys – which is way better.  I lived in California for 5 or 6 years and had plenty of In-N-Out.  And I’ll still drop in whenever I visit the west coast, but Five Guys burgers are far better.  But you could argue it’s comparing apples to oranges because In-N-Out is far cheaper.

     

  • #2: Engine No 9 in St. Pete

    My only complaint is it’s a pretty pricy burger.  Once you add tots, drink and a tip, you’re spending around $20-$30.  That said, that burger in the pic… I snapped that shot.  It’s my go to every time.  So good.

     

  • #1: Portillo's in Brandon

    I’m going to get a lot of grief about this pick and I get it. It’s a chain. And Portillo’s is known for their Italian Beef and Chicago style hot dogs.  I’ve had both.  But the winner for me on the menu is their burger.  (Although the cheese fries and chocolate cake shake are close behind.)

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Hear Geno on the air weekday afternoons. Geno's passions include fat guy food, concerts, sports, travel to Europe and South America. He loves 80s and 90s music, from MTV hairbands to old school freestyle, alternative rock to TRL era jams. Geno's radio career began in his hometown of Portland, Maine. Since then he's been on the air coast to coast from Boston to Las Vegas, Tampa to California.

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