Beloved Guyana Soup Shop Gets Brooklyn Outpost

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN, BROOKLYN — A soup shop that is beloved in Guyana now has a Brooklyn address.

German’s Soup — a restaurant that started as a cow heel soup joint in Georgetown, Guyuana, in 1960 — opened its first U.S. outpost at 793 Utica Ave. on Tuesday, owners announced.

The Brooklyn branch will be run by founder Hubert "German" Ulring’s sons, Clinton and Hubert Jr., who said they were inspired to launch a Brooklyn location by the large amount of American expats who made a point of coming to the Guyana restaurant when they returned to their home nation.

German’s Soup will be serving up an array of oxtail, cow heel, chicken, beef and vegetable soups with a slow-cooked yellow split pea base that blend Creole, African, Indian and Chinese cuisines.

Owners said their father's recipes made small shop famous in Guyana, and hinted the product would help you through your next hangover.

“Great for the morning after, too ;-),” they wrote in a press release.

German’s will also offer daily Guyanese specialties such as pepperpot, a meat stew made a cassava root condiment, as well as meat curries, cookup rice (made with coconut milk and served with meat) and macaroni pie.

Soups between $4 and $11 — depending on size and variation — and entrees run between $8 and $11.

Thirsty patrons can try Mauby, a fermented drink made from tree bark, sugar and Caribbean spices, which owners said they make from scratch.

The 16-seat shop is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Visit the German’s website for more information about its menu and history.

Photos by Michael Tulipan and courtesy of German's