Chopt To Open New Ballston Restaurant With 'Sustainable Design'

ARLINGTON, VA — Chopt, the fast salad chain, will be opening a new location in Ballston Exchange this summer that will have a “new sustainable restaurant design,” the company said Monday.

The new restaurant, at 4201 Wilson Blvd., is scheduled to open in June. It will be Chopt's 10th location in Virginia and second one in Arlington. Its other Arlington location is in Rosslyn at 1735 N. Lynn Street.

The Ballston restaurant will be Chopt’s first location designed explicitly to have a reduced environmental impression, the company said. The restaurant will have an energy efficient HVAC system, smaller spatial footprint, energy efficient kitchen wares, and streamlined operations.

The goal of the design is to lower overall energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

“We eagerly anticipate this opening, to see how our customers respond to the new store design,” Julie Atkinson, Chopt’s chief marketing officer, said in a statement. “It’s important to play our part in improving our environmental impact, and we’ll continue to make decisions with this in mind across all of our efforts.”

The Chopt in Ballston will seat 16 customers — 10 at the bar with views of the salad making station and six in a large booth.

The storefront will be the first Chopt to go to complete contactless ordering, with self-service kiosks and new QR code tableside ordering and delivery.

Founded in New York City in 2001 by Tony Shure and Colin McCabe, Chopt has expanded to more than 70 restaurants in New York, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Connecticut, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina

Chopt is hiring for the Ballston location. Interested parties can visit Chopt's careers website.