Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Winter is really here. Time for soup!

Café Doppio is my best new find in the FiDi lunch arena in quite some time. A couple weeks ago I was in the office for the first day after being out sick for a week with a respiratory infection. I was still feeling a little under the weather and soup was about the only thing that could help. Soup is not something I normally seek out, so the only places I could think of to get it were The Original Soup Man and Hale & Hearty Soups. But as I was walking to Hale & Hearty, I passed this specials chalkboard out on the sidewalk listing, among other soup options, muligatawny soup. What could be better for my respiratory system, I thought, than spicy Indian vegetable and bean soup? The soup was great, they gave me extra bread (at no extra charge) on my request, and I felt better almost immediately!

I have since gone back and tried a Three Bean Chili and a Turkey Chili, both of which were great. If the cold wintry days we've been having continue, I will likely be back at Café Doppio often.

Café Doppio is at 55 Broad Street, though the entrance is actually on Beaver Street between Broad and William, situated right between Starbucks and Hale & Hearty Soups.