It would be easy to describe The Stone Soup Company as a soup and sandwich place in an urban environment, but that would be one of the biggest understatement in Tampa. The Stone Soup Company is the brainchild of proprietor, visionary, chef Ilya Goldberg that started as just a place to buy a cup of soup. But after a week in business, it quickly evolved into sandwiches, salads, gourmet dinner selections, late night appetizers, and gelato.