Samantha Impaglia 
After opening its first New Jersey outpost in Jersey City in 2020, salad chain Sweetgreen is making its way to the Mile Square. An application on an upcoming Hoboken Historic Preservation Committee meeting agenda pointed to Sweetgreen coming to 218 Washington Street in Hoboken in 2024 when we first reported on it. In April 2025, signage was spotted in the former Drybar space where it’s slated to open. Shortly after The Hoboken Girl team noticed that Google was listing August 26th as its opening date, the Sweetgreen team confirmed with us that the salad chain will make its debut on that day. Read on for what to know about Sweetgreen’s arrival in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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The Updates on Sweetgreen
The Monday, November 4th, 2024 Hoboken Historic Preservation Committee meeting agenda revealed an application for Sweetgreen at 218 Washington Street.
Some of the items included in the application were changes to signage, general repairs/restoration, and other architectural plans. The space at 218 Washington Street was formerly home to DryBar, a national blow-dry studio chain. Hoboken’s DryBar location closed in early 2024.
Signage was spotted by our savvy readers in April 2025, and now, it looks like Sweetgreen will be opening on Tuesday, August 26th, per Google. The Hoboken Girl reached out to Sweetgreen, and the salad chain confirmed the news with us.
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In August 2020, Sweetgreen opened its first New Jersey store in Jersey City. Just a few months later in October 2020, Sweetgreen hosted a pop-up ‘outpost’ on wheels at 5th and Hudson in Hoboken — but this is the first we’re hearing about a permanent brick-and-mortar location. The Hoboken outpost will mark its second in Hudson County.
Sweetgreen will join several other salad spots on Hoboken’s Washington Street. Hoboken-born Alfalfa is located at 1110 Washington as well as downtown at the corner of Bloomfield and Newark. Just Salad, a chain, is just down the block at 114 Washington, as is Honeygrow at 120 Washington. Local spot Quality Greens Kitchen is right near the new Sweetgreen location at 227 Washington. And Jersey City-born GTK is located at 1014 Washington, known for its wings, wraps, + other fast casual options. Shaka Kitchen at 110 Washington is another local choice for healthy eats.
About Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen opened up its first location in Washington, D.C. in 2007, and has since expanded to over 200 locations across the United States, with stores in 23 states. There are currently seven in New Jersey. The NJ storefronts are located in Hackensack, Jersey City, Marlton, Montclair, Montvale, Morristown, Shrewsbury, and Westfield.
This popular salad chain serves up a variety of salads and bowls and is described as fresh, plant-forward, earth-friendly food.
Some of the highlights on the menu include a chicken pesto parm bowl with roasted chicken, spicy broccoli, tomatoes, shaved parmesan, za’atar breadcrumbs, warm quinoa, baby spinach, Sweetgreen hot sauce, and pesto vinaigrette; a guacamole greens salad with roasted chicken, avocado, tomatoes, red onions, shredded cabbage, tortilla chips, spring mix, chopped romaine, lime squeeze, and lime cilantro jalapeño vinaigrette; and a garden cobb salad with avocado, hard-boiled egg, roasted sweet potatoes, tomatoes, red onions, blue cheese, roasted almonds, spring mix, chopped romaine, and balsamic vinaigrette. Sweetgreen also sells a variety of local items, sides, drinks, and more. You can browse the full menu here.
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