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PRESS BUSINESS
The Sexy Salad pressing corporate catering
While on a spring break in the
Bahamas, John Robertson became
inspired by a local chef creating
custom-made salads as he was
bellowing, “Get your salads, get
your sexy salads here!”
Roberston felt he was on to
something. At that moment in
1983, he came up with a great name
for his future restaurant.
“I just thought that was brilliant,”
recalls Robertson, who held on
to the idea for two decades until
he opened The Sexy Salad in
Hauppauge 15 years ago. “I said,
‘That’s the place I’m going to open.’”
While the alliterative name sounds
whimsical, Robertson spent
20 years seriously studying the
industry before opening up shop, to
ensure his childhood dream would
be a success. But he’s done more
than just thrive. Robertson is now
plotting his expansion.
“We would really like to be the
food company for all of Hauppauge
Industrial Park,” he says. “If I can
be a full service, a one call, right
in the heart of the HIP, it’ll be a
home run.”
As the name suggests, they started
out serving salads, soups, paninis
and the like. Now, their menu
has grown to the point that they
have theme days such as Taco
Tuesdays, a build-you-own-potato
bar and much more. Robertson
recently opened Build a Burger
next door and plans to open
restaurants nearby focused
on various cuisines, such
as a Mexican grill and an
Asian eatery.
He got a big boost when
he was accepted into
the Goldman Sachs
10,000 Small Business
Program, which helps
upstarts as passionate
as Robertson to hone their business
acumen by training with experts
from the Wharton Business School
and Babson College, and meet
industry leaders.
The shop also drew national
headlines in 2016 when a drunk
broke in, ate a dozen bananas and
passed out on the floor of The Sexy
Salad before fleeing the scene. “The
Banana Burglar,” as he became
known, was later turned in, but
Robertson declined to press charges
after the thief paid restitution. Still,
the quirky case drew even more
attention to his shop.
While he’s thankful that his
success gives him the opportunity
to donate to charities such as the
Morgan Center and Island Harvest,
he also gets excited thinking about
what’s next.
“Wilbur Wright was asked, ‘Where
do you see the airplane industry
going?’” Robertson says. “He said,
‘I don’t know, but it’s going to be
spectacular.’ And The Sexy Salad is
going to be absolutely spectacular,
too.”
John Robertson
of The Sexy
Salad.
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