SOUPer Bowl IX to Name Best Local Soups in Port Washington

Who has the best soup in Port Washington?

Residents are invited to find out by taste testing the best soups in the area to decide who will be the 2016 SOUPer Bowl Champ on Saturday.

Seventeen local restaurants and markets have entered the competition. Their soups range from Beef Barley and Minestrone to the more exotic Louisiana Crawfish Crab Corn Chowder and Jamaican Sweet Potato.

The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, located at 100 Fairway Drive.

To taste the plethora of soups, visitors will pay an admission fee (a $7 “touchdown” fee for adults and a $3 “field goal” fee for children under 12) to receive a hand stamp and a ballot. After trying all the soups, which come with bread and crackers, everyone can vote for their favorite. The soup with the most votes will receive the “People’s Choice Award.”

A select Judges’ Panel of celebrities and culinary experts will also decide which soup will receive the “Judges’ Choice Award.” The panel will include Anne Arter, Len Berman, Joe Canigiani, Julian Phillips, and Steve Remington who is a client at the Helen Keller National Center.

Gift certificates from the winning restaurants will be raffled off.

SOUPer Bowl participants include: Ayhan’s Mediterranean Market, Ayhan’s Shish Kebab, Bosphorus Café Grill, Finn MacCool’s, f.i.s.h. on Main, Frank’s Pizza, Gino’s Pizzeria, Harbor Q, O’Hara’s Ale House & Grill, Organico, Port Thai Place, Port Washington Diner, Rosso Uptown, Sullivan’s Quay, Toscanini, Wild Honey and Yummy Gyro.

The event is organized by the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce

Free parking is available. For more information, call the Chamber of Commerce at 883-6566 or email office@pwcoc.org.

Community sponsors include: Commissioner Sponsors Joseph N. Canigiani, Inc. and Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty; Head Coach Sponsors Gold Coast Family Dental, Inform Fitness, Laffey Fine Homes and Roslyn Savings Bank – a Division of NYCB; Assistant Coach Sponsors Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa and wit & whim; and Fan Sponsors Dime Savings Bank, Long Island Boat Rentals, Massage Envy Spa, Servpro of Great Neck/Port Washington, Sherwin-Williams and Zimbardi Financial Group.

Images via Port Washington Chamber of Commerce