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

Kensington's Antique Row does lunch, but dinner-and-a-show means a drive — and El Golfo is fourteen minutes down Plyers Mill and Georgia. It's become the post-antiquing dinner for couples who want the patio in summer, and the Wednesday jazz night is the same vintage-friendly speed as the town itself.

From Kensington we're 14 min · 7.4 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