Sometime over the past ten years, New York became a ramen town. Would you like to eat ramen made by a famous chain from Japan? How about made by a Jewish guy from Long Island? Do you like your ramen made with incredibly rich pork broth? Or would you prefer something chicken-based? Fish broth? Would you like to eat at a busy, packed-in spot in Midtown or the East Village? Or are you more into the idea of eating in complete silence with minimal human interaction at a place in Bushwick?

If any of those sound appealing to you, they’re all options in NYC right now. And the most important thing is that they’re all excellent. So as the weather turns from mildly tolerable to feeling like you’re never going to be warm again, these are the soups you’ll want to bring into your life.