Sopas — Mariscos, Res & Lima Yucateca in Chevy Chase, MD

East-West Highway connects Chevy Chase to Flower Avenue in a straight fifteen-minute shot. It's the reverse commute from white-tablecloth country: Chevy Chase comes east for the thing its own corridor doesn't have — pupusas made to order, a $20 sangria pitcher, and a band on Wednesday with no cover story required.

From Chevy Chase we're 15 min · 5.9 mi, which makes soups a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Sopas — Mariscos, Res & Lima Yucateca done properly

Three serious soups, each in two sizes. Sopa de Res is the Salvadoran beef broth with bone-in short ribs, cabbage, yucca, plantain and corn on the cob ($15/$20, GF). Sopa de Mariscos loads shrimp, scallops, squid and mussels into a seafood broth ($15/$20). Sopa de Lima Yucateca is the lighter one — chicken broth brightened with fresh lime ($10/$15, GF). One reviewer called the chicken soup simply “authentic.”

What's included

• Sopa de Res — short rib, yucca, plantain, corn — $15 / $20 (GF)
• Sopa de Mariscos — shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels — $15 / $20
• Sopa de Lima Yucateca — lime & shredded chicken — $10 / $15 (GF)
• Two sizes of each