Midtown Lunch

Every Tuesday I turn over Midtown Lunch to a random worker, for their favorite places to eat lunch in Midtown. Today, it’s Evelyn- an HR person looking for some good pizza…
Name: Evelyn

Age: 29

Occupation: HR

Where in Midtown do you Work?: McGraw Hill Building (49th & 6th)

Favorite Kind of Food: I’m pretty open to trying most [...]

The new Jiannetto’s Piza Truck is parked on 48th btw 6+7th. There are “No Parking” signs everywhere, so I’m not sure how long he’s going to last at that location… but as of right now, Midtown West has got it’s very own pizza truck! He claims they will be at that spot for good, [...]

One of the things I can’t stand is the person who eats lunch at the same place every single day.  Everybody has a go-to, “I don’t have time to venture far”, or ”I’m feeling lazy today” lunch spot around the corner from their office- but that’s not what I’m talking about.  I’m talking about the co-worker that eats [...]

Looking for Lunch on Saturday?  It’s not in Midtown, but Serious Eats, A Hamburger Today & Gothamist have 3 hamburgers they want you to try.  [AHT]
A McDonald’s in Midtown lost it’s lease?!?! [Grub Street]
Kanye West loves soul food.  And some of it is in Midtown [WSJ]
Sushiden.  Good, expensive sushi- with two Midtown locations [Chowmaster]
NY Mag Links [...]

Forget about the New York Times & New York Post articles.  This is the greatest Midtown Lunch mention of all time.  What an honor…

Somebody brought in Simpsons donuts to work this afternoon. Free donuts
at work… blessing or a curse? At least they are whole. Easier to
avoid. The worst is freakin donut holes… you convince yourself it’s
less fattening because they’re small. Then, 8 donut holes later, you’ve
eaten the equivalent of 3 whole donuts…

 
A lot of new Coming Soon signs are popping up all around Midtown.  Here’s the info I have on what to expect, and when:

Sophie’s Cuban (40th btw. 7+8th) – Their website lists August 15th as the opening date for their new location.  It’s not guaranteed, but when the last location opened (on 56th St.), there [...]

This photo comes from the wonderful Variety Cafe (48th btw. 5+6th), a place I haven’t eaten in since they were shuttered by the DOH last July.  Thankfully I have co-workers who drag me to generic delis, so I can experience something like this:

Isn’t Peter Luger a renowned Steak House?  Why is this sandwich made with [...]

Well, the line at Carnegie John’s has finally died down enough for me to try it.  NY Mag wreaked havoc on the Midtown cart scene last month when they released their street cart issue.  It spotlighted some Midtown Lunch favorites (The Jamaican Dutchy, Hallo Berlin, Kim’s Aunt Kitchen & Kwik Meal), but also opened my [...]

Cheap Eats is a relative term, and nowhere is that more apparent than in New York Magazine’s Cheap Eats issue.  It’s almost as if they want to piss people off by putting things on the list that, while resonably priced for what you are getting, would never be described as cheap.  They indemnify themselves by [...]