Crisp & Green abruptly closes Water Street location

After a year in the heart of Water Street Tampa, a fast-casual salad concept has closed its doors.

Crisp & Green , located at 1055 East Cumberland Ave. on the ground floor of the East Cumberland Avenue parking garage, quietly shuttered its doors this week.

The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that signage on the Crisp & Green storefront was taken down yesterday morning. While there’s no clear reason for its shuttering, Tampa’s closure was part of a company-wide decision to abruptly close three of its locations, although it’s unsure what other two locations were included in this effort.

Tampa's Crisp & Green location has already been removed from Google,  the restaurant’s website and waterstreettampa.com , leaving no trace of the health-conscious concept.

Crisp & Green’s mission is to “offer chef-crafted nutritious foods to fit conveniently into a modern, wellness-driven lifestyle,” boasting menu items like its signature salads, grain bowls, smoothies, aguas frescas, acai bowls and build-your-own options.

Mike Lester and Steve Strigler of Walking Tall Brands —who also operate the Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux in Midtown Tampa—opened Tampa's first Crisp & Green last spring. [content-1] The only other Florida-based Crisp & Green locations can be found in Winter Park, Naples, Venice, Estero and Winter Garden.

In 2021, Crisp & Green announced that it was planning to open a dozen new stores throughout the greater Tampa Bay area, although its unsure how Water Street’s recent closure will effect these expansion plans.

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