I just got free sample seeds and wonder if it is worth planting. Got it from Baker Creek https://www.rareseeds.com/spoon-tomato
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I haven’t grown that one, but last year I grew a variety called Chiapas that sounds sort of similar. It was a pain to pick and I wouldn’t bother. So small and the skin kept tearing.
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I have enough trouble picking my Igleheart Yellow Cherry tomatoes and my Black Cherries. Many went to waste last year, despite them being in my top 10 favorite varieties. They’re cute though. 
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I bet they’re sweet but after the real tomatoes are ready, I ignore those tiny ones
Yes and like reported above they are a pain to pick- so many tiny fruit! Some will go bad on a bunch before the rest have had a chance to ripen. The plant wants to grow like a bush monster and is hard to control and pick from. They’re cute to put on salad though.
They look similar to the Florida Wild Everglades variety that I ordered for this year:
That one was found growing naturalized on a small island in the Everglades with no clear human source, but the reason I ordered it was the performance it showed here in the PNW. From the seed provider’s description:
'Florida Wild Everglades’ is one of the few ironclad varieties amongst nearly one thousand cultivars and selections I’ve grown over the years here in the Pacific Northwest. It is also one of the few tomatoes to thrive in the heavy disease pressure of tropical climates like Florida, where it was first discovered. At first, you might think Florida and the Pacific Northwest have nothing in common, and while it is true that climatically they are quite opposite, fungal and other disease pressures are severe in both places — here long stretches of cool wet conditions foster disease, while in the tropics it is the humid heat.
From the reviews of the spoon tomato, it seems to have a similar disease resistance, vigor, and frost tolerance. And to produce way too many tomatoes that are small and a pain to pick. I’m hoping my one year-old will enjoy picking them.