Dan Nelli, chef and owner of Lyon Street Bar and Grill pours out another round of bacon mushroom cheeseburger chowder at the sampling station inside his business in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Victoria Tambasco of Amsterdam, left, and Rylee Brown, 16, of Broadalbin each pour a sample of soup from Creekside, Chicken Cordon Bleu and Pasta Fagioli Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Dan Nelli, chef and owner of Lyon Street Bar and Grill pours out another round of bacon mushroom cheeseburger chowder at the sampling station inside his business in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Victoria Tambasco of Amsterdam, left, and Rylee Brown, 16, of Broadalbin each pour a sample of soup from Creekside, Chicken Cordon Bleu and Pasta Fagioli Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
After more than 1,500 votes and even more samples of soup offered throughout the City of Amsterdam Saturday, Creekside and Lyon Street Bar & Grill were crowned Soup Fest winners.
Creekside captured its first Best of the City honor with its Chicken Cordon Bleu soup entry.
Lyon Street Bar & Grill repeated as the Most Unique Soup in the City with its Bacon Mushroom Cheeseburger Chowder entry.
The Amsterdam Recorder was all around the city Saturday, checking in with the soup servers and voters.
Dan Nelli, chef and owner of Lyon Street Bar and Grill pours out another round of bacon mushroom cheeseburger chowder at the sampling station inside his business in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Lisa Gaetano of Amsterdam, left, and Justine Salerno of Cobleskill are all smiles between bites of Italian wedding soup inside of G's Famous Lemon Cookies in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Renee Sapia of Amsterdam places two samples of Italian wedding soup down for a customer inside G's Famous Lemon Cookies in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13Â during Soup Fest.
Brent Yager, of Slice of Amsterdam pours a sample of Slice wing soup for a customer at the businesses new location, 189 Market Street in Amsterdam. Last year the business entered from its former location on Bridge Street in Amsterdam, as Southside Slice in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Victoria Tambasco of Amsterdam, left, and Rylee Brown, 16, of Broadalbin each pour a sample of soup from Creekside, Chicken Cordon Bleu and Pasta Fagioli Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Karen VanEpps of Amsterdam is all smiles, caught in the action of serving up a sample of creamed spinach and gnocchi soup inside Herk's Tavern in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Serria Thomas pours a sample of cream of carrot soup inside of Parillo's Armory Grill, next to a warming unit of Tomato Gorgonzola soup from Evolve Eateryat Parillo's Armory Grill in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
8-week-old Marcy, a American Pitbull, Collie puppy, has eyes on a spoonful of soup from Alex Szabo of Gloversville, sitting at a table at Parillo's Armory Grill in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Ella Cook of Amsterdam pours out a generous sample of Bacon Mushroom Cheeseburger Chowder for a sampler at Lyon Street Bar and Grill in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Dan Nelli, chef and owner of Lyon Street Bar and Grill pours out another round of bacon mushroom cheeseburger chowder at the sampling station inside his business in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Lisa Gaetano of Amsterdam, left, and Justine Salerno of Cobleskill are all smiles between bites of Italian wedding soup inside of G's Famous Lemon Cookies in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Renee Sapia of Amsterdam places two samples of Italian wedding soup down for a customer inside G's Famous Lemon Cookies in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13Â during Soup Fest.
Brent Yager, of Slice of Amsterdam pours a sample of Slice wing soup for a customer at the businesses new location, 189 Market Street in Amsterdam. Last year the business entered from its former location on Bridge Street in Amsterdam, as Southside Slice in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Victoria Tambasco of Amsterdam, left, and Rylee Brown, 16, of Broadalbin each pour a sample of soup from Creekside, Chicken Cordon Bleu and Pasta Fagioli Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Karen VanEpps of Amsterdam is all smiles, caught in the action of serving up a sample of creamed spinach and gnocchi soup inside Herk's Tavern in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Serria Thomas pours a sample of cream of carrot soup inside of Parillo's Armory Grill, next to a warming unit of Tomato Gorgonzola soup from Evolve Eateryat Parillo's Armory Grill in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
8-week-old Marcy, a American Pitbull, Collie puppy, has eyes on a spoonful of soup from Alex Szabo of Gloversville, sitting at a table at Parillo's Armory Grill in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.
Ella Cook of Amsterdam pours out a generous sample of Bacon Mushroom Cheeseburger Chowder for a sampler at Lyon Street Bar and Grill in Amsterdam Saturday, Jan, 13 during Soup Fest.