Among the many disparate topics we've covered on this blog is — or rather was a chain of soup/salad buffets called, in some climes, Souplantation. In other cities, they were called Sweet Tomatoes and by either name, they were places where you could stuff yourself with soup, salad, baked potatoes, baked goods and a limited selection of desserts. I liked them a lot and was sad when the chain folded, an early casualty of The Pandemic in 2020.
As we noted here, someone recently announced a clone opening in Tucson. And now — much closer, in Rancho Cucamonga, California — another clone has opened. It's called Soup 'n Fresh, it's in a building that used to be a Souplantation and no, I haven't been there. With my busted ankle still healing, I ain't been much of anywhere and besides, Rancho Cucamonga is 54 miles from where I live. But this review says the place is pretty good and that it has long lines…so I have a hunch someone will open more of them.
Then again, I thought that about Love's Barbecue restaurants after they closed the last one in 2017 and I'm still waiting.