if you’re looking for something healthy, fast, and a touch gourmet, pluto’s offers made-to-order salads and sandwiches at reasonable prices. for $7, i got a huge personal salad for lunch.

Large salads with lots of choice for toppings. Everything’s made to order right in front of your eyes.

Plutos is the greatest for salads. Create your own with a huge variety of toppings. Healthy, filling and fun. On the unhealthy side – try the onion rings! Fresh made huge rings of sweet onion. The sauce can be too spicy so ask for ranch dressing – fabulous! The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars is the challenge of parking! Try in back of the Barns & Nobel bookstore, if the street is full.

My first trip to Pluto’s reminded me a little of the soup Nazi on Seinfeld…there’s a method to ordering here. First, grab a menu…there are two separate lines, one for salads and one for sides & sandwiches. I highly recommend the salad with steak…once you order, they make the salad in front of you and let you choose which ingredients and dressing you want. Choices include tomatoes, cucumber, green apples, croutons, broccoli, mushrooms, peppers, grapes, cheese, and many more. Once you get your food, take the menu and food to the cash register to pay. Then find a table and dig in!

This is one of the cheaper places to eat in downtown Palo Alto. The food is simple, healthy, and the portions are pretty big.