Soup variety anchors new restaurant in Springfield.Byline: RETAIL NOTEBOOK By Joe Mosley The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - David Lacy The Very Revd Dr David William Lacy BA BD DLitt was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2005/6. He was born in Inverness, attended Aberdeen Grammar School from 1963 to 1965 and completed his schooling at the Glasgow High School. appreciates questions about "the Soup Nazi" of Seinfeld fame, but he wants to make one thing clear: Any comparisons with the tyrant tyrant, in ancient history, ruler who gained power by usurping the legal authority. The word is perhaps of Lydian origin and carried with it no connotation of moral censure. of tomato bisque bisque 1 n. 1. a. A rich, creamy soup made from meat, fish, or shellfish. b. A thick cream soup made of puréed vegetables. 2. Ice cream mixed with crushed macaroons or nuts. (`No soup for you!') begin and end with what's in his restaurant's bowls. "I just roll with it," Lacy says. "We have soup without the attitude." That's the specialty - 35 varieties of soup rotated through the menu - at How's the Soup? deli, opened a few months back by Lacy and his wife, Jessica. The restaurant, at 471 South A St., offers everything from a daily Big Man Jack Chili to chicken tortilla soup, along with sandwiches, hot dogs, salads and other fare. "We want to offer great food with outstanding service, at a price that's just right," Lacy says. The Lacys are leasing their 1,500-square-foot space from Springfield businessman Les Swaggart, who built the building - which also houses Quilters Junction - after the Lane Transit District A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. sued for eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in and took two-thirds of his land in 2003. Swaggart's former business, Les' Service and Canopy Sales, was located at the site until its new owner moved operations to Glenwood during the LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability action. The Lacys invested about $30,000 to get their restaurant set up and operating. Both have restaurant experience, although David Lacy was managing the Mac Store, a computer shop in Eugene, before going into business for himself. "Most recently, we were cooking for our church - Sunday evenings, every week for about 30 to 50 people," David Lacy says. "Everyone said, `Open a restaurant, open a restaurant.' We finally did, and they were just shocked." The restaurant features a minimum of five soup varieties daily. All are made fresh, either from scratch or with stocks purchased from a producer in Portland. Soup prices start at $2.50 for a cup and $4 for a bowl, while the menu tops out with the Ultimate Salad, at $6. A chef's salad chef's salad n. A tossed green salad that usually includes raw vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, and julienne strips of cheese and meat. Noun 1. can be had for $4.50, and the most expensive sandwich is a bacon, lettuce, tomato and guacamole number for $4.75. New cafe starts slow Then there's Abbaroni's, a couple of blocks to the northeast at 553 Main St. Owners William and Shawn Sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. got their business going earlier this year in a storefront that most recently held the Snappy Snappy - Snappy Video Snapshot Service cafe, and before that, Larry & Kathy's Cafe. "We don't have a lot of business yet, but the ones that have discovered us are showing their faces again and again," William Sprain says. The restaurant got its name because the Sprains liked the sound of "Abbaroni's" - and it just happens to rhyme with pepperoni, which fits in with the grand plan. "My long-term goal is to have a great pizza here, in addition to the food we have," Sprain says. "We're working on integrating pizza by the slice, and then the complete pies." For now, Abbaroni's is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., serving a variety of breakfasts and lunches as well as a full menu of coffee drinks, Italian sodas and pastries. "It's kind of your all-American menu," Sprain says. Breakfasts include omelets, waffles, pancakes and combinations, while lunches feature a soup of the day Soup of the Day is the loosely scripted 2006 internet phenomenon that told the story of one man who is dating three women at the same time. Each of the 19-episodes of the story was its own 4-6 minute self-contained viral video. The entire series can be seen at [1] [2]. and an Abbaroni's Burger with two kinds of cheese, bacon and ham. Sprain says he has worked in restaurants in the past, and also has served in the military and worked locally in recreational vehicle manufacturing. He and his wife have invested about $60,000 in remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling , equipment and supplies. "The key to me making it is going to be surviving this first year, and getting regular people to come in here," he says. "A goal for me is to try to bring back the family business to this place - families, seniors and a little bit of everybody." Retail Notebook runs on Fridays. Joe Mosley can be reached at jmosley@guardnet.com. |
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