Fresh Market: Salad With a Side of Jokes
Fresh Market
6300 Harry Hines Boulevard, Suite 130 (on the ground floor of the Chase Bank Building. At the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Harry Hines Boulevard)
Dallas, Texas 75235
Phone: 214.352.2296
Hours: Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Breakfast and Lunch only. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Saunter into Fresh Market looking for a drink, snack, or meal, (or even a chicken and watermelon combo — see below) and chances are you will find something.
Co-owner Nopp Pradappet is feeling smiley. Nopp said he is from Thailand.
Fresh Market is not a market at all, but a casual, grab and go buffet eatery. Fresh Market does have a couple of tiny tables where you can eat. However, owner Nopp Pradappet (co-owner is Nong Clapper)told me the idea is for customers to take their food into the Chase Building (to the area that is known as the “food court” even though it pales in comparison to some food courts), and eat at one of ”hundreds” of tables. I have done this before. It is possible, just be ready, my friends, to sword-fight someone for a table between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
Sun Chips and other snacks leading you to temptation at Fresh Market.
On a recent visit (I am going to school and my EMT classes are in the Chase Bank Building) , I was especially hungry and ended up getting a few pieces of watermelon and three or four chicken strips in a styrofoam container. The quick combo did not contain elements of all four food groups. However, I did not care, being ravenous at that time.
Fresh Market has been around since 1984. Pradappet likes to chat up customers (this is an understatement — he really, really likes to chat up customers). If you are nearby, you may hear him smirkingly ask something like, “would you like an Extended Warranty with that 20 ounce Pepsi?” If you want to get him going, tell him ”yes,” enthusiastically.
Also, Pradappet enjoys making the joke, “buy one, get the next one at the regular price.” Whoa, I’ve never heard of a deal like that before.
If only it were: “buy one meal, get a free meal the next 100 times you visit .”
The Heart Dallas Bottom Line: Fresh Market is only open for breakfast and lunch, so make sure you go while they are open (6:30 to 3 p.m.). You may want to stop if you are driving down Harry Hines Boulevard (the medical district) and need a place for a quick bite. It can be a little expensive, and the miniscule amount of tables needs to be improved, but at least there are tables nearby. They have excellent cookies (located near the Salad Bar) and they always have coffee (even when I walked in at 7:30 a.m.)
by Alice, rapid-meal-assessing blogger
