Sopas — Mariscos, Res & Lima Yucateca in Langley Park, MD

From the University Boulevard–New Hampshire Avenue crossroads, El Golfo is five minutes west. Langley Park knows Central American cooking better than anywhere in Maryland, which makes the vote of confidence mean something: this is where you take the family when you want pupusas AND a white-tablecloth seafood entrée on the same check.

From Langley Park we're 5 min · 1.6 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