In an upscale TV area restaurant, what soup would you like to see on the menu and....
 

what would you expect to pay

I usually ask opinions after I'm sure of my own, not this time. I have a lot of experience with soup but not much when it comes to eating out at upscale restaurants in the villages.

Crab [shrimp, lobster] Bisque $7 bowl $5.50 cup
Cream of Mushroom $6 bowl $4.50 cup
Potato [and all of it's variations] $6 bowl $4.50 cup

[off topic, already--I worked in a high school and ate the cafe lunch. I always bought the cup of soup. It was less expensive and came in a Styrofoam coffee cup that held the same amount as the Styrofoam soup bowl.]

I would like just a nice cream of broccoli soup.

A great chicken tortillia soup like I used to get at Don Pablo's restaurant in Ohio. $5.99 bowl $3.49 cup.

A split pea soup is one of my favorites.

A cup of soup cost more that a pack of cigarettes. Must be a lot of soup tax added.

French onion

New England Clam Chowder and "good" Lobster Bisque !!

She-crab soup....it's the best!

thank-you for responding and please keep them coming

off-track-stupid-story
Back home we used to go to Olive Garden because that's where my wife's side likes to eat. There were a lot around. Anyway I used to tell the waitress that "I would like to have a bowl of the bottomless soup." After she wrote it down, I added "I don't like soup, I just want to see how long the spoon is."

Crab chowder. (Bonefish crab chowder is awesome !!)

Quick question. Where is there an upscale restaurant in The Villages? I have yet to find one. So far I have had to go to Tampa or Orlando for any special occasion.

I am honestly not trying to be flip or put down any place or person. I have been a strong advocate of getting a really nice place here and really hope one comes and we support it. There are some good places to eat, I like Lopez, Palmer, Cane Garden, Sukura, and a few others. But IMHO none of them come close to being upscale.

I would describe an upscale place as one with an excellent menu, excellent service, many different nightly specials, a well known highly rated chef, an outstanding wine list, white cloth table cloths and napkins, and a place everyone who went raved about how good it was.

I do put Bonefish and Lopez in an upscale category as well as places like Ruth's Chris, etc. Excellent food and excellent service. Cane Garden & Sakura are in the good category, not upscale. If there was a highly rated chef, I might put that in an exclusive restaurant category.

I don't think you are being flip at all. Was there ever a upscale place like you described in the area?

And if and when a place like that comes along, what kind of soup would you like to see?

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Lobster Bisque - Carrot soup - she crab - seafood chowder with actual seafood in it!