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The Original Soupman
Chain of soup restaurants
The Original Soupman
The Original Soupman is a soup restaurant originally run by Iranian-American soup vendor Ali "Al" Yeganeh (Persian: علي یگانه), modeled after Yeganeh's original restaurant Soup Kitchen International, which was a well-known soup restaurant at 259-A West 55th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue), in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant was known for its strict rules among its customers. The 55th Street location, which began operating in 1984, was closed in 2004, with the windows soaped over. Yeganeh kept the lease on the shop while he looked to expand into a broader market. This led to the formation of the Original Soup Man chain and eventually led to the reopening of the Soup Kitchen International location in 2010 under the name "Original Soup Man", like all of Yeganeh's other restaurants. In 2017, the chief financial officer of The Original Soupman was indicted for income tax evasion, and the chain went into bankruptcy, which led to all of its stores being closed. Later...
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