We do not compromise with cheap ingredients. Other salads include shrimp Dijonnaise, penne pasta and a salad sampler. The salads also make a nice side offering to a half-sandwich, he adds. The Caesar combines roast chicken, provolone cheese and Caesar dressing with a pasta-greens base. The antipasto tops that same base with pinwheels of sub meats found on Pasta Connection sandwiches, and the garden salad tops the pasta-greens mixture with tomato and onion.
Dressings complete the equation.
The chain tested 112 new dressings for its Caesar, ultimately opting for the first one it tested, which happens to be a well-known supermarket brand. Another new dressing, a basil vinaigrette, provides a totally different flavor profile. The creamy dressing caters to customers' desires for more spices and flavor, even in salads, she says. Bottled versions are sold in the restaurants. The warm fajita salad, a new offering, is tossed tableside not with dressing, but pico de gallo sauce.