Infinite Soups — Restaurant in Tacoma

One of the highlights of my last trip to Washington was visiting Infinite Soups in Tacoma, Washington. Owners Wendy Clapp and Todd Deshazo managed The News Tribune cafeteria prior to creating Infinite Soups. Their soups were by far their most popular item. They started by selling their soup at a weekly farmers market. They opened their brick and mortar location at 445 Tacoma Ave. S. in 2007.

Over the years, Infinite Soups has offered more than 1500 different types of soup. They create an estimated 100 new soup recipes each year. Clapp states, “I think soup is a democratic food, you know? Every culture eats soup. Every income level eats soup. Everybody eats soup!" The soups offered include traditional soups from all over the world. The soups are made from produce sourced from Zestful Gardens, a small organic farm and CSA in the Puyallup Valley, near Tacoma.

Infinite Soups offers 17-20 soups that are made from scratch every day. There are four categories available: Creamy, Non-Creamy, Vegetarian, and Vegan. If you want to have the most options available to you, you need to get there before 1 PM.

For my first visit on 5/17/24, I arrived about an hour before the store closed. There were just 5 options left, none of which were my preferred Creamy style soup. The young man working behind the counter, kindly offered to let me sample all five, and I did. They were all EXCELLENT! I had a hard time deciding which one to get and asked him which of these was his favorite. He recommended the Basil Artichoke (Vegetarian). I went with it. I got a 16 ounce size. Unfortunately, that late in the day there wasn’t any fresh baked bread available, so I got crackers.

There is no indoor seating at Infinite Soups, so I drove to nearby Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park. Even though the Basil Artichoke soup was Vegetarian, it was fairly creamy. The basil flavor was subtle. It tasted more like a great Artichoke soup. Now that I know about this wonderful business, I’ll be sure to visit every time I’m in town.

Highly Recommended!!!

*Infinite Soups is a Cash-Only business.

Address: 445 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402

Hours: Monday. 11 AM-5 PM Tuesday 11 AM–7 PM Wednesday 11 AM–7 PM Thursday 11 AM–7 PM Friday 11 AM–7 PM Saturday Closed Sunday ...

Have you ever had good soup? It wasn’t as good as an Infinite Soup.

You walk up, to an unassuming former garage, and squint at a hand written menu that already has crossed out options. Your gaze wanders and you notice an eclectic but incredible collection of vinyl, with a copy of Physical Graffiti sitting atop the pile. You wait in a line that magically appeared while you were temporarily distracted by the menu, and to help the rush, a pixie woman appears and takes your order on a post it note. Bread, she asks. Bread, you say. Roll or bun, she asks again; Roll, you reply. You order a side of soup, it doesn’t matter how big, you’re going to want more. For $11 exactly, you walk away with a pint of chicken Gorgonzola tortellini soup and a plastic wrapped roll of bread. It is the greatest soup you have ever eaten, and the fresh baked bread is divine beyond description as you dunk it in your soup.

The only ding against Infinite Soup is that it’s too good. I don’t know that I can return to a world that accepts lesser soup. I am not a soup guy, I’ve probably had soup less than 10 times in the last decade. I will 100% return to Infinite Soup any time I’m in Tacoma. Holy hell the soup is good.

10/10; I am a soup convert. Conveniently, the next door establishment makes its seating available to soup patrons. You should stop...

I've lived by this place for many years but never went in because to be honest, I'm not a fan of soup. But we walked down there the other day after work because my husband was craving soup and we thought we would try. We got there and didnt realize it was cash. We hadnt ordered yet and said we would go to an atm and be right back. They kindly offered us an IOU and told us to pay next time we came in. A gesture of kindness and community you just wont get at chain stores. My husband got some sausage and lentil soup and we enjoyed our evening. He absolutely LOVED it. Today I went to go repay them for the soup we had and figured I would give it a try too. Their options all sounded amazing. I ended up getting the Garlic Mushroom Potato and it tasted and smelled like heaven. I had to remind myself to slow down cause I couldnt get enough and I wanted to savor it. I wish I had bought the large size. The employees are friendly and I love the records playing when you come in too. Theyre a Tacoma staple and I am grateful to have them in...