Bottomless soup and salad followers, prepare. Though Souplantation closed all places in 2020, a brand new restaurant known as Soup 'n Contemporary has opened in a former Souplantation location in Rancho Cucamonga. It seems like longtime followers actually missed their favourite soup and salad buffet restaurant, as a line stretched from the doorway of Soup 'n Contemporary and into the parking zone when the restaurant opened on February twenty eighth. The restaurant is presently in comfortable opening mode till April 2nd. giant opening.
In accordance with KTLA, Soup 'n Contemporary has an identical structure to Souplantation and serves a well-known all-you-can-eat menu of salad bar, soups, pasta, pizza, baked items, drinks, baked potatoes, blueberry muffins, desserts and now not. It’s positioned on Foothill Boulevard and Winery Avenue with lunch costing $16.99 and dinner at $18.99.
Souplantation (which additionally had places known as Candy Tomatoes) was based in San Diego in 1978. In Might 2020, the corporate closed all 97 places, nonetheless, Candy Tomatoes will reopen in Tucson in 2024.
Farewell to Highland Park's 100-year-old theater
U Los Angeles Occasions stories that the Highland Theater has closed completely on February 29. After 100 years of operation, proprietor Dan Akarakian cited an incapacity to recuperate from the COVID-19 pandemic. The proprietor of the constructing, Cyrus Etemad, stated that he plans to revive the place and proceed to make use of it for theatrical and musical functions.
Mysterious exercise at Cafe Tropical
The Eastsider obtained a tip that free espresso and pastries have been being served from the closed Cafe Tropical on February 29. The long-running bakery will shut on the finish of 2023 after 50 years in enterprise. In the event you hear something, drop us a word on the Eater LA tipline: la@eater.com.
A brand new restaurant and bar in Montecito Heights
The Eastsider additionally famous a brand new submitting with town planning division offered by the crew of Final Phrase Hospitality, which operates Barra Santos and Queen St. The small print are for an 89-seat, 3,000-square-foot restaurant with a bar known as Hermon's in Montecito. Heights on Monterey Street and Wheeling Method. The submitting describes the enterprise as an “American brasserie serving elevated consolation meals” together with beer and wine.
Ice cream and cereal collaboration at Salt & Straw
On March 1st, Salt & Straw introduced again their cereal ice cream line. The Cereal-sly Scrumptious Collection options 5 flavors created by co-founder Tyler Malek the place he combines childhood favorites and Oregon-based ice cream with flavors like peanut butter brownie cereal puff, cocoa puff and chilly brew, and Cornflake biscuits with marionberry jam. . Salt & Straw additionally partnered with woman-founded cereal firm OffLimits for this collection. Flavors will be shipped nationwide, with full particulars obtainable right here.