Cheap salad chain Salad and Go is going, going, gone: The one-of-a-kind salad chain that churned out low-priced salads in a drive-thru-only format, has plans to close 41 restaurants, including all four of the San Antonio outposts.

According to a release, those closures will also include all locations in Houston and Austin. The only survivors will be a handful of stores in the Dallas metro area and Oklahoma, plus stores in Arizona and Las Vegas.

The chain only had brief run in San Antonio. The brand introduced itself to Alamo City in February 2024, opening its first drive-thru in the Brooks complex, 2810 Southeast Military Dr. It quickly followed up with outposts on the West, South, and Far North Sides.

Salad and Go was founded in 2013 in Gilbert, Arizona, by husband-and-wife Tony and Roushan Christofellis with an admirable mission to make a healthier version of fast food, including salads for under $8, in tiny stores with footprints as small as 750 square feet. The menu features salads, wraps, breakfast burritos, and soup, with beverages such as lemonade, tea, and cold brew.

CEO Mike Tattersfield says the closures will allow them to focus on their Dallas and Oklahoma markets. The company also has restaurants in Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas. Tattersfield, who took on the CEO role in April 2025, is also a minority owner.

He called it a "difficult moment."

“Salad and Go is a disruptive brand within QSR (quick-service restaurants), built to challenge the status quo and deliver something better for today’s guests,” Tattersfield said. “We deeply believe in the power and the mission of this brand, and in the positive impact it can have for the communities we serve.”

Here's a thought: Is there any parallel between brands who describe themselves as "disruptive" and brands that fail?

Salad and Go made their Texas debut in 2021, opening their first location in Plano. They expanded at a rapid clip, nearly doubling the number of stores over the past two years; by May 2025, they had more than 140 locations. They also opened a central commissary kitchen in Garland in 2024, designed to service up to 500 locations. Such optimism.