Someone named Marv Wolfman who claims to have been a friend of mine for 38 years sends the following…
You and I have trudged to the Souplantation a number of times but never during Classic Creamy Tomato soup month, and that kinda soup's my favorite. So after today's column where Wayne told his soup story, I did a Google search on the nearest Souplantation (they closed down the one near me in Woodland Hills) made my way to Godforsaken Northridge or wherever it is, and had dinner. Well, the very best creamy tomato soup I ever had was at an incredibly good (and expensive) restaurant sitting on a magnificent lake in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the sun just setting out the window looking over the lake and I can tell you that soup was to die for. This wasn't as good, but it was close. Real close. Real, real, real close. As is the restaurant, comparatively to Alabama at least, and much, much cheaper. I had two bowls. You were right again, pal-o-mine.
I'm not sure I know this Wolfman guy but if he likes the Creamy Tomato Soup at Souplantation, he sounds like my kind of person. At the very least, he gives me the chance to remind you all that there isn't much of March left and that my favorite soup won't be at Souplantation (or its twin, the Sweet Tomatoes chain) for much longer.
(Also: Can anyone identify the restaurant in Alabama that this person visited?)