Midtown Lunch

All week long I’ll be in England, so every day I’m turning over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er.  Today, it’s Mike.  Mike is in Finance.  Mike loves vegetarian food, but his profile picture has him towering over a nice looking whole lobster.  Let the weirdness begin… 
Name: Mike

Age: 25

Occupation: Finance

Where in Midtown do you Work?: [...]

I am away in England for the week, so every day I’m turning over the site to a random Midtown Lunch’er.  Today, I’m pleased to welcome Adam Roberts aka The Amateur Gourmet, and author of the new book “Amateur Gourmet: How to Shop, Chop, and Table Hop like a Pro (Almost)”.  He doesn’t actually work [...]

I’m in England all week long, so every day I’m turning over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er.  Today, it’s Mark- a Digital Media salesperson who digs the raw fish, but doesn’t eat Lamb.  Looking at his photo, I never would have guessed…
Name: Mark

Age: 49

Occupation: Digital Media Sales

Where in Midtown do you Work?: 37th and [...]

I’m in England, so every day this week I’m turning over the site to one of you.  Today’s Midtown Lunch’er is Shauna, a fashion research editor who would rather be lunch’ing Queens…
Name: Sha-Sha-Sha-Shauna

Age: 26

Occupation: Research Editor, Fashion Credits Extraordinaire

Where in Midtown do you Work?: On 50th Street wedged between 6th and 7th Aves, the [...]

I am away in England this week, so I’m turning over the site each day to a different Midtown Lunch’er.  Today, it’s Steve, who has too long an occupation to type out twice, and doesn’t like condiments.
Name: Steve

Age: 26

Occupation: Purveyor of Intellectual Property and Strategic Advisement (Also known as “market research”)

Where in Midtown do [...]

The Hello Kitty Fruit Cart on 45th & 6th
Posted to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Group by Tam

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Tonight at Sundown begins Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement- and while I haven’t fasted since I moved out of my parents house 13 years ago, today actually represents my best chance at not eating for 24 hours. Why? Because if I actually chose to fast, this day is only going to last 19 [...]

This week’s food comedy comes from Dane Cook…
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Ahhh, the drive thru. Working in Manhattan makes me miss the lunchtime drive thru. (I also love Skid Row.)

 
Yesterday I walked into my boss’ office and spotted a giant cookie on his desk from Cosi, still in it’s plastic wrapping.  I looked closely at the cookie, and despite how tasty it appeared to be, I knew that he had not meant to purchase this particular cookie.  It had raisins in it.  And while many people enjoy [...]

Am I in the minority of people by not getting excited about IHOP coming to Times Square?  To me it just seems like another addition to an area that is quickly becoming an Epcot’ish oversize chain restaurant pavilion.  In all the excitement, I did however notice a little interesting nugget in this little posting by NY Mag’s Blog “Grub St.” 
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