2025 winners

2024 winners

• People’s Choice: Sly Fox Brewery
  Chicken Tuscany

• Runner Up: Twelve Whiskey BBQ
  Brisket Noodle

• Best Veggie: The Speckled Egg
  Curry Carrot

• Most Unique: Carmella’s Plates & Pints
  Borscht, Cheddar Potato Micro Pierogi & Butter Breadcrumbs by

• Best Host: Margittai Architects at The Library on Carson

2023 winners

• People’s Choice: Sly Fox Brewery
  Beef & Barley

• Runner Up: The Smiling Moose
  Thai Me Down Miss Colada

• Best Veggie: Carmella’s Plates & Pints
  Mediterranean Vegetable

• Most Unique: The Smiling Moose
  Thai Me Down Miss Colada

• Best Host: Ascend and Velum Fermentation

2022 & 2021

“The Lost Years” - No South Side Soup Contest

2020 winners

• People’s Choice: Bonfire
  Mushroom Bisque

• Runner Up: Carmella’s Plates & Pints
  Roasted Broccoli and Cheddar

• Best Veggie: Stagioni
  Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash with Pumpkin Seed Brittle and Cardamon Honey

• Most Unique
  Liver Let Thigh

• Best Host: Victory Pointe

2019 winners

• People’s Choice: Carmella’s Plates & Pints
  Asparagus Soup with Crispy Pancetta, Parmesan Crumb, and Paprika Oil

• Runner Up: Café du Jour
  Q’berts’s Stew-Bert (Cuban Style Pork Shoulder and Black Bean Soup)

• Best Veggie: Double Wide Grill
  Tomato Bisque and Smoked Gouda

• Most Unique: Carmella’s Plates & Pints
  Asparagus Soup with Crispy Pancetta, Parmesan Crumb and Paprika Oil

• Best Host: Victory Pointe

2018 winners

• People’s Choice: Café Du Jour
  Wild Turkey Stew with Potato Gnocchi (aka Gnocchi on Heaven’s Door)

• Runner Up: La Palapa
  Crema de Chayote (Cream of Pear Squash)

• Best Veggie: La Palapa
  Crema de Chayote (Cream of Pear Squash)

• Most Unique: La Palapa
  Crema de Chayote (Cream of Pear Squash)

• Best Host: Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge

2017 winners

• People’s Choice: The Smiling Mouse
  Spicy Cauliflower Broccoli Beer Cheese

• Runner Up: Stagioni
  Roasted Cauliflower with Dates and Hazelnuts

• Best Veggie: 3|R
  Corn Truffle

• Most Unique: Over the Bar Bicycle Café
  Let’s Make a Dill

• Best Host: Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge

2016 winners

• People’s Choice: Carmella’s Plates and Pints
  Mushroom Bisque with Crispy Duck and Root Vegetables

• Runner Up: The Pub Chip Shop
  Beer Cheese Chowder

• Best Veggie: Stagioni, Butternut Squash Soup

• Most Unique: Lin’s Asian Fusion, Mango Soup

• Best Host: Five Star Dentistry

2015 winners

• People’s Choice: Stagioni 
  Sweet Potato Soup

• Runner Up: The Smiling Moose 
  Roasted Cauliflower Ramp, Potato with Tarragon Oil

• Best Veggie: Stagioni 
  Sweet Potato Soup

• Most Unique: Café Du Jour 
  Oaxacan Dead Soup

• Best Host: S&S Candy & Cigar Company

2014 winners

• People’s Choice: The Smiling Moose 
  Ginger Orange Carrot Soup

• Runner Up: The Pub Chip Shop
  Hungry Hungry Hunky Goulash

• Best Veggie: La Palapa 
  Poblano Pepper and Corn Cream

• Most Unique: Lin’s Asian Fusion 
  Ham and Rice Soup

• Best Host: S&S Candy & Cigar

2013 winners

• Best Soup: Piper's Pub
  Boxty and Rasher Chowder

• Best Soup (Runner-Up): The Smiling Moose
  Roasted Red Pepper and Leek Beer Cheese

• Best Vegetarian Soup: Mario's South Side Saloon
  Sweet Corn Basil

• Most Unique Soup (tie): Bridge 10
  Bone Marrow Bisque / Yo Rita: Sunflower Soup

• Most Unique Soup (tie): Yo Rita
  Sunflower Soup

• Best Host: UPMC Mercy South Side

2012 winners

• Best Soup: The Smiling Moose
  Pineapple Tomatillo Habanero

• Best Soup (Runner-Up): Over the Bar Bicycle Café
  Blissful Bicyclists Bisque

• Best Vegetarian Soup: Over the Bar Bicycle Café
  Blissful Bicyclists Bisque

• Most Unique Soup: Lin's Asian Fusion
  Lin's Asian Fruit Soup

• Best Host: Five Star Dentistry

2011 winners

• Best Soup: Yo Rita
  Parsnip Soup

• Best Soup (Runner-Up): Mario's South Side Saloon
  Chorizo, Corn and Black Bean

• Best Vegetarian Soup: Over the Bar Bicycle Café
  Cheddar Peddler Brew Ha Ha!

• Most Unique Soup: Café Du Jour
  Cool Ham Jook

2010 winners

• Best Soup: Yo Rita
  Roasted Chestnut Bisque

• Best Soup (Runner-Up): Over the Bar Bicycle Café
  Magic Mushroom

2009 winners

• Judges' Choice: Tom's Diner
  Exotic Cream of Mushroom

• People's Choice: Tom's Diner
  Exotic Cream of Mushroom

2008 winners

• Judges' Choice: Folino's
  Chicken Florentine Soup

• People's Choice: 17th Street Café
  Bacon, Bleu Cheese, Apple, Brandy Soup

2007 winners

• Judges' Choice: Dish Osteria & Bar
  Wild Mushroom Soup

• People's Choice: Folino's
  Chicken Portabella with Roasted Red Pepper

2006 winners

• Judges' Choice: 17th Street Café
  Roasted Red Pepper

• People's Choice: 17th Street Café
  Roasted Red Pepper

2005 winners

• Judges' Choice: 17th Street Café
  Roasted Red Pepper

• People's Choice: Morning Glory In
  Super Easy Strawberry Soup