Downtown Cranford Plans Soup Crawl, Fire And Ice, S'Mores Station

CRANFORD, NJ — There's soup for you! Smack in the middle of winter, Downtown Cranford has planned an event for next month to warm up shoppers and business with soup, s'mores, and more.

The department's annual "Fire and Ice" event will take place Feb. 15 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include an ice carver at Eastman Plaza from 1 to 3 p.m., as well as the return of the hot chocolate and s'mores stations. The location and details of the stations hasn't been posted yet, but will be added to the event page here.

On Thursday, Downtown Cranford announced that this year's event will also include a "Souper Stroll." During the same hours as Fire and Ice, they noted, "Stop by participating restaurants and warm up with samples of their delicious soups. Stay tuned for a list of participating restaurants!" Details are here.

This event might be a way to whet your appetite for what's coming next — Downtown's Winter Restaurant Week from Feb. 23 to Feb. 28. The participating restaurants offer prix fixe dinner menus all week, so you can try their best dishes. As with all the events, details will be posted on line, on Downtown Cranford's main page or here on Facebook.

Downtown Cranford is the department dedicated to promoting and marketing the town's Special Improvement District. Read recent stories about some of those businesses on Patch here and here.