PEA SOUP ANDERSEN’S CLOSES IN BUELLTON
This simply in from reader Kent: “Pea Soup Andersen’s in Buellton is closed. I heard from a number of sources that the restaurant is closed however am unsure in regards to the lodge. I additionally heard a rumor that will probably be torn down and shops and condos might be constructed there. The tip of an icon.” I known as the restaurant’s sister location in Santa Nella and so they confirmed the closure after 100 years in enterprise. They stated that the property was bought and might be redeveloped and that an all-new Pea Soup Andersen’s will open sooner or later.
The famed California restaurant was based in 1924 by Anton and Juliette Andersen, immigrants from Denmark and France, respectively. They settled within the Solvang space, right this moment nonetheless recognized for its Danish affect, and opened Andersen’s Electrical Cafe for vacationers between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The preferred dish was Juliette’s French recipe for cut up pea soup. It rapidly grew to become their hallmark.
In 1928 the Andersens added a lodge and eating room to the cafe on their property. These modifications shifted the main focus of Pea Soup Andersen’s from being only a restaurant to a roadside attraction. With Buellton situated alongside Freeway 101, it made Pea Soup Andersen’s a handy cease for vacationers heading between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay.
The primary of the famed roadside billboards for the eatery, that includes cartoon cooks Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee, went up within the Nineteen Thirties. Those close to Buellton are thought-about historic landmarks and can’t be modified.
The restaurant modified fingers quite a few occasions and was most not too long ago owned by Milt Guggia Jr., whose father, a restaurateur, bought each Andersen’s places in 1999. The constructing sits on a 3.36-acre lot at 376 Avenue of the Flags. The restaurant was put up on the market in 2021 although the adjoining Pea Soup Andersen’s Inn was not included within the providing.
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