Cream of the Crop

I mentioned here recently that I enjoy dining at Souplantation, which is a chain of soup 'n' salad restaurants. (In some states, the chain is called Sweet Tomatoes but it's pretty much the same place.) I especially like their Creamy Tomato Soup, which they've been featuring for the month of March. It's scheduled to leave the rotation this weekend so if you haven't tried it, you'd better hurry.

If you have tried it and you like it as much as I do, do us both a favor. Call the Sweet Tomatoes company and tell them. The toll-free phone number of their Customer Service department is (888) 374-8358 and there's supposed to be someone there to take your calls 24 hours, seven days a week.

Tell them you and everyone you know loves the Creamy Tomato Soup and will go back many times and spend much money at their establishments if only they will add it to their permanent line-up. Someone there will ask you which of their restaurants you went to and when, and they may ask for your name and phone number.

And if you like a good tomato soup, get to a Souplantation or Sweet Tomatoes soon. Officially, they change their non-permanent menu items every two weeks and the Classic Creamy Tomato is scheduled to go away on Friday. But many outlets won't start putting the new specials out until Monday so you might be able to get my fave on Saturday or Sunday. (Call first to ask and if they say they don't have it, say something like, "Then I'm never coming in your rotten business establishment again, you clod!" Maybe then they'll get the message.) Here's a page that shows you the fifteen states in which they're located. I was going to suggest that if you live outside the area, you plan a quick trip…but that would be really overselling this soup. On the other hand, I've crossed state lines for far sillier — though less moral — purposes.