Camera Roll: Schenectady Soup Stroll

CRL IRL sent photographer Dakota Gilbert to the streets of the Electric City to document the servers and slurp-ers of Saturday's 10th annual soup spectacular.

Soup strollers braved Saturday’s cold temps for $1 cups of soup from 32 participating Schenectady restaurants.

The line forming down Jay Street

The Backstage Pub team serving up Cubano Chowda

Milas owner Kaytrin Ziemann counts out change for a cup of Grecian Pot Pie Soup

The Nest served up Fiesta Chipotle Lime Chicken Soup

Tara Simmons, Natalie Bates, and RJ Doyle

Bud’s on Jay’s Chipotle Chicken Noodle Soup

Melanie Hacker, Rebecca Melnitsky, and Parker Myers

Bittersweet Candy serving up Dubai Chocolate Soup

Kin Zang, Mate Rode, and Steven Rastetter

Pho Queen serving up Spicy Egg Drop Soup

The line for 20 North Broadway’s Mexican Street Corn Soup

Jeff Becker and Jason Bollinger

Zach Hewke and Katrina Aycardi

—Dakota

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The Results Are In!

The Lily P's team and their winning Bussin' Broccoli Cheddar Soup (Photos from the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation)

When three-time Schenectady Soup Stroll winner Simone’s Kitchen stepped aside from the competition this year to let another restaurant take the crown, their sister restaurant, the recently opened Lily P’s (located in Frog Alley) stepped up in a big way, winning not only the People’s Choice Best Overall award for its Bussin’ Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Cheese Focaccia Croutons, but also first, second, or third in all the other People’s Choice categories, too. Here’s the final list of winners, published by the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation:

PEOPLE’S CHOICE BEST OVERALL

1st Place: Lily P’s – Bussin’ Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Cheesy Focaccia Croutons

2nd Place: Milas Restaurant 518 – Grecian Pot Pie

3rd Place: Vice & Virtue – Root Vegetable Bisque with Smoked Crispy Pork Belly and Maple Chili Garlic Crisp AND Ya Ya’s House Southern Cuisine – Collards Green Soup with Smoked Turkey

PEOPLE’S CHOICE MOST INSTAGRAM-WORTHY:

1. Lily P’s – Bussin’ Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Cheesy Focaccia Croutons

2. Milas – Grecian Pot Pie

3. SUNY Schenectady County Community College Food Truck– Chicken Wonton Soup

PEOPLE’S CHOICE MOST CREATIVE:

1. Vice & Virtue – Root Vegetable Bisque with Smoked Crispy Pork Belly and Maple Chili Garlic Crisp

2. Bittersweet Candy – Dubai Chocolate Soup

3. Lily P’s – Bussin’ Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Cheesy Focaccia Croutons

PEOPLE’S CHOICE BEST ATMOSPHERE:

1. Ya Ya’s House of Southern Cuisine – Collards Green Soup with Smoked Turkey

2. Lily P’s – Bussin’ Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Cheesy Focaccia Croutons

3. Place: Johnny’s Schenectady – The Sicilian Cowboy

JUDGES’ CHOICE BEST OVERALL:

Vice & Virtue – Root Vegetable Bisque with Smoked Crispy Pork Belly and Maple Chili Garlic Crisp

JUDGES’ CHOICE MOST INSTAGRAM-WORTHY:

Lily P’s – Bussin’ Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Cheesy Focaccia Croutons

JUDGES’ CHOICE MOST CREATIVE:

Cafe Bon Appetit @ Jojo’s Garage (Union College) – Lobster Bisque with Blueberry Croutons

JUDGES’ CHOICE BEST ATMOSPHERE:

Ya Ya’s House of Southern Cuisine – Collards Green Soup with Smoked Turkey