URSULA

In the short time that Ursula has been open, this Crown Heights cafe has already become a cult classic, with lines out the door at any given time for their to-die-for breakfast burritos. Their food is a love letter to New Mexico and its chiles, with menu favorites like stuffed beef sopaipillas and green chile stew featuring red and green chiles shipped from New Mexico.

For Soup Shop’s Chili Cook-off, Chef Eric See will be serving Lamb & Navajo Pinto Bean Chili with Blue Corn and Juniper Ash Cornbread, a tribute to the history and contributions of the Diné people to New Mexican cuisine. Chef Erichas sourced roasted blue corn meal, juniper ash and pinto beans from Diné owned agricultural businesses and red chile from small family owned farms in central New Mexico.

LAMB CHILI

pasture-raised lamb, navajo pinto bean chili, New Mexican red chile

with Blue Corn & Juniper Ash Cornbread

HUNKY DORY

Hunky Dory is the beloved Crown Heights cafe and bar serving up delicious, inventive comfort food and cocktails with sustainable core values. Founded by Claire Sprouse, the neighborhood cafe has become a community leader through their implementation of sustainable practices, a no-tipping model and a non-hierarchical team structure. Hunky Dory is the cafe that always seems to have exactly what you want when you need it, whether it’s the perfectly crispy chicken sandwich or a steaming mug of broth. 

Their entry into the Soup Shop Chili Cook-off is the Vegan Texas Red, a smoky, plant-based take on the classic, bean-free Texas Chili. Served with a choice of vegan cornbread or extra corn chip scoops if you prefer gluten free.

TEXAS RED

mushrooms, roasted chilis, corn chip scoops

with Vegan Cornbread or Extra Scoops (GF)

 MISSION

Mission is the iconic establishment founded by Chef Danny Bowien, currently located in East Williamsburg. Renowned for boundary-defying dishes like their titillating interpretation of Chilled Mala Peanut Noodles or their rendition of Kung Pao, which replaces chicken with pastrami, diners return again and again for the mind-altering experience.

For Soup Shop, Chef Danny is creating a chili that incorporates Mission’s signature sichuan pepper-heavy Ma Po, an elevated chili that promises to bring you to a different flavor dimension.

MAPO TOFU

silken tofu, aged chili bean paste, sichuan peppercorns, choice of lamb or mushroom

with Side of Rice

WOLDY KUSINA

Woldy Kusina is the Brooklyn-based boutique catering company offering Filipino-inspired contemporary dishes with vibrant flavors and colors. Founder and Chef Woldy Reyes draws from his experience as a first-generation Filipino American as well as from his commitment to local, sustainably-sourced ingredients to create mouthwatering dishes like kabocha squash lumpia and bibingka waffles.

For Soup Shop, Chef Woldy will be preparing his Big Queer Chili Cookoff winning chili, incorporating flavors of kimchi, sambal oelek, and lime, topped with a tasty peanut salsa verde.

BAKLA CHILI

pork, tomato, jalapenos, kimchi, gochujang

with Jasmine Rice & Peanut Salsa Verde