Best soup
YOUR PICKS
Chef Jenny Levison prepares her homemade soups in the kitchen at Souper Jenny in October. Photo: Becky Stein / Special
1) Souper Jenny
You say, “Souper Jenny is homemade, fresh, and very good. Why anyone would want anything else is beyond me.”
2) The 57th Fighter Group Restaurant
3) MetroFresh
4) Stone Soup Kitchen
5) Steamhouse Lounge
Tom-kha (chicken coconut soup) at L'Thai in Tucker. Photo: Allen Sullivan / Special
OUR PICKS
1) L’Thai Organic Cuisine
Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, “L’Thai’s tom-kha is a silken bowl of sweet-yet-sour soup layered with the flavors of broth and coconut milk and peppered with bright cilantro, all highlighted by unimaginably fresh tofu. One sip, and you won’t need Calgon to take you away.”
2) 4th & Swift
3) So Kong Dong
4) Phnom Penh
5) Souper Jenny
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Pete
November 16th, 2009
12:48 pm
It’s hard to give anyone the nod over Souper Jenny, but Mitch’s crew over at MetroFresh has some of the most delicious soups I’ve ever had! I believe they have a lot of the same recipe’s, so it may be a toss up. But at the end of the day, when I want delicious soup in Atlanta, I head straight to MetroFresh!!
Amanda
November 16th, 2009
1:34 pm
I could eat at Souper Jenny every single day!
SP
November 16th, 2009
1:37 pm
If I’m craving soup, I head over to Buford Hwy and have some pho at Pho Bac. If I’m with friends, a trip to Mini Hot Pot (across from Pho Bac) is awesome! Its like the personal fondue version of soup. Each seat has a hot plate for the broth to heat up and plates of veggies, seafood and meats come on the side. You drop in what you want, add seasonings or sauces if you prefer, and enjoy! So fun and delicious!
DonH.
November 16th, 2009
2:29 pm
The Beer Cheese Soup at Norman’s Landing restaurant across from The Avenue on Peachtree Parkway- Exit 13 and GA 400) BUT they only serve it on Fridays. Souper Jenny gets the nod all other days of the week!
Lisa
November 16th, 2009
2:34 pm
MetroFresh!! The best! LOVE Mitchell.
D
November 16th, 2009
2:38 pm
Mama Rose’s Chicken on Tuesdays at Soup Garden at Aikers Mill.
SoupLover
November 16th, 2009
2:46 pm
I get both daily menus form MetroFresh and Souper Jenny and many days I’m torn. They are both GREAT!
Beth
November 16th, 2009
2:48 pm
The beer cheese soup at the newly reopened 57th Fighter Group Restaurant is always a favorite.
Melody
November 16th, 2009
3:08 pm
SPLIT PEA from RAINBOW GROCERY!
Don
November 16th, 2009
3:08 pm
Jake’s Homemade Chicken Soup at Picnic in the Irwin Street Market. Quite possibly even better than mom used to make!
Brian
November 16th, 2009
3:18 pm
It was once a special at Osteria in the Highlands, Chicken and Dumpling Soup… please bring it back!
WestSider
November 16th, 2009
3:19 pm
The chicken/coconut soup at Taste of Thai in Douglasville.
Every bit as good as Surin of Thailand’s in the Highlands.
Mary
November 16th, 2009
3:21 pm
The Krissy Soup at Rainbow Natural Foods. Their Mulligatawny is really good and their Senate Navy Bean. But Krissy is the best – broccoli, celery, and squash.
nixforsix
November 16th, 2009
3:22 pm
The Chicken Soup at Taxco on Roswell Rd is the best mexican style chicken soup in Atlanta. Been consistently good for over a decade
Graham
November 16th, 2009
3:28 pm
The Guiness inspired french onion soup at Parker’s on Ponce is some of the best soup I have ever had. Also, their daily specials are always good.
TC
November 16th, 2009
3:28 pm
For me it’s a toss up between the pho at What the Pho in Duluth and shrimp corn chowder at Taqueria del Sol.
Jan B
November 16th, 2009
3:33 pm
My vote is for the chicken coconut soup at Doc Chey’s Noodle House. Yum ! Yum! Second choice is the tomato basil bisque at Urban Flats at the Avenue Webb Gin near Snellville. Perfect blend of tomato,garlic, herbs, and cream.
Mickey Pudge
November 16th, 2009
3:35 pm
The seafood soup at El Cancun on Windy Hill in Marietta. Hole in the wall establishment, but like the trend the food is out of this world.
Lisa
November 16th, 2009
3:43 pm
The Lobster Bisque at Montana’s Bar and Grill on Hwy 9 in Milton is awesome. The soup of the day varies but when they have the Lobster Bisque it sells out.
Jose
November 16th, 2009
3:44 pm
Pho Dai Loi #2 on Buford highway keeps me coming back for more.
c wee
November 16th, 2009
3:46 pm
my vote is rasa sayn in roswell. hot and sour soup has some kick to it.
Joyce Brewer
November 16th, 2009
3:56 pm
I loved the black bean soup at Pomodoro in the VA Highlands. The owner was very friendly.
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mirza baig
November 16th, 2009
4:26 pm
I love tomato Basil soup @LA madeline Pleasant hill road (gwinnett county)the best soup i ever had.
MB
Maria
November 16th, 2009
4:29 pm
The cream of chicken and potato soup at the Downwind Restaurant at Dekalb Peachtree Airport is wonderful. Actually, they have a soup of the day and they all are good!
JV
November 16th, 2009
4:32 pm
The roasted corn soup at Livingston in The Georgian Terrace is pretty special. I ordered it by default and have been back for it 3 times. The best I’ve had…
Long Joe
November 16th, 2009
4:41 pm
I love the SheCrab Soup at What The Pho in the back of The Pink Pony Lounge.
Patti H
November 16th, 2009
4:45 pm
57th Fighter Groups’ Beer Cheese soup cannot get any better and has been the same way for at least the 25 years I Have been enjoying it! Don’t go there and not try it!
Steen
November 16th, 2009
4:59 pm
Arizona’s Restaurant at Stonecrest Mall has the most delicious potatoe soup you will find anywhere. Eat it loaded with bacon bits, cheese of course and chives. It is scrumptous!
Jeanette
November 16th, 2009
5:12 pm
Twist at Phipps has unvbelievably good soup and they change it every day. The soup can be simple or exotic, but always interesting and full of flavor!
Leslie
November 16th, 2009
5:15 pm
The Lobster Bisque at the Steamhouse Lounge in Midtown
Leggs
November 16th, 2009
5:21 pm
Lobster Bisque at Le Cordon Bleu!
DB
November 16th, 2009
5:36 pm
Tom Ka Kai at Flavors of Thailand in Jonesboro.With shrimp instead of chicken, request it with extra heat.
Helen
November 16th, 2009
5:59 pm
The Seafood Bisque at Marietta Diner. Great flavor, and lots of seafood. Creamy and delicious! Only on weekends, and it always sells out! I moved away, and would still drive 50 miles just to eat some.
Katherine
November 16th, 2009
6:00 pm
Souper Jenny should obviously win!
Anna H.
November 16th, 2009
6:17 pm
The loaded baked potato soup from Cherokee Cattle Company on the Canton Highway in Marietta is to die for! It is cream based with chunks of potato and served with real bacon bits, green onion, and cheese on top. The shrimp corn chowder @ TDS comes in a close 2nd…
Tonya
November 16th, 2009
6:28 pm
The shrimp corn chowder & the chicken tortilla soup are both excellent at all three locations of Taqueria Los Hermanos. I usually go to the one near Sugarloaf Pkwy and Cruse Rd.
bibi
November 16th, 2009
7:25 pm
Try the soup at Lotta Frutta-they have a different delicious soup everyday-they specialize in South American soups that are unusual and delicious! It on Auburn Ave. at Glen Iris.
Kenbud
November 16th, 2009
7:41 pm
Tomato basil soup at La Madeleine!!
Darlene
November 16th, 2009
7:44 pm
The Flying Biscuit has the best soups EVER!!!!!
Allison
November 16th, 2009
7:53 pm
SOUPER JENNY hands down!
jana
November 16th, 2009
7:55 pm
i can’t believe that no one has said Alon’s soups! the tomato basil is the best. all of their food is the best in town!
Maggie
November 16th, 2009
8:29 pm
Senoia Coffee Roasters in Senoia has a mushroom & brie that makes a drive to the burbs well worthwhile!
Louis
November 16th, 2009
8:42 pm
Definitely the brunswick stew at Harolds BBQ
Fletcher
November 16th, 2009
9:14 pm
Sorry, guys. No Thai restaurant in ATL has better Tom Ka (coconut chicken) soup than Little Bangkok on Cheshire Bridge Rd. Not Surin, not Taste of Thai, and not Doc Chey’s Thai-wannabe.
Sarah
November 16th, 2009
9:17 pm
Shrimp Corn Chowder @ Taqueria Del Sol
Michael
November 16th, 2009
9:31 pm
Sopa de pollo at Jaliscos is always good. (honorable mention does go to Taxco on Roswell Rd.)
Susan
November 16th, 2009
9:33 pm
It has to be the beer cheese soup at 57th Fighter Group Restaurant on Clairmont Road.
Ryan
November 16th, 2009
10:10 pm
METROFRESH! It’s great to have fresh or to buy by the pint so you can have it for lunch the next day!
Sonny
November 16th, 2009
10:28 pm
the motzo ball soup, or chicken noodle soup at marietta diner on cobb pky.. it’ll straighten you right up
jh
November 16th, 2009
10:35 pm
The Totilla Soup at Houston’s
jh
November 16th, 2009
10:36 pm
make that tortilla
Patricia
November 16th, 2009
10:41 pm
Any soup at Dynamic Dish.
Robin
November 16th, 2009
10:47 pm
The smoked chicken-tomato soup at Murphy’s is fantastic! I wish they made it every day.
The Big Maru
November 16th, 2009
10:50 pm
Pho Tai at the late, lamented Da Lat. Kinda scary place, great Pho.
DecaturCyn
November 16th, 2009
11:16 pm
Broad Street Cafe, located downtown in the Fairlie Poplar district, has fantastic soups. My favorite is the heavenly creamy mushroom with brie, followed closely by the roasted red pepper and seafood varieties. (There are, I believe, about six choices total.) Their homemade crab cake sandwich makes a great accompaniment.
Chili probably doesn’t count in a soup blog, but if it did, I’d also recommend the hearty vegan chili at Rainbow Natural Foods (N. Decatur & Clairemont).
ben
November 16th, 2009
11:23 pm
my chilli
Jeff
November 16th, 2009
11:31 pm
The Tom Yum (hot & sour) at the Thai Restaurant of Norcross on Norcross Tucker Rd is the best Tom Yum soup that I’ve found in Atlanta. I like it with shrimp and extra heat.
Judy
November 17th, 2009
12:10 am
Since chowder is being thrown into the mix – the Chowder Kennebunkport at Spondivits in Cumming is the absolute best!
Angela
November 17th, 2009
12:28 am
METROFRESH!!!!!!
stalepie
November 17th, 2009
1:23 am
What the Pho on Pleasant Hill Road near Wal-Mart and god knows what else .. . that place is pretty good. i asked to for a fork though and he seemed mad.
Georgia Girl
November 17th, 2009
1:27 am
My kitchen in Stockbridge Ga.
itsme
November 17th, 2009
5:39 am
Noodle Soup at China Inn in Chamblee Plaza.
tom
November 17th, 2009
6:30 am
Chick-fil-a for Chicken Noodle soup. Large bowl with crackers. Crazy? Maybe, but my kind of crazy.
Jack Harris
November 17th, 2009
6:50 am
Steamhouse Loung Lobster Bisque #1
ima idiot
November 17th, 2009
6:51 am
go to the soup nazi place in new york. i hear it is really good
LW
November 17th, 2009
6:57 am
chicken soup at Mi Casa in Suwanee
Cheryl B.
November 17th, 2009
6:58 am
Blue Crab Bisque at Joli-Kobe at the Prado.
Kuster
November 17th, 2009
7:11 am
The only place to get Beer Cheese Soup in Atlanta is at the 57th restaurant.
Cookiedawg
November 17th, 2009
7:16 am
Definitely RELISH in Roswell!
Ishmael
November 17th, 2009
7:17 am
The Pickrick had the best soup in town!
Kateaux
November 17th, 2009
7:31 am
The Crawfish Bisque at Pappadeaux’s is to die for!! The Seafood and Andouille Gumbo is excellent too!
SouperTrouper
November 17th, 2009
7:33 am
The soups served in Murphy’s in Virginia Highland are so good it’s difficult to single out just one. Inventive and consistently good. Just behind Murphy’s but not far is Alons. A smaller repertory but vegetable based soups. i.e., tomato basil, are standouts.
Bret
November 17th, 2009
7:37 am
The Tortilla Soups at both Houston’s and Ted’s. Not typically a chain guy, but both are tremendous.
PEACE
November 17th, 2009
7:52 am
Why not try the Chicken Noodle Soup at Carrabbas in Morrow. It’s absolutely off the change with plenty of chicken, vegetables and noodles that will fill you up and asking for a take-out order when leaving. Try it and I know you will be coming back for more.
ELIZABETH
November 17th, 2009
8:00 am
STONE SOUP KITCHEN off memorial. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Bill
November 17th, 2009
8:06 am
Pho Dai Loi #2 on Buford highway makes the best soup I’ve had in Atlanta, and it cheap too.
Southern Gal
November 17th, 2009
8:08 am
Pho Dai Loi in Forest Park is amazing!
erin
November 17th, 2009
8:08 am
lobster bisque at Bones… there is nothing better!
bugman
November 17th, 2009
8:23 am
Hands down, no one makes a better soup (chicken noodle, minestrone, lentel) than my wife Susy!
Amanda
November 17th, 2009
8:25 am
Metro Fresh!
Darryl
November 17th, 2009
8:25 am
Souper Jenny is the best!
Nikki
November 17th, 2009
8:27 am
A toss up between the patio soup at Pacho’ in Covington and the loaded potato soup at o”Charley’s
Monica
November 17th, 2009
8:28 am
The chicken pho at Dua Vietnamese Noodle Soup on Broad St downtown is addictive, and absoloutely to die for! I never experienced Vietnamese food before this. Also, to give props to my Jamaican origins, Eat Right Jamaican restaurant in Decatur has the best cow foot soup and Royal Caribbean Bakery and restaurant has the best red peas soup.
Sam
November 17th, 2009
8:29 am
Campell’s has good soup.
JD
November 17th, 2009
8:30 am
Not a huge soup fan, but Lee’s Golden Buddha on Clairmont has the best Hot n Sour soup that I have ever tasted.
jonnymack
November 17th, 2009
8:33 am
How has nobody mentioned Dynamic Dish? His soups always change and everyone of them is spectacular. I still have dreams of his gazpacho.
Reds
November 17th, 2009
8:39 am
The Crab Soup at Baan Thai in Conyers is the best I have ever had. As for Pho, go to Pho Huang Long off Pat Mell Road in Marietta. Marietta diner has awesome seafood bisque, and Cherokee Cattle Co has to die for Steak soup, as well as Potato Soup.
Bunks
November 17th, 2009
8:49 am
The Chicken Tortilla Soup at the ESPN zone was great until they closed:( MY college days had me eating a jerked chicken and rice soup called the Bob Marley soup at a small bar and grill in Millidgeville, Buffingtons. The soup was the best!!!! For brunswick stew, have to give it to Fresh Air BBQ in Macon and Jackson.
Joanna
November 17th, 2009
8:52 am
Tomato and smoky bacon from Whole Foods – it’s delicios with tonnes of garlic too…
Colleen Munyan
November 17th, 2009
8:52 am
METROFRESH. Hands down.
Fakey McFake
November 17th, 2009
8:57 am
re: Leslie
November 16th, 2009
5:15 pm
The Lobster Bisque at the Steamhouse Lounge in Midtown
Yes indeed! Souprised three weren’t more votes for it but glad nobody said Publix or Subway or Firehouse — all local soup joints!
soccermom
November 17th, 2009
8:58 am
The best chicken soup that I have tasted outside of a private home has got to be the soup served by La Parilla in Flowery Branch/Oakwood, Ga. Shredded chicken, rice, and tortilla strips are seasoned just right and served with slices of lime and avocado on the side. Yummy!
Sha
November 17th, 2009
8:59 am
The creamy onion soup at Outback and the soup at Dante’s Down the Hatch
Carey
November 17th, 2009
9:00 am
The beer cheese bisque and chicken tortilla at Fancy Pantry in Alpharetta are the best. I plan my lunches around their soup schedule =)
Jared
November 17th, 2009
9:01 am
Oh, it’s definately Subway’s brocoli and cheese
Melody
November 17th, 2009
9:05 am
Stone Soup and Alon’s are great, in addition to Rainbow takeout in Decatur.
SS
November 17th, 2009
9:05 am
Souper Jenny. Is there really even a contest?
cold sassy knee
November 17th, 2009
9:12 am
Withput doubt, Neuvo Laredo Cantina has awesome homemade soup, they add fresh avocado. And you can add a quarter chicken and rice. Definitely my go to when I get a hint of a cold. Like everything else its always plain ole good!
tall white jeff
November 17th, 2009
9:15 am
Marlow’s Chicken and Queso
mark
November 17th, 2009
9:16 am
The beer cheese soup @ The 57th Fighter Group is to die for!