The holiday season is starting up, and it’s once again the time of the year to make those infamous resolutions to start eating healthy. Although this resolution is always a struggle, this year might be just a little bit easier —maybe even enjoyable.

Chop’t Creative Salad Company has arrived in the area, bringing a promise of fulfilled resolutions to all. Located off  Old Georgetown Road in Wildwood Shopping center, it is the chain’s first Maryland location.

According to the Chop’t website, this New York-based chain formed over 10 years ago when two friends from college, Tony Shure and Colin McCabe, decided that the future of fast food lay in salad. The two colleagues developed a “Better Tastes Better” philosophy and have pledged to serve only the freshest and purest of ingredients.

This view can immediately be seen when walking into the restaurant through the clean, open and minimalistic atmosphere. A theme of chopping lettuce runs through the room, from the green and metal color scheme to the blade-like structures hanging nonthreateningly from the ceiling.

The ordering and preparing process is reminiscent of a Cold Stone Creamery, except in place of ice cream, there is lettuce, among many other add-ins such as pita chips and jalapenos. Customers can order their salad, specify their extra ingredients and proceed to watch the contents of their bowls be chopped and mixed with large metal blades.

In addition to the option of creating a customized salad, the menu boasts a wide variety of enticing pre-made salad combinations, from the Santa Fe to the Grilled Asian salad.

Customers can also choose from a plethora of unique homemade dressings to find the perfect combination. All salads can be turned into a salad sandwich, which comprises the same ingredients enveloped by Chop’t’s signature grilled honey wheat flatbread.

Chop’t also comes out with seasonal salads every 60 days. The Kimchi Kobb is one of the current seasonals, with tofu, broccoli, carrot slaw and crispy Chinese noodles. The Plymouth Cobb, with roasted turkey, butternut squash and rye stuffing croutons, is also an enticing option for those still craving a Thanksgiving taste.

With so many fresh and delicious options, Chop’t is sure to please everyone, from the age-old salad connoisseur to the newly discovered lettuce lover.