Vote For the Scariest Midtown Lunch of the Year
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 a few this year that stand out above the rest. I have to say up front, I enjoyed every single one of these lunches… but even I admit that putting them one after another like this is kind of frightening.
Here are the nominees for scariest lunch of 2008…
- My lunch at Tad’s Steaks (which turned out to be much better than I expected)
- The tripe from a cart that I ate when I had Jury Duty (does that get disqualified because it’s downtown?)
- Eating the soft shelled crab off the by the lb. buffet at Cafe Duke
- Meals at Ying Du and Milant right after they were closed by the Department of Health (or maybe that’s less scary because you know they are clean enough to be re-opened?)
- The Blimpie special vegetarian sandwich (Doritos in a sandwich is not that scary right? Although their hot sauce kind of is…)
- Eating a salad at Chop’t
- Eating fried seafood from Chicken House
But wait there’s more…
- Free sushi samples on the sidewalk in front of Pronto Pizza
- Seafood ceviche off the street from the random Ecuadorian lady on 46th
- Trying 13 different plates of street meat in one sitting (I wasn’t alone for that one… a few of you Midtown Lunch’ers braved that one with me)
- Trying the fried clam strips at White Castle
- And of course… stepping foot in Magnolia Bakery on opening day
Did I miss any? Feel free to nominate your own or vote in the comments…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, October 31st, 2008 under Halloween.
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Street meat competition…1 plate will make you hurt… 10+ is taking 10 years off yoru life. Happy Halloween!
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ew and tripe…. = X
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Sarah, yes it is really more like pickling. In any event, it is a preservative technique that prevents it from going bad as quickly.
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What about the trip to the UWS shake shack??? THAT seemed scary!
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is that food from Biriyani cart? if it’s i m voting for them
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@ mangostrawberry: you’re not the only fan of the ghetto surf & turf (white castle cheeseburger + clam strips all under the same bun)
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wow all are scary, but those photo’s of Tad’s make me think 70’s horror flick so yeah, Tad’s.
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Hey MM. Let’s grab a crave case, some clam strips, booze and have an Election Day party. Boxed Wine or forties of Ol’E??
Ceviche is “cooked,” not actually cooked.