Midtown Lunch

 
Dessert Truck’s Pumpkin Custard. Photo by Food in Mouth

I write about how much I like the Dessert Truck’s pumpkin custard over on Serious Eats: New York [SENY]
If you are looking for an exotic Indian alternative for the typical Halloween sweets, you should go to Sukhadia [Tasting Table]
You can get pumpkin muffins at the Le Pain Quotidien near [...]

If you like to eat, chances are you like to drink (read: a lot of you are freakin’ lushes), so I thought maybe it was time to introduce a happy hour column to the site. Every week we’ll post about a different bar in Midtown that fits the Midtown Lunch mentality: unhealthy food, not lame [...]

Eater posted a photo of the huge line for free sandwiches at Pret earlier today.  But we’re a little more interested in seeing photos of people dressed like burritos to get free food from Chipotle at 6 p.m. Photos of you (or your co-workers) are welcomed at zach@midtownlunch.com

 
The plywood has officially gone up for the new Crumbs on Broadway btw. 52+53rd that Cupcake Takes the Cake says will open at the end of the year.  They also mention another Crumbs going up on 54th and 3rd Ave.  I honestly can’t see how Midtown can support this crazy cupcake expansion.
And Lenny’s seems to be in [...]

Seeing as it’s Halloween, it’s time for the obligatory “Scariest Midtown Lunch post”.  Last year I asked for Chili dog recommendations (I still haven’t had one in Midtown yet) but this year I think I’ll open it up to you guys.  To some, every meal I eat in Midtown is scary- but there have been [...]

It’s the last day to go to the Bon Appetit Pop Up Cafe on 57th btw. 7+8th… and I might have to stop by because today’s special is a lamb burger from Michael Psilakis (Kefi, Mia Dona, Anthos).  It’s $10, but whatever… that dude is awesome.

Midtown workers shouldn’t have all the fun, so to even the score, I’ve brought on Daniel Krieger as an official Downtown Lunch Correspondent to write up some of the tasty stuff you can get in the lower half of Manhattan. He’s a great photographer (ensuring good food porn), but more importantly he is a lover [...]

This morning in the comments: “I just went over to the new Pret Location at 44th and 3rd. They’ve started giving out flyers for a ‘free lunch’. Good till gone.” Showing up after 1 p.m. without a flier has worked for some in the past, but there’s no guarantee.

This sign hung in the doorway of kosher lunch spot Mr. Broadway (on Broadway btw. 37+38th) would make a lot more sense if it was for today’s date… but I think it’s just a typo. No Halloween night costume party- just a kosher deli that will now be open as soon as Shabbat is over on [...]

A very astute Lunch’er Wade noticed this bit of fraud the other day on the Mexican cart with the sombrero parked on 50th btw. 6+7th: “This cart has a sign up that it was a 2005 Vendy Award ‘nominee’. It certainly wasn’t a finalist that year (or any other year). Does this simply mean someone [...]