Photo: About 80 people at Grand Opening of Soupman Restauran

The Original SOUPMAN opened in Raleigh, NC. Good soup combined with funny memories of Seinfeld's show trying to please the "Soup Nazi," to buy their addictive lobster bisque soup. This Grand Opening in Raleigh included a raffle for a Soup Combo every day for LIFE (No, I did not win.) The first 100 people in line received a gift bag.

Cool tee shirts abound: "So you think my soup is too expensive? Too bad. Life is tough and you get what you pay for," or "Tired of Waiting in line? Hit the other soup place. No one is there."