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kleinbl00  ·  1976 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: RIP Souplantation

It was a terrible f'ng name. I'll bet that's why they were Sweet Tomatoes everywhere else. You cross the Mississippi and "-plantation" is a terrible idea.





cgod  ·  1976 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hated how when I'd go there with black friends we'd have to eat in the kitchen.

How the fuck can you be a chain restaurant and have the word plantation in your name?

I'd eat a 7/11 hot dog before going to a TGI Fridays, you'd have to tie me to the chair to get me to be at a Souplantation, that's edgier than most pancake syrup brands.

$2 is close to a standard food cost markup for a chain, not a terrible vlaue.

kleinbl00  ·  1976 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The ironic thing is that because it was an all-you-can-eat place it had a lot more minority (and senior citizen) representation than the community at large. You hit the Souplantation in Lawndale? You were probably the only people speaking English.