January 21, 2010

Soup truck schedule for Winter Restaurant Week

It should come as no surprise that Manhattan would take a soup line to all new levels.

As part of Winter Restaurant Week, NYC this year plans to back up the truck - and park in three Manhattan locations to serve gourmet soup for $6, with part of the proceeds going to Haiti relief efforts.

The soup truck’s locations:
Jan. 25 to 29: Broadway between 50th and 51st streets
Feb. 1 to 3: Fifth Avenue between 18th and 19th streets
Feb. 4 and 5: Greenwich Street between Warren and Murray streets

On those days, the truck will open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. selling two or three soups each day. Each serving will come with bread from Tom Cat Bakery.

Thus far, only the Midtown menu has been posted:

Monday, January 25
Corn, crab and chorizo soup from Delmonico’s Steakhouse
Tomato and fennel soup from Tribeca Grill
Mexhattan clam chowder from Dos Caminos Park

Tuesday, January 26
Five-onion soup from Michael Jordan’s The Steak House N.Y.C.
City Crab’s famous New England clam chowder from City Crab & Seafood Co.
Creamy white onion soup with duck confit and mustard oil from Marseille

Wednesday, January 27
Lentil stew from Industria Argentina
Beef barley from Ben Benson’s Steak House

Thursday, January 28
Chowder Gingered sweet potato and lobster bisque from The Sea Grill
Butternut squash leek soup with cranberry beans and sage croutons from Nice Matin

Friday, January 29
Roasted winter squash and carrot bisque from ‘21’ Club
Jean-Claude’s lobster bisque from Chez Josephine
Braise of black-eyed pea soup from B. Smith’s Restaurant

Monday, February 1
Braise of black eye’d pea soup from B. Smith
Shrimp bisque with tarragon cream and cayenne croutons from North Square
Sopa de elote (roasted corn soup) from Maya

Tuesday, February 2
Sunchoke and leek soup from Le Cirque
Coconut galangal soup with organic chicken and straw mushrooms from Kittichai

Wednesday, February 3
Louisiana seafood gumbo from Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Black bean, epazote and cumin crema fresca mexicana from Centrico
Roasted butternut squash soup from Charlie Palmer’s Metrazur

Thursday, February 4
Roasted butternut squash soup from Capsouto Frères
Tomato garbanzo with fresh cilantro from Black Duck

Friday, February 5
Lobster bisque with leek and lobster croutons from Blue Water Grill
Black bean soup with plantain garnish from Pampano

$1 from each soup sold will be donated to The Haiti Relief Fund at the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.

The soup truck is new to Restaurant Week this season, playing on the city’s current crazy love with food trucks. (CityRoom at New York Times has a great list of NYC Street Food Trucks on Twitter.)

More than 260 restaurants are taking part in NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2010. During the Jan. 25 to Feb. 7 event, three-course prix-fixe meals are sold for $24.07 at lunch or $35 at dinner. Drinks, tax and tip are extra. Weekends are excluded at most locations.

Updates as of Jan. 28 and Feb. 1: The menus were updated with changes provided by NYC & Co.

Image source: NYC & Co.’s official webpages for Restaurant Week.

January 21, 2010 9:26 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Foodology, Midtown

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