r/AskReddit • u/Zenon9 • 9h ago

What restaurant chain fell off the hardest?

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u/jjmcquade 8h ago

Souplantation

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u/AbjectGovernment1247 7h ago

Brit here, was there really a place called Souplantation because that seems awfully off....

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u/Saidagive 7h ago

We also have a soup Nazi...

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u/Additional_Data_Need 7h ago

American here. Never heard of it and same.

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u/kolklp 7h ago

It was also called Sweet Tomatoes

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u/DjinnaG 6h ago

I’ve only seen it called this, but am aware that the few remaining locations are in places where the unfortunate name is used

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u/Electronic-CatDog 5h ago

They actually have 2 other locations one in Arizona and one in Florida 

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u/Ryratseph 6h ago

When i lived in san diego there was one very close i used to go to all the time and i loved it. It was a soup buffet with different soups to choose from each day among other pastas etc. Learned recently it closed

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u/WWGHIAFTC 6h ago

There is still a Sambos in Oregon, but they've long since redecorated. All the other ones closed down forever. There was over 1000 locations at one point.

Edit: Oh crap, looks like the Oregon one closed in 2023.

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u/nbfs-chili 6h ago

Yeah, that was its name... went bankrupt, but looks like it's coming back.

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u/88cowboy 7h ago

Look up controversial burger place Buenos Aires.

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u/Electronic-CatDog 5h ago

They changed the name to sweet tomatoes after backlash 

But man was it a good place to eat and affordable 

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u/WabbitFire 8h ago

I heard Soup R Crackers is really fast growing though. 

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u/thebochman 7h ago

They’re reopening next year

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u/lionday 8h ago

Like fell off a cliff.

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u/RollAway_theDude 4h ago

What about Sweet Tomatoes?

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u/YeahDudeBrah 15m ago

Covid killed their business model