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The Wayzata-based chain is branching out from company-owned eateries to a franchise model.

Crisp & Green, a Minnesota-based fast casual restaurant offering salads, grain bowls and smoothies, is opening its first Denver location next week at 7111 E. Lowry Blvd. "Denver is a thriving city, full of individuals who are seeking high-quality foods with just as much flavor," Founder and CEO Steele Smiley said in a company press release.

From salads and sandwiches to Burnt Chicken and Filipino food, theres a lot happening in the dining scene.

Steele Brands, a Minnesota-based company developing healthy lifestyle brands, announced that its Crisp & Green brand is continuing its Minnesota expansion in response to the increasing demand for more stores beyond the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan market. As a result, 10 additional Minnesota locations are being added to the company’s development calendar, totaling 31 locations throughout Minnesota.

St. Cloud is one of ten cities to receive a Crisp & Green in the next two years. The business is scouting locations and plans to open in the fall.

The fast-casual chain Crisp & Green has 10 new locations in the pipeline, including its first in greater Minnesota.

The Minnesota-based restaurant chain describes itself as fast, casual and healthy and is expanding by 10 locations in the state within the next two years.

A salad chain from Minnesota of all places is tossing another location our way: Crisp & Green, a fast-casual restaurant with salads, bowls, and smoothies

Stalk & Spade, the 100% plant-based, fast-casual restaurant, will open its third Minnesota location in Minneapolis North Loop this spring.

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