Soups. Photo courtesy of HG Sply Co. via Facebook.

January is national soup month, and it happens to be coinciding with the cold weather we’ve been having.

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Hot foods are always comforting in winter, and it’s fun to celebrate food-related “holidays.” So really there’s no wrong reason to have soup right now.

We have plenty of places in East Dallas to find some. Here are a few.

BuzzBrews does a “hangover special soup” and a vegetarian soup of the day. The Lakewood location is at 5815 Live Oak St.

HG Sply Co. has two kinds: a bison chili and a curried sweet potato soup. The one in our neighborhood is located on Lowest Greenville, 2008 Greenville Ave.

Kostas Cafe, located at 4914 Greenville Ave., is open for lunch and dinner. Their specialty Greek soup is called avgolemono, which is a lemon and egg soup.

Maya’s Modern Mediterranean in Casa Linda offers harissa chicken soup and a traditional green lentil soup, which they recommend with harissa or green shkug. It’s located at 9540 Garland Road.

Meso Maya offers serves three soups. The sopa de Lima has chicken, vegetables, avocado, cheese and tortilla strips. They also have a pozole rojo and a pozole verde. The Lakewood location is at 4123 Abrams Road.

The Corner Market is now serving chicken and vegetable soup and tomato soup for the season. Find it at 3426 Greenville Ave.

The Heights has a whiskey grilled onion soup with fresh onion and a freshly made option daily. Neighbor Beth Basile also recommends the split pea, if it’s offered when you’re there. It’s located at 2015 Abrams Parkway.

Unleavened Fresh Kitchen at Lakewood Shopping Center makes a daily house-made soup served in a cup or bowl. It’s located at 1900 Abrams Parkway.

If you’re wanting to stay in, here’s how to make The Grape’s famous mushroom soup.

Is your favorite soup not listed? Let us know. Email rumsted@advocatemag.com.