Chef Edwards La Bonne Soupe Cafe

Best soup and sandwich shop in Sacramento . cafe food, yeah, my preferred treat. Great place to chill, get away, eat some good food. This place has a cool feel to it. One of my top locations for quality Cafe food. super place to meet and chat with coworkers. Great place with consistently excellent sandwiches, soups and salads. The owner is great and his staff is very nice.
Amazing food restaurant.

Delicious! Had the La roulade de canard fume
Smoked Duck, a duck with Hatch green chilies and a cheese with chili soup. Cant wait for lunch here again soon!

Always a great lunch! Amazing quality. Yummy soups and salads with local fresh ingredients. Always stop here when in Sacramento for work.

Damn fantastic cream of mushroom soup and some great live music to go with on this rainy day! 😍 Definitely coming back to try the sandwiches and salads!

I've been here on a few occasions and I love the place. The new (not really new anymore but different owners since Chef Daniel) owners are amazing and they make classic French dishes that will not disappoint. I had the Duck Pate and Brie sandwich today with the Blue Crab Bisque. Oh wow it was delicious! My two year old loved the soup! I have also had the French Onion and it is very good as well. Great cafe! I will be going there often!

Great restaurant. I got the duck sandwich and my beautiful wife got the Pate sandwich. We are both please and both will get married here. No but seriously Services got enough food is good. There was also live music at lunch time. I like the location as well. Very clean, I just wish my sandwiches was a little bigger

This place has excellent soups and sandwiches. The sandwiches are all made with really high quality ingredients and are just plain delicious. One of the really good ones has melty brie and fig. If you can't make up your mind and want to try multiple sandwiches, you can ask super nicely and the chef will make a half and half sandwich. And don't forget the soups! Perfect on a chilly day and sometimes a nice cold soup on a hot day. The place is tiny though so you might not find a place to sit, which is fine if you're just getting a sandwich.

WOW! Even though I've worked at Park Tower across the street from this place for 3-1/2 years, today was my first visit! After tasting the soups I got (tomato basil and cream of mushroom with truffle oil) I'm thinking to myself - WHY MAN! Why haven't I been coming here for YEARS!! The soup selection was off the charts (six or so different varieties, which is why I got two - and apparently they change). The sandwiches look amazing too! DEFINITELY will be visiting many more times!

I had the potato jalapeno cheddar soup and my boyfriend had the French onion soup. Both were crazy good. The cafe was cozy and casual. There was live music, the musician played very relaxing melodic tunes. Nice views of the the park across the street.

This afternoon was my very first time at La Bonne Soupe Cafe. I ordered half of a Pork Pinneaple Sausage sandwich and a cup of the Crawfish Bisque soup and they both tasted amazing! The ingredients appeared to be very fresh because the chef sliced the ingredients and made my order right in front of me. I will definitely go back for more!

Original post was Oct. 12 gave 2 stars: They gave me the wrong order. They swapped my sandwich with the customer before me. Highly disappointed. I didn't enjoy my lunch and I tipped for bad service. They need to be more careful of giving the right order to the right customer. Other than that I do enjoy the food there but wasn't happy with today's sandwich bc I was looking forward to trying a new sandwich. The one I had I would never order (had roasted veggies in it).

Update Nov. 2 Chef Edward read my feedback on squareup. I paid with card so I got an email from squareup for La Bonne asking about the service for Oct. 12 purchase. I am happy the Chef Edward offered to replace the sandwich for their mistake so I went back today and got to finally try the Big LP and it was yummy. Thanks for remediating the issue. I will continue being a loyal customer for my sandwich and soup cravings.

La Bonne. Another staple in my previous couple of months of traveling to Sacramento. Introduced to me by a dear associate, we concerned this humble soup establishment after a lovely train trip along the California shoreline. Upon arrival, I feared, as we showed up on a Wednesday and also the dismal establishment was considerably compared from the busy farmers market nearby. Nonetheless, what may be lacking with the interior is quickly made up with the care and also craft put right into every dish of soup. This no-frills restaurant is as mystical as it is mundane in what I can only define as the duality of La Bonne. The soup selection is always revolving as well as advertised by Chef Edwards by means of Twitter (Manage @nosoupe4u, I'm fairly positive I'm his most enthusiastic fan). La Bonne uses a range of soups and also sandwiches, every one of which have a component of magic to them. The soups are genuinely fascinating, and also range from selections such an alluring lamb curry, to a smooth mango pumpkin, to a classic french onion. Having come here for months, my colleague and I had fallen under a routine of perching at a high leading table, with him buying a half soup and sandwich (The Classic paired with french onion), while I would browse the numerous soup selections. The guy behind the soup himself, Chef Edwards, is a secret that I always appreciated from afar. I have actually formulated a story of him in my mind, where he's a soup genius who is destined to open store in France someday. There are really couple of facilities that concentrate on soup, as well as the singularity of La Bonne became increasingly more evident with each go to. La Bonne instilled in me a deep admiration for the craft of soup. The association of the word soup will constantly bring me back to that high leading table, contently enjoying a dish of soup in stunning Sacramento.

Okay, let me give you a setting of the first time I found this gem.

It was December, with cold winter rain. The skies were gray and it was pouring outside. My friends and I were studying for a class at one of the downtown flats. We're hungry and cold. My downtown friend suggests we go to this small soup café, and when we walk there in the pouring rain, the cafe was practically empty. Nobody was there. But I ordered the lobster bisque and a loaf of French bread. It was amazing. Best soup I have ever tasted and everytime I go back, it amazes me even more. Every soup has a variety of flavors, and it is unfortunate the hours are scarce, but it just makes it more special to me. Go there and you won't regret it.

I keep in mind the very first time I stepped into the original La Bonne on 8th street ran by French Chef Daniel Pont. The area was a charming opening in the wall surface and the chef was an adorable gruff running the entire show. Yet those days are long gone. La Bonne has progressed to its current location ran by Chef Stoddard and his team. The food is still outrageously tasty. Say thanks to benefits. Oh ... that bread that they serve the sandwiches on is past words. Divine. It is a baguette with a soft springy facility and also slim crisp crackly crust. No hard crunchy hurt your teeth bread ... no sirree. Not just was it tasty, it was beautiful with its gold brownish structure. I fantasize concerning that bread.The cook rotates the specials; attempt the lamb sandwich. $10. It has tender melt in your mouth lamb pieces. The lamb is delicious without the earthy gaminess. The chef understands his stuff. The lamb slices was topped with mushrooms and also gruyere cheese as well as lettuce fallen leave. Delicious! The trademark French onion soup is made with hen and veal supply along with sherry simmered to perfection. It is a normal menu thing. Delicious! Prices is comparable to the dining establishments around the location especially La Bou which is best next door. Paradoxical. It is a order and pay at the counter kind location. Take regard it is open Monday - Friday 11 am-3 pm.

La Bonne is one of Sacramento's hidden gems (although it's quite popular now). If you haven't eaten here, you are missing out on some of the best sandwiches and soups in Sacramento. The Chef buys local ingredients daily and doesn't disappoint!

A great alternative to Subway. Just like Grandma used to make. If Grandma was a trained chef. I hate jury duty, but this place is only a couple of blocks from the courthouse and they serve fresh, well thought-out and excellently prepared food at a reasonable price for what it is.

Quaint little cafe with yummy soup and sandwiches! Order the warm brie bread!!! Local musician playing nice relaxing music adds to the ambiance. Been here several times and always leave happy :)

My dude in here absolutely makes the best soups in town. Cheap for a bowl, the cook will chat with you about what is best that day. Diamond in the rough in downtown Sac without a doubt. One of my favorite lunches in town.

The best sandwiches around for sure. The consistency on the food is amazing, they definitely pay attention to detail. The French onion soup is delicious.

Very excellent sandwiches, salads and soups. They have kept the original spirit alive while upgrading the space to a larger and more modern location. Not a deli.