“I have been reading your blog for a few years while working in midtown. The reason for your blog is justifiable since the food is so average at best and the pricing is just hilarious. Now that I am working in Jersey and eating great food again from real italian delis, crazy authentic korean restaurants, [...]
Posted: 3:45 pm, March 31st, 2009 under Airing of Grievances.
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About 30 minutes ago I spotted Hosea, the winner of the latest season of Top Chef, strolling up 5th Ave. toward the Apple Store. Channeling Gary Vaynerchuk, I stopped him to “hustle” a bit for Midtown Lunch (urgh, I seriously hate myself and don’t know what made me do it.) He in turn [...]
Posted: 2:00 pm, March 31st, 2009 under At Lunch Now.
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I guess it’s a little late in the day to post this, but who knows. I’ll bet some of you freaks eat oatmeal for lunch (or a late afternoon snack!) via Twitter: “@talida: last day for $1 Jamba Oatmeal… delicious.”
Posted: 1:15 pm, March 31st, 2009 under Asides.
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Every Tuesday I turn over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Midtown. This week, meet Rebecca- an executive receptionist who loves chili fries, and needs help tracking down a Mongolian BBQ place.
Name: Rebecca
Age: 30
Occupation: Executive Receptionist
Where in Midtown do you Work?: Private equity firm [...]
Posted: 11:45 am, March 31st, 2009 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
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Got a message from Papa Perrone’s Pizza Truck (on 55th btw. Mad+Park) this morning: “We have Easter pie today.” My response: “What exactly is Easter pie?” (What can I say? I’m a short fat Jew.) The response: “It’s a meat pie made with sweet and hot sausage, proscuitto, pepperoni, mixed with ricotta, mozzarella, and provolone, [...]
Posted: 11:00 am, March 31st, 2009 under Papa Perrone's.
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Meru, the owner of the Biryani Cart (on 46th & 6th), may have claimed to love country music in the Vendy Award program last year, but when it came time to choose a song for the official Biryani Cart website, he went with the Bee Gees “Too Much Heaven”. NSFW people. NSFW. [Biryani Cart/Sandwich Land [...]
Posted: 10:30 am, March 31st, 2009 under Biriyani Cart.
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If you wanted this, today is your last chance.
Today is the last day for Certe’s catfish sandwich, so if you’ve been putting off trying their second entry in the Midtown Lunch Sandwich Challenge- this is your last chance. Tomorrow they’ll introduce an April sandwich, The Primavera: featuring crispy eggplant, zucchini and yellow squash with basil [...]
Posted: 8:30 am, March 31st, 2009 under Certe, Midtown Lunch Sandwich Challenge.
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That was twittered @midtownlunch last week. What do you think? I don’t want to jinx it but I have never gotten food poisoning or any sort of really bad stomach ache from my Midtown Lunch’ing. That’s not to say I’ve avoided “issues” entirely. (If you eat at carts often you are bound [...]
Posted: 2:30 pm, March 30th, 2009 under Twitter.
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From a commenter: “Just stopped over by Mantra, no Pinche. Went El Rey del Sabor (on 60th and 3rd) for salty beef tacos and a chicken empanada instead!”
Posted: 1:20 pm, March 30th, 2009 under Asides, Pinche Taqueria.
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In a lot of ways steak is like sushi. You can find it cheap, but if you want the good stuff you’re going to have to shell out the cash. It’s tough to get good versions of both for under $10 in Midtown, but at least in the steak category there have been a few [...]
Posted: 11:45 am, March 30th, 2009 under 49th btw. 5+6th, A.J. Maxwell's, Burger, Steak.
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