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Here's What A House Salad Reveals About A Restaurant By Rolland Judd Sept. 16, 2025 8:00 am EST

There are plenty of serious restaurant red flags that can tell you all you need to know about an establishment. Dirty parking lot? Maybe consider somewhere else to eat. A restaurant menu that's packed with multiple cuisines ? Turn tail and run the other way. But according to two experts we spoke with, there is one surprising menu item that can give you loads of insight into what you can expect from the rest of the food — and whether it's worth your hard-earned dough.

Hakki Akdeniz, American restauranteur and entrepreneur, and founder of Mira Mediterranean , said that before your entrée ever gets to the table, you can make an educated guess about the quality of the f

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