In the coming days, local soup shark Matthew Moore will open a new downtown Souper Market, joining locations in Lakewood, Kamm’s Corners and Midtown. This latest opening at the recently renovated Standard building coincides with the company’s 20th year in business. Credit: Matthew Moore

Matthew Moore was compelled to shutter the Souper Market location on E. Sixth Street after just two years. But almost immediately a new downtown home was secured for the hand-crafted soup house. That home is on the ground floor of The Standard (99 W. St. Clair Ave.), specifically on St. Clair facing the justice center.

Original plans called for a late-2021 opening, but construction delays but a damper on that estimate. Souper Market is now on pace to open January 3, assuming inspections go smoothly.

In other Souper Market news: This month marks 20 years in the soup business for Moore, who opened up the original Ohio City shop in 2002. Since then, the company added locations in Lakewood, Kamm’s Corners and Midtown, which is also home to the commissary.

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This article appears in Dec 14-27, 2022.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.