Sweet Tomatoes – Carlos Eats

The first major restaurant industry casualty is Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes, many more are expected in the future as the restaurant industry is impacted by COVID-19. The Los Angeles Times posted a full story this evening about the closure. The chain has been plagued with troubled finances for years.

The reaction on Twitter was filled with mourning:

Me hearing that Sweet Tomatoes is going out of business pic.twitter.com/WwjWEbMPFh
— Essential P-Money 😷 (@p0rscha) May 7, 2020

Corona really killed sweet tomatoes… I hate it here 😔
— Chris Chu (@chuchootrain_) May 7, 2020

You’re telling me sweet tomatoes is going out of business???? 😰 pic.twitter.com/WotEGnpofH
— Lauren Bovio (@laurenbovio) May 8, 2020

This is sad. Garden Fresh Restaurants, the owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, plans to file for bankruptcy and sees no viable option to reopen.

Company had three years of consistently growing guest counts and was planning new units.https://t.co/LQSl5EC16H
— Jonathan Maze (@jonathanmaze) May 8, 2020

sweet tomatoes closing is my origin story
— lulu (@yoohooitslulu) May 8, 2020

WE MISS YOU SWEET TOMATOES https://t.co/9O5FMseKj8
— 𝕜𝕒𝕥𝕖⁷ (@kldaley) May 7, 2020

After college when I was making $7.67/hr at an internship where my employer garnished rent from my wages, Souplantation (Sweet Tomatoes in FL) was the only place I could afford to eat healthy foods like kings w friends for like $10. Sad that it's gone for underserved communities.
— Alex Hofmann (@hofmannaw) May 7, 2020

One day you went to Souplantation with the homies for the last time and nobody knew it 😢💔 pic.twitter.com/hLveqX4pt6
— Miserable Padre Fan (@MiserableSDFan) May 7, 2020

souplantation has officially closed their doors forever, so I’ve made a lil something to pay my respects… pic.twitter.com/x0IAZksNGS
— Nichole (@NicNacsTV) May 7, 2020

RIP to unlimited clam chowder.