At Barney Greengrass, the matzo ball soup is sold by the quart, featuring a chicken-based broth with matzo balls and traditional vegetables.[3][6][10] What distinguishes it is that it comes from a smoked fish specialist, so the soup is prepared in a kitchen best known for appetizing spreads but still maintains a strong reputation of its own. The texture is typically rich but not heavy, and a quart provides a generous amount that can easily be shared or stretched across a couple of meals. Several roundups of matzo ball soup in Manhattan point to this Upper West Side stalwart as a dependable option for take-home quarts, especially around holidays.[3][6][11]