05/28/2026
Our French Onion Soup is legit. I grew up on Famous Barr FOS and know where the bar is. (Pardon the pun). No, we don’t bake the Gruyere cheese in a handled ceramic soup bowl so that it drips over the side creating crunchy cheese snacks that you can pick off of the bowl as an extra treat. But we come very close, all things considered, and produce a quality product. Out au jus base is excellent, and we mimic the old Famous Barr format with an excellent crouton made from French bread delivered that morning by Pete’s Italian Bakery. We put a slice of Swiss cheese on the crouton in the bowl and then ladle the soup on top of it. That melts the cheese into the crouton. We top it with grated parm and viola! A legit French Onion Soup at an Irish Pub served in a plastic bowl. Delicious!
(we have beer)