In this summer’s fatal heat, the only thing we ought to be eating are ice cubes. Now, Meli Melo Restaurant has come up with a brilliant (and delicious!) solution: The Midtown French and Mediterranean-infused restaurant has rolled out a menu of cold soups to keep you refreshed. Selections include a pea soup topped with goat cheese crumbles, Mediterranean mussels soup, a classic curry-based Senegalese soup with mussels, vine tomato and strawberry soup, and a melon soup made from watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe. Slurp them all up all through August!
110 Madison Ave, (212) 686-5551, www.melimelorestaurant.com
Gothamist
Dining and Cooking