Nothing takes away the chill after exploring Asheville on a crisp, cold winter day like a bowl of hot soup. The Asheville area chefs make some creative hot soups, often including locally-grown and seasonal ingredients from local farms.
You can also find vegan, vegetarian and organic soups to warm you up for winter. Soup gives you warmth that goes far beyond temperature to that feeling of comfort that few other foods can match. In Asheville, there's a hot soup to suit almost any taste, from Thai and farm to table soups to hearty classics like chowder.
“Soup always gives me that happy feeling of eating tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches when I was a little girl,” said Linda Carter, who owns Asheville’s Southside Café with her husband, Lance. Southside is famous for Linda’s broccoli and cheddar and potato soups.
There are lots of great places to get delicious, gourmet, organic and made-from-scratch soups in Asheville.
- At Tomato Jam Cafe, chef Charlie Widner serves up heart-healthy and tasty soups made from fresh local and organic produce.
- Lobster Trap has great clam chowder and seafood bisques.
- The Market Place offers chef's creations based on local, in-season produce such as a sweet potato soup.
- The Grove Arcade is a quintessential soupopolis, featuring several spots to sample this steamy delight. Thai Basil at the Arcade serves up soup with an Eastern flair. True Confections serves a different fresh made soup (which can be followed by a hot coffee and pastry). The Grove Corner Market offers up a different soup, often organic or vegetarian, daily at lunchtime. And Red Bicycle features daily blackboard soup specials.
- Find a wide variety of vegetarian, vegan and organic soups (a choice of five different options on any given day) at Greenlife Grocery, which also features seating for those who dine in.
- 28806 serves a tasty tomato basil soup in West Asheville. You can also find tomato soup paired with grilled cheese at Tupelo Honey Café.
- For savory Italian favorites, hit Fiore's Cottonwood Ristorante Toscana. You can't go wrong with their Zuppa del Giorno (chef's soup of the day).
- Get creative and delicious soups at Rezaz Mediterranean Cuisine, which serves a puree of parsnip soup and vegetable minestrone.
- On the west side of town, Westville Pub will warm you up with a bowl of vegetarian chili.
- And on the east side, Chef in Motion serves a different fresh made soup each day of the week.
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