Let's Get Busy.....

The store is picking up gradually..we are almost at our one year anniversary and I need to get the"Soup King" to plan something fun and exciting. But what? We have great specials this week....Classic Beef Stew, French Onion Soup.....Mac-N-Cheese, no its not a soup...just home made Mac-N-Cheese. Very yummy.

We are looking into getting a spot at The Farmer's Market downtown on Main Street. Hopefully, "The Soup King" will get up early and do what he needs to do along with all of his other work. "Muscle Guy" has been working well lately, "Party Boy", well he does well as long as we remind him to stay on track. We have a delivery guy, "Box Boy" because he can make crazy music with his mouth....Very nice and easy to work with. "School Girl", the weekend girl will be joining us during the week now since we will be closed on Sundays. Everyone likes her. Hopefully one or two of our friends will help out with our soon to be early Saturdays......Let's wait and see!

Any way, back to the main event, soups. We have Classic Beef Stew, which I had today and is very yummy....excellent with lots of bread. I also decided that French Onion would be a good one for this week. Everyone seemed to love it last year so, let's welcome it back!!!! Well, gives us a call or stop in for something warm and filling as the weather slowly cools down,(which I love by the way).

The Menu

So we talk about funny things, silly things, and things that just seem to be going so It hought maybe I should talk about the menu thing....let you know what we have to offer....why it is really worth it to stop in and grab a bite to eat!

Let's start with our homemade soups.....on any given day we have
Potato and Ham
South Western Black Bean
Chicken Noodle
Vegetable
Tomato Basil
Split Pea with Ham (very thick)
Broccoli and Cheese
Seafood Gumbo
Sweet Chili
Cream of Chicken and Mushroom
New England Clam Chowder
Specials always change....right now we have
Homemade Mac-N-Cheese
Cold Strawberry Soup
Butternut Squash Soup

We Have great sandwiches...cold or hot pressed...
Roast Beef
Turkey Breast
Ham
BBQ Chicken
Boar's Head Ever Roast Chicken Breast
Grilled Cheese
Tuna

Our Specialty Sandwiches..
Caprese
Italian Sub with Boar's Head Meats

We have Salads of course...
Garden and Caesar
Mandarin
Chef
any with Grilled Chicken....

Yummy sweets too and chips to go along with any meal...of course we have special sweets at different times of the year.


Come on....stop in and try something yummy..call ahead to see what our specials are 941-365-7687

Thank You to My Zen!!!!

My neighbor who is my "Zen", came to help me with everything in the store today. With everything she has going on in her life she still found time to help me!!!! I just love her so much......She is one reason that it would be hard to go back to PA.
We made all kinds of soups and a great big batch of broth today. Tomorrow I will be knocking out Cream of Chicken and Mushroom and Chicken Noodle again...

"Party Boy" has brought us a delivery guy....He starts tomorrow so we should be really good with getting orders out. we got to meet "Party Boy's" father tonight. he was very nice and hopefully is very proud of his son. He does a great job for us!
"Muscle Guy" was out today with a family emergency so we hope everything is getting better for him....."The Soup King" was about again today working on store number 2 and ideas to grow and things to make better. Can't wait to see what's ahead!

We are not going to open on Sundays!! I have finally convinced "The Soup King" that we absolutely need at least one family day! Besides, he doesn't like to get up early and I have church things on Sunday mornings!!! So check us out Monday through Saturday! We have lots going on...."Party Boy" may dance for you....

The Cold Has Arrived!

So lunch was very busy today. So they say, I took the day to regroup. Rice pudding for the store was part of that for me today. "The Soup King" ran around like crazy today working all areas of his life. Tomorrow brings a hectic day for me....restocking the store and cooking lots of soups and of course chili.

I am working on getting Winter squash out again at some point this week. I will keep you posted. More Boar's Head meats will be in the store tomorrow!!! Roast Beef, Ever Roast Chicken Breast(again) and Honey Maple Glazed Ham, my family favorite!

Hopefully we will be able to catch up for tomorrow....of course it gets cold and wow look at all the people!!!! Be patient, please remember that this is all new to me!!! I will do my best to knock out what we need tomorrow! Stop in and see...it might be a good show!

Weekend....What? Where?

So today was a busy day...lots of deliveries for now. "Muscle Guy" was not a happy camper but he took care of business anyway. "The Soup King" was out and about as well. "Party Boy" was shakin' things up in house with his dancing and singing again. We enjoyed Hairspray today....Of course Empire Records is still my favorite but we have to change things up a bit.

We made Beef Barley and it moved very quickly today. In fact all of the soups moved quickly. I guess the rain clouds worked in our favor today. Tomorrow brings more cooking....I think maybe three or four soups. I think I just want to stay in bed though. Maybe "The King" himself will have to rock it out on his own for this weekend. I need to catch up around the house.

"The Little Ones" are all hanging out...doing what they do...So Halloween is creeping up on us and so is my concert! My "Zen"(the neighbor) and I are going to see Boys II Men!! We can't wait...we need to shop for some bling so we can sing and dance like we were young and fun again!!!! We both even know all of the words to pretty much all of the songs.....It should be a blast! I will give you all the news on that after the show!

What Next?

So "Party Boy" is working out well and he is very entertaining to boot! He gets the customers to dance and he being at the store. Ah....to be young and full of life! So he seems to like the job so far but it's only week two and its gradually getting busy again. I can't wait to see how he handles November!!!! The Soup King" was in and out today...he needs to fix the silly internet issue that we are having before I go crazy! It works, it doesn't work, it works.....very bothersome! "Muscle Guy" was only if a few hours today, things to do, people to see......I sent "Party Boy" home early and stayed today because it was steady but slow. Dinner had a fun little rush. Tomorrow will be a lite day for me....

We have a yummy Peppercorn Beef and Potato that "The Soup King" himself whipped up on the fly this past week when he was in. We also have our great Texas Chili back! We have homemade Mac-N-Cheese for the kids....no its not a soup...just an old fashion Mac-N-Cheese. Very good.....very cheesey!

Oh!! the best thing yet at The Soup King...MOVIES!!!! I get to play all of the favorites all day long!! I love it...It only took "The Soup King" 10 months to make it happen for me! He does what you ask....just figure on a long wait time. It's all good though. We had Empire Records on today and Uptown Girl, and RV...funny flicks. I can't wait to see what we watch tomorrow. Maybe Hairspray, musicals....Musical Wednesday...Who's ready to play??

We Have Found a Name!!! (and our MENU!)

The new guy has officially been given his nickname today. "Party Boy" will entertain all who venture in....he listens to a wide variety of music and is always happy and looking to have fun. The best part about it is that he does his work at the same time! Love it!!! The new girl....I am still working on a name for her...I have to work with her a little more and then maybe it will come to me.

We have Chili again!!!! Yeah!!!! So wait....how about I list every soup.... ok her we go...
Potato and Ham
Split Pea and Ham
Cream of Chicken and Mushroom
Broccoli and Cheese
New England Clam Chowder
South Western Black Bean
Vegetable
Chicken Noodle
Sweet Chili
Tomato Basil
Seafood Gumbo
and again Strawberry Soup this week...a cold yummy treat!
Don't forget that we have sandwiches and salads too.....come on you know you want to try some of our yummy items!!

I made a Cheddar Potato for a special too but I didn't find it to be a hit. I need to find something fun and yummy for all. We do have Otis Spunkmeyer (again...its late can't spell) Double Chocolate Chip cookies this month with pink chips to help support Breast CancerResearch...2 for $1.00 can't beat it and they are awesome....stop and and take a bite!!!

"The Soup King" is returning from his business else where tomorrow. I am so tired I just want an easy day.....The Boar's Head people are coming in the morning with samples and fun stuff to look at....i am so excited!!!!

Don't forget that we are open on the weekends so stop in and visit.....we are always around. We have some info on fun things going on in the area too.. The Sarasota Zombie Pub Crawl is next weekend.....There is a cool band called Swamp Donkie playing some gigs in the area...stop in and get the info for some fun!! and some soup while you are on the run.......