Philly's Rooster Soup Co Gets New Name, New Menu

PHILADELPHIA – The Rooster Soup Co. in Center City has been lauded for its food and mission to give all proceeds to the Broad Street Hospitality Collaborative organization. But the popular spot with a retro-diner feel is about to undergo some changes.

The brain child of Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook – whose restaurant group CookNSolo runs Federal Donuts, Zahav, and Abe Fisher – Rooster Soup Co. will be renamed "The Rooster," according Solomonov and Cook.

With a new name comes a new menu, and it will be focused on Jewish deli offerings.

Some menu items include:

• Yemenite Matzo Ball Soup;
• a Wedge Salad with creamy tehina ranch;
• thick-sliced Hot Corned Beef on Jewish Rye;
• a Beet Reuben for the vegetarian crown;
• Montreal Smoked Meat with Horseradish on a Martin’s Potato Roll;
• homemade seasonal pie;
• and fountain milkshakes.

You can check out the full menu here.

Rooster Soup Co. was named one of Food and Wine magazine's Restaurants of the Year in 2017 and also named one of the nation's best new restaurants by GQ in 2017. Both outlets spoke highly of the food and the mission.

Rooster Soup Co. restaurant use left over parts from fried chicken made for Federal Donuts, it donates all proceeds to the Broad Street Hospitality Collaborative, which provides meals and social services for vulnerable Philadelphians.

The Rooster is located at 1526 Sansom St., Philadelphia.

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