NYC soup
The husband and I are vacationing in NYC this week and next. We've seen quite a few soup places, but most appear to be chains, even the Original Soup Man. Are any of the chains worth visiting? What about a little local place?
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4 Comments:
Many of the soups at Hale & Hearty are pretty darned good. I love the Cream of Wild Mushroom, the Senegalese Peanut Soup, the Sweet Corn Chowder, and the Carrot Ginger among others.
chisai at 9:44AM on 05/13/09
Maybe I'm missing some sort of niche or trend, but I've never been to any soup place that wasn't a chain. I've been to places with good soup, of course, like Second Ave Deli but never an actual soup joint.
meem21 at 10:03AM on 05/13/09
Chinatown is great for noodle soups etc... I like the Roast Pork Wonton Noodle Soup from Great NY Noodletown (Bayard and Bowery).
Also, lots of great ramen places in the East Village area (Ippudo, Momofuko, etc)
Soup_Dumpling at 11:25AM on 05/13/09
European style soup is not a huge thing in NYC, surprisingly, although ramen is.
Hale & Hearty is decent. Soup Man is good but overpriced. Ashby's is very good but also takeout only.
A friend of mine swears by Karen's on Astor. If you are into Eastern European soups, go to Veselka for borscht, etc. If you are into stranger, made-up soups, go to Shopsin's!
kathryn at 11:32AM on 05/13/09