Archive for August 2009

Be Careful Ordering a “Snowcone” From Mr. Softee: Y'all thought I was crazy for thinking that you could actually get weed from a roasted nuts vendor!?! That turned out to be an April Fools Day joke, but this certainly isn't: according to the NYDN, a "Mister Softee vendor was scooped up for making deliveries of cocaine while blaring the trademark jingle up and down his Long Island route, cops said yesterday." [via Eater]

Smorgashutter

Just got word that the Smorgaschef on 49th St. & 2nd Ave. has closed. It’s out of bounds and not really a Midtown Lunch (everything is over $10), but if you must partake there is another location on Park Ave. & 38th Street (where the old AQ Cafe used to be.) For my Swedish food fix I prefer the new location of AQ Kafe (on Broadway btw 57+58th), or FIKA Swedish Espresso Bar (on 58th btw. 5+6th), both with lunch options under $10.

Smorgaschef’s goodbye sign is after the jump…

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