Sopas — Mariscos, Res & Lima Yucateca in Wheaton, MD

Wheaton has its own deep Latin food bench along Georgia Avenue, which is exactly why its diners are hard to impress — and why the ones who make the 13-minute run down to Flower Avenue for the Super Golfo fajitas or a whole pan-fried mojarra count for double. After Brookside Gardens or Wheaton Regional Park, it's the closest full-bar Latin dinner south.

From Wheaton we're 13 min · 5.4 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