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Six Soups To Seek Out When You’re Sick In L.A.

From in Southeast L.A. to tom yum descended from local Thai food royalty, here's your prescription for soul-satisfying broths, soups, and stews throughout L.A.

4:14 PM PST on January 9, 2024

These are the six best soups in L.A. for fighting whatever… hack, hack,  cough… ails you. Yes, we’ve got it, too.

In September, an FDA advisory panel suddenly “discovered” that phenylephrine, an ingredient central to many cold medications for nearly 100 years, doesn’t really work as promised. Doh. 

But over here, we’re confident that a lunch date with a big ol’ bowl of menudo blanco, star anise-steeped pho, or a savory Sinaloan manta ray soup will do you much better than a Tylenol Cold & Flu.

Here’s where you’ll find them.

Photo via Tacos Baja.