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Living in Jacksonville => Dining => Topic started by: spuwho on October 05, 2016, 08:09:27 AM

Title: RIP Sweet Tomatoes
Post by: spuwho on October 05, 2016, 08:09:27 AM
Sweet Tomatoes owner shutters last 2 in NE Florida.

http://jacksonville.com/business/2016-10-04/jacksonville%E2%80%99s-only-two-sweet-tomatoes-restaurants-shuttered-tuesday (http://jacksonville.com/business/2016-10-04/jacksonville%E2%80%99s-only-two-sweet-tomatoes-restaurants-shuttered-tuesday)

Said they weren't viable being in an "outlying area".
Title: Re: RIP Sweet Tomatoes
Post by: mbwright on October 05, 2016, 08:40:51 AM
If you are a business that was open since 1999, hard to believe "The Sweet Tomatoes on the First Coast just never really established a foothold, he said."  We went there a few times when we lived near regency.  Markets change, and expectations can be a factor.
Title: Re: RIP Sweet Tomatoes
Post by: pierre on October 05, 2016, 08:41:56 AM
Too bad. The one in Orange Park was good and was usually pretty busy.