Soups aren’t just for cold, rainy days. Summertime is actually the perfect time to indulge in a refreshing and fresh chilled soup. Vegetables like tomatoes, zucchini and corn are at the peak of their seasons and can be perfect as a light lunch, or as an accompaniment to your meal.
New York
Gramercy Tavern
42 E. 20th St.
(212) 477-0777
Hours:
Main Dining Room
Lunch: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. (Mon. - Fri.)
Dinner: 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. (Sun. - Thurs.)
5:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. (Fri. - Sat.)
Tavern
12 p.m. - 11 p.m. (Sun. - Thurs.)
12 p.m. - 12 a.m. (Fri. - Sat.)
Chef Michael Anthony uses the seasonal favorite, zucchini, right at the prime of its season to create the Chilled Zucchini Soup. The delicious zucchini and cucumber soup, which is served both in the tavern and the main dining room, is topped with fried oysters and then garnished with beautiful (and edible!) orange squash blossoms-a treat for your eyes and your stomach!
Klee Brasserie
200 Ninth Ave.
(212) 633-8033
Hours:
Lunch/Brunch: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. (Thurs - Fri)
11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Sat - Sun)
Dinner: 5:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. (Sun - Wed)
5:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. (Thurs - Sat)
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Klee’s Green Pea Soup, created by the restaurant’s owner and Chef Daniel Angerer, might seem like an ordinary soup on paper, but we can assure you that’s not the case. The Green Pea Soup is served as a series of four shooters and, thus, is presented in glasses rather than in a bowl. The inventive shooters are then garnished with a smoky cheese.
Chicago
Sunda
110 W Illinois St
Chicago, IL
(312) 644-0500
Hours:
Lunch:
11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Mon. - Fri.)
10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Sun.)
Dinner:
5 p.m. - 12 a.m. (Mon. - Thurs., Sun.)
5 p.m. - 1 a.m. (Fri. - Sat.)
At Sunda, an Asian Fusion restaurant in the trendy River North area of Chicago, Chef Rodelio Agilbot serves sashimi-but not on rice. Instead, the sashimi sits atop a chilled tomato and ponzu soup. The thought is that, on a hot summer day, a chilled soup is more appealing than a mound of rice. In the past, Agilbot has also served a cold corn and miso soup garnished with grilled scallops and chili oil.
Los Angeles
The Roof Garden
The Peninsula Hotel
9882 South Santa Monica Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA
(310) 975-2855
Hours:
7 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Daily)
This Beverly Hills restaurant, set on a stylish poolside patio at the Peninsula Hotel, has cooked up a special gazpacho for their menu this summer. The green tomato and cucumber gazpacho is a light mix of parmesan, tomato, ricotta cheese and poblano peppers served with a scoop of opal basil sorbet.
Las Vegas
Julian Serrano
ARIA Resort & Casino
3730 Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV
(702) 590-8520
Hours:
11 a.m. - 11 p.m. (Daily)
This summer, Julian Serrano is offering a slew of summer soups on their menu. The first, a lobster gazpacho, is a traditional gazpacho served with a generous helping of lobster meat. The second soup, called the fisherman’s soup, is a fish soup made with shrimp, mussels, whitefish and sofrito. The third, a decadent wild mushroom soup, is created using fresh shiitake mushrooms and crimini. The soup also includes oysters and is topped with a foie gras cream.
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