I plan on opening my own coffee shop one day and right now am planning potential food offerings. I would like to offer soups and sandwiches but I want to have others’ opinions of what kinds of soups and sandwiches compliment eachother as well as go with coffee beverages.
Some soups I like are vegetable, chicken noodle, potato, red pepper gouda. What sandwich/soup combinations do you think would work in a coffee shop?

July 16th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
i like creamy, cold cucumber soup with a turkey club sandwich.
July 17th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I love minestrone soup(s). Everyone makes theirs differently. A good sandwich along with would be roast beef, sliced thin, on light rye with lettuce, kosher pickle, purple onion, mustard, and mayonnaise. A good, robust cup of Sumatra coffee would be perfect.
Another total winner combo is a curry chicken salad sandwich on whole wheat with a vegetable barley soup, and a cup of Turkish Espresso.
July 17th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Maybe veggie soup and Salad sandwiches.
Chicken soup with chicken and avacodo sandwiches.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:42 am
How about twisted sand’s everywhere I go it a club a blt or turkey, how about like a green chili with a smoked sausage meatball sub, or chicken with feta cheese and green olive sand with a zucchini and tomato and herbs and spices soup or stew. Jazz it up a little. I would try things like a buffalo chicken sand with pototo ranch soup, I love food and I try to think of new stuff to make at home and I don’t ever hear complaints. Hope this helps
July 17th, 2009 at 9:57 am
My favorite coffee shop serves semi-homade soups. They order premade soups and jazz them up. My favorite is chicken with white and wild rice soup. It’s creamy and delicious. I also love beer cheese soup. They serve their sandwiches on fucaccia (sp?) bread made in a panini press. They make a roast beef with provolone that is so yummy. Add an iced mocha and I’m in heaven. My husband loves their chicken breast with pesto sandwich.
They have plates, you choose:
1) A whole sandwich, with salad on the side (a salad is shredded lettuce, black olives, shredded mozzarela and whatever dressing)
2) A whole sandwich, with a cup of soup on the side
3) A half sandwich with salad
4) A bigger salad, with more toppings
Then just cups or bowls of soup, too.
They serve all sandwiches and salads on those wicker plate holders you normally see at barbecues- they line the plate holder with a piece of waxed paper- easy cleanup, and customers don’t worry about dirty plates. They use disposable silverware and red plastic Dixie cups for all cold items. Paper “hot” cups for the hot coffee, unless you really want a “real” mug- they have the “real mugs” hanging on hooks on the wall for you to choose from.
A sandwich shop I love serves this sandwich, I wish my coffee shop made it:
Veggie sandwich:
White bread
mayo
italian dressing
mustard (I omit it)
peppercini peppers (again I omit)
tomatoes
alfalfa sprouts
provolone cheese
avocado slices
red onion rings
Hope this helps~