Magic Soup (and Sandwiches) at Central Market

Address: 3815 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77027

A few years ago, my entire family was sick. A friend insisted on bringing Central Market soup, dropping it on the step and running from the germs.

Well, this soup turned out to be the magical cure to our week long flu... and since then, I've loved Central Market.

I don't often review grocery stores in our weekly restaurant review... but, well, this one has magic soup.

So, let me tell you about this popular, and casual, lunch spot.

At the side of the store, there are several counters for you to pick up food. You can make a sandwich, salad or grab that magic soup. Once you get your food, you pay at the counter.

So, we grabbed some soup and "built our own" sandwich... and it was giant. Since it was vegetarian we could add 6 toppings, and it could have fed two. (Meat sandwiches get 4 other toppings.)

They also have kid sandwiches for a little less... and with fewer toppings.

Once we got our food, paid at the counter, we headed upstairs to sit on the balcony (by the cooking school). There is also seating downstairs (inside and out), but upstairs as pretty quiet and more restaurant-like.

One thing to note is that Central Market is doing a lot of renovations right now... but the cafe area is open and there is still a lot of free parking.

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