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Souplantation
Date EstablishedLocation1978San Diego, California
Description
Sweet Tomatoes, operating as Souplantation in southern California, was a United States-based chain of all-you-can-eat buffet-style restaurants. The menu of the salad bar had an assortment of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, croutons, and pre-made salads, that rotated monthly. Other items of soup selections, baked items including muffins, cornbread, pizza Foccacia, and baked potatoes, a pasta section with sauces, desserts of fruit, puddings, and soft-serve ice cream. In 1983 the company, then owned by Garden Fresh Restaurant Corporation, closed locations due to mandates related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 7, 2020, the closure was made permanent and the company filed for liquidation.
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Cruising through many states of America, remnants of eateries of the past can still be found. Travel back to a stage in time with me to rekindle the memories of food franchises and the lost cuisine of bygone days. We can remember the presence of these dining experiences in their heyday long ago, but still etched in moments and recollections.
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