Cleveland, OHSoups

Souper Market is a basic soup shop with casual locations across Cleveland and the West Side. Its savory soups change with the seasons and come alongside salads and grilled cheese, and the shop also sells take-home stock for cooking at home. Order the chicken paprikash soup, the top seller, with its classic Eastern European flavor and a chunk of bread on the side.

Susy's Soup & Deli is an award-winning soup joint that has been at it for more than two decades, with Cleveland shops in Reserve Square and at Tower City and a menu of sandwiches, wraps, salads and breakfast around the soups. Order the chicken tortilla soup, cheesy, creamy and mildly spicy, made in house with chicken, green peppers, corn, jalapeno and onion, and served with bread, a roll, crackers or tortilla chips.

For many diners at Heck's Cafe, the soup is the main event rather than a side dish. The French onion is built from sweet and red onions cooked slowly after caramelizing, with garlic, herbs, beef stock and a bit of Guinness, then finished with French baguette and melted cheese. Order the French onion soup.

Luna Bakery & Cafe is pastry chef Bridget Thibeault's welcoming from-scratch cafe, where vegan and gluten-free soups made from scratch share the menu with paninis, crepes, salads, sweets and espresso. Order the corn chowder, a hearty bowl of golden potatoes, corn and other vegetables, thickened by the potatoes, with garlic, cayenne and thyme coming through, and served with multigrain bread.

Le Petit Triangle Cafe is an eclectic, Parisian-style cafe in Ohio City for an espresso, a pastry or a savory soup at breakfast or lunch, with French dishes served on a tablecloth with a bottle of wine at night. Its specialty is a vegan-based three onion soup topped with a cheesy toasted crouton. Order the three onion soup.