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From Crisp & Green CEO Steele Smiley comes Stalk & Spade, serving plant-based meat, fries and shakes, with national franchise plans this year.

100% plant-based restaurant coming to Wayzata this spring The restaurant has plans to add additional locations in Minnesota this summer and franchise nationwide. Author: A 100% plant-based restaurant is opening in Wayzata this spring, with more locations expected to follow.  Stalk & Spade is taking over the former Starbucks (it closed last fall) in downtown Wayzata at 740 E. Lake St., steps from Lake Minnetonka.  The concept from Steele Smiley, who is the CEO of Wayzata-based Crisp & Green, will be right across the street from the flagship Crisp & Green restaurant. The restaurant is "built ...

Salad for Dinner? Crisp & Green Expands to Meet Demand The Minneapolis-based fast casual restaurant chain adds 10 franchise stores in Florida. Crisp & Green CEO Steele Smiley set a 2021 goal of reaching 40 locations for his fast-casual salad and grain bowl restaurant chain. “I never envisioned we’d be at 38 by the second week of February,” he said. The Minneapolis-based company just inked a deal with a franchisee who will open 10 stores in Tampa and Orlando, with more to come in Florida. Currently, seven Crisp & Green locations are up and running in the Twin Cities as well as o...

Grab ‘n go salad shop Crisp & Green has opened in Dallas, just in time If you’re waffling on your New Year’s resolutions, this new shop can help. Crisp & Green is a new franchise from Minnesota. Its first out-of-state restaurant is in Dallas, across the street from Southern Methodist University and near Snider Plaza.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) New-to-Dallas eatery Crisp & Green is determined to help you keep your New Year’s resolutions. The restaurant opens Jan. 12 in University Park, across the street from Southern Methodist University. Crisp & Green is a grab ‘n go salad sh...

After expanding in Minnesota, Crisp & Green is bolstering its presence nationwide. Steele Smiley, founder and CEO of the healthy fast-casual concept, said for him, getting ready for franchise development meant having the right team members prepared to grow with the brand. “When you start a company, often you have early-stage team members that may not have the skill set to scale,” Smiley said. “As you grow, they must be taught new skills or perhaps put somewhere else in the company. In our case, we unleveled our team, added new team members and taught some of the original team m...