The Observation Deck

Don't know if anyone caught this in the Cleveland Scene this week; another great local restaurant coming our way. If you like soup, these guys make some amazing stuff:

"Some of the city's best debuted in 2002 with the SouperMarket in Ohio City (2528 Lorain Avenue, 216-737-SOUP), chef Matt Moore's hearty homage to the glories of cooking from scratch. The winter menu features 10 daily offerings, in individual servings or sizes to feed the whole tribe; the current rotation includes cream of wild mushroom, tomato-ginger, and lobster bisque. (Visit www.thesoupermarket.com for the complete lineup.) Many are meat-free, all are created without artificial ingredients, and an assortment of green salads provides variety. And at a mere $7.75 for salad, crusty bread, and 12-ounce portion of most soups (lobster and crab are $1 extra), it's a great value.

The only downside has been the SouperMarket's size -- too small to allow for sit-down dining. Look for that to change this winter, when Moore opens a second, 15-seat location at 14809 Detroit Avenue, in Lakewood. Also in store for Lakewood fans: new daily soup specials and an assortment of homey, modestly priced "small plates" -- crab cakes, short ribs, osso buco, and the like. Meantime, the search for an East Side outpost continues."

Looks Great!!! The menu looks souper especially for a vegetarian.

Is this near the Melt? I'm trying to place where this will be.

Lynn Farris wrote:Looks Great!!! The menu looks souper especially for a vegetarian.

Is this near the Melt? I'm trying to place where this will be.

Lynn

This is the restaraunt I was hinting at a couple months back that was supposed to be moving into the old Flora Cafe.

It is owned by the assistant secretary for City Council's husband.


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I think 14809 Detroit is the former Flora Cafe, just across a side street from Marc's Plaza.

Doug

though you threw everyone off, because you said it was a chain restaurant (there's only one SouperMarket ... until they open in Lakewood, then there'll be two), and you said it was downtown (when it's actually in Ohio City).

See, that's why no one came even close when you first hinted at it.

Sounds delicious. I actually drove past the one in Ohio City last week and said "I'll have to try that place." Now I won't even have to leave Lakewood.

I used to work across from this when I worked in Ohio City and now can do so again in my newer Lakewood office!! Sweet. The soups are all fantasic. It is a bit pricey for basically a bowl of soup and a nice sized hunk of bread but I think it is worth it. Very filling, very tasty and fresh. They also sell their stock for use by cooks who want to do some soup on their own.

Does anyone know when this will open?