I had one particularly bad experience at Eat-A-Pita. That night I had a hallucination that I drove myself to the hospital. It was a quite a happy moment given the way I was actually feeling. Feng Shui was also spotlighted on the local news about all of the visitors who would live, work, and play on all of their cooking surfaces in the wee hours of the night. Both near the “fly side” of the FC, so maybe that also has something to do with it.

Aside from that, Bro Jimmy’s has great chicken wings, Beef Pastrami at Dishes is amazing, and the samosa’s at Cafe Spice are always enjoyable.

I’m huge into Chinese, but this was downright the worst I’ve ever eaten. Stay away.

Bro Jimmy’s Beef Brisket Tips Sandwich is amazing and you get a side-Their fries are soggy, greasy, and delicious, but their Mac n Cheese is great too.

The BBQ chicken at Brother Jimmy’s is decent and they give you quite a bit of food for around 9 bucks. I think you get a chicken breast, cornbread, pickles and a side (the mashed potatoes are good).

I never ate the actual Mexican food from Zocalo, but the crab cake sandwiches are bang-up, although you’re probably better off going to the Oyster Bar.

I LOVE Chirping Chicken. Now that I don’t live in Manhattan, there is no way in hell I would pay 8 bucks for chicken fingers and french fries, but the french fries are damn good. They also have a good grilled chicken pita sandwich with lots of pickles and veggies.

Hale and Hearty soups are pretty great. I used to be a zealous adherent of the Boston Baked Bean soup with sausage. When they’d have it (not often enough!) I was probably the only one ordering it. They’d see me coming and start getting it ready.

The Chinese place had a MAJOR rat problem when I worked there (2004-06). I think it was even on one of those undercover expose news shows, where they videotaped all the rats running everywhere. Of course that’s pretty much to be expected in GCT what with the easy access to the tracks, but still. The food’s not that good.

I love Junior’s! They also give the best takeout accessories in Manhattan… really sturdy plastic forks/knives, heavy napkins, butter and rolls with every order. Their cheeseburgers are good but enormous. Good fries and of course the cheesecake is great. Especially the chocolate mousse cheesecake.

Dishes has a great Croque Monsieur sandwich– basically a grilled ham and cheese with some fancy sauce. Also good salad, especially since they are large and have plenty of the good stuff (chicken, etc.)

Hmmm, the pasta place I don’t remember the name of is good, and they make your stuff to order.

But above all, my recommendation is to skip the food court (which does get insanely busy on the weekends with all the tourists, and during lunch hours), and head to the Oyster Bar… best lunch in Midtown for under 7 bucks… a huge bowl of New England clam chowder and a old-fashioned root beer. And I love sitting down there. It’s neat-o.