Soup Sold At Evanston Restaurant To Pay For Aid To Ukraine

EVANSTON, IL — An Evanston restaurant on Thursday introduced a special menu item to support humanitarian efforts surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Prairie Moon, 1635 Chicago Ave., will offer a new Ukrainian-inspired soup every Thursday through April 7, restaurant representatives announced.

All money from sales of the soup is set to be donated to Doctors Without Borders to help with its humanitarian work in Ukraine, with the restaurant covering the costs of all product and labor.

The first soup on the menu is a cabbage roll soup, a cabbage and ground beef stew with tomato, root vegetables and rice. The prices range from $5 for a cup or $9 for a bowl or a two-cup add-on as part of the weekly Dinner For Two special.

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Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF, has teams in Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia and Belarus.

On Tuesday, its first shipment of emergency supplies arrived at the Health Ministry in Kyiv after the organization halted normal activities and switched to emergency operations in Ukraine.

Robert Strom, owner of the restaurant, said the decision to donate to MSF was made in conjunction with his wife, Wendy, a healthcare professional.

“We looked at various organizations, all of which are doing amazing things," Robert Strom said, "but Doctors Without Borders has a special place in my wife’s heart."

Strom hopes to raise a total of $3,000 from the soup sales at the restaurant, a fixture of downtown Evanston for the past two decades, over the course of the four-week fundraiser.