Mediterranean salad, a finely chopped feta-cucumber-onion-pitted-olive affair, is a refreshing pick appealingly presented, bursting out of a large radicchio leaf.

We also gave thumbs up to the Mediterranean salad of mixed greens, radicchio, endive, roasted peppers, olives and shredded ricotta, and to the fennel-mushroom-Parmesan mix.

Lunch might bring grilled vegetable pannini, a Mediterranean salad or a roast pork sandwich.

The menu, Mr. Phair said, will feature steakhouse grilled fare as well as Mediterranean salads, pasta and fish.

Gone are the custom-made wraps, the whole-grain Mediterranean salads and the wok station, a grill where stir-fried dishes were made to order.

As of 2008, the company held a 34.7% market share for Mediterranean salads, dips and spreads.

So could many Mediterranean salads, as well as the German shredded salads with cabbages and vinegar.

But a Mediterranean salad of grilled vegetables and Gorgonzola was non- descript, as was a couscous salad with lettuces and grilled shrimp.

If you're hungry, try the Mediterranean salad ($7.25) or the vegetarian kooftah balls ($9.75).

The Clairmont salad, a mayonnaise-free slaw, is ruined by too much sugar, and the Mediterranean salad is blighted by drab olives.