Souper Jenny
Soup restaurant · North Decatur ·
Casual cafe with fresh soups, salads, and light bites
Casual cafe with fresh soups, salads, and light bites
"A vendor included among the food options at the Decatur Lunar New Year event, contributing savory items to the marketplace lineup." - Eater Staff
"Located in North Decatur Plaza, the Decatur location recently expanded into the former Nuts and Berries space, adding much more seating (couches and tables) and dedicated areas for community events, pop-up dinners and cooking classes led by owner Jenny Levison. Levison returned to Decatur with the concept in 2020 after closing an earlier downtown outpost due to rent hikes and parking problems; the operation had been popping up inside Nuts and Berries before becoming permanent and then grew again after that market closed last November. The expanded space will host regular monthly dinner pop-ups (including collaborations with other Atlanta chefs), knitting classes, a book club, and a Saturday story time for young children starting in March. Example events include a lasagna night with board games (adult dinner $20 with choice of regular or vegetable lasagna plus garlic bread, a Caesar or green salad, and a chocolate chip cookie; kids 12 and under $10) and a grand reopening featuring complimentary bites from baker Sarah Dodge, Colette Bread and the Cornbread Sisters, with vendors like Evolve Botanica offering Valentine-themed bath products and astrology/tarot readings. This Decatur spot is one of several metro Atlanta locations (Blandtown, the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead, Brookhaven and Roswell); current hours are Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–4 p.m., and more information is available at souperjennyatl.com." - Beth McKibben
"A local soup-and-sandwich operator has launched a three-month pop-up inside the newly reopened health-food market at North Decatur Plaza, opening Sept. 14 and running through at least the end of December. The pop-up mirrors the chain’s other locations with daily-made soups, sandwiches, and salads, operates Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (soups available through the store until 6:30 p.m.), and is takeout-only for now; the owner hopes to add a roughly 20-seat dine-in area later. The proprietor, who closed the original Decatur storefront last year citing high rents and parking issues, says the trial could become a permanent location if successful and notes an existing partnership with the market’s Brookhaven store, which also began as a pop-up." - Beth McKibben
"After five years in downtown Decatur, the soup-and-sandwich shop owned by Jenny Levison was slated to close by the end of February, with Levison citing high rents and parking problems as major factors and simultaneously opening a Souper Jenny in Roswell." - Beth McKibben
"After five years in downtown Decatur this location will close on Saturday, February 23. To mark the company’s 20th anniversary it will temporarily revert prices to 1999 — all soups, sandwiches, and salads are $5 each and a soup-plus-sandwich or salad combo is $10 — until it shuts on Saturday afternoon. Owner Jenny Levison had signaled an eventual closure while announcing a new Roswell location, citing an expiring lease, rising rents and worsening downtown parking (metered weekdays and Saturdays, resident permits on surrounding streets, and only a few paid lots and decks) as key reasons; she also noted much of the city’s foot traffic occurs on weekends and evenings after the restaurant’s typical hours. Staff from this location have been placed at company sites in Buckhead, Westside, and Brookhaven, and the owner is considering future options in Decatur, Vinings or at the airport." - Beth McKibben