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The Central Coast’s Legendary Pea Soup Andersen’s Future Is in Jeopardy
The Buellton restaurant is for sale for a cool $4.7 million, and it’s unclear what that might mean for the property
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Buellton’s legendary Danish-themed Pea Soup Andersen’s restaurant is up for sale. A Santa Barbara realty company has listed the restaurant’s building and surrounding 3.36 acre property for a whopping $4.7 million.
This historic and well-known restaurant off the 101 freeway north of Los Angeles is one of Central California’s quirkiest spots, complete with the old-school dining room as well as gift shops and banquet rooms for tourists and weekend guests. Even those who have never eaten there are familiar with the name, thanks to the many pale green billboards that dot the freeway for many miles in either direction. The restaurant’s pea soup is of course a staple, but it also serves everything from pickled herring to supreme chicke
Pea Soup Andersen s, famed California road stop, is up for sale
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The sign on the roof of the Pea Soup Andersen s restaurant in Buellton, Calif.George Rose/Getty Images
The home to California s most famous legume soup has hit the market for $4.7 million.
The Lompoc Record first reported Pea Soup Andersen s three-acre parcel off Highway 101 in Buellton, Calif., is listed for sale. The current approx. 35,000 SF building has hosted Pea Soup Andersen’s restaurant, shops and various banquet rooms for many years and is prime for redevelopment, the listing reads. The sale is being handled by Radius Commercial Real Estate of Santa Barbara. A second location in Santa Nella does not appear to be for sale.