Midtown Lunch

This stupid cookie episode has proven one thing- everybody likes a different kind of chocolate chip cookie. (Photo courtesy of Food in Mouth)

Danny questions the validity of Pret’s chocolate chip cookie victory [Food in Mouth]
Le Pain Quotidien makes a great Belgian brownie [Dessert Buzz]
Magnolia Bakery is now serving Rockette Red Velvet Cupcakes [Cupcakes Take the [...]

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, our Happy Hour Correspondent “Mamacita” posts about a different bar in Midtown that fits the Midtown Lunch mentality: [...]

You know, aside from drawing the ire of Anthony Bourdain (and those of us who agree with Anthony Bourdain.) Cupcakes Take the Cake is reporting that Crumbs is now posting calorie counts for all their cupcakes (required by law for any food place with more than 15 locations.) Haha… good luck with that!

As reported earlier OBAO is in fact open for lunch, and is already slammed. There’s eat in and take out (although there have been reports of 45 minute wait times) and a lunch menu that is slightly different than the dinner menu. Not everything is being offered at lunch, but the 3 meat dishes, 3 [...]

Considering how burger obsessed NYC is, it still amazing to me that Black Shack (the new burger spot on Lexington btw. 37+38th) managed to fly under the radar all this time. Fork in the Road broke the news on Wednesday, and yesterday I headed over to check the place out. The whole thing is less [...]

OBAO, which opened for dinner on 53rd btw. 2+3rd on Monday, said they wouldn’t be open for lunch until next week. But according to The Skinny Pig (via Eater), today is the day! AND word is, there is a special lunch menu with prices that are cheaper than the dinner menu. As soon [...]

Good news on the ML Twitter Tracker today… because they had truck issues yesterday, NYC Cravings will selling their Taiwaness fried chicken goodness on 53rd btw. Lex+Park today (sorry Downtown!) Also, Street Sweets is on 50th (with fresh baked goodies) and Rickshaw is on 45th.

Left is Mine, Right is Hers
I have slowly come to the realization that in the matter of sushi (as it pertains to Midtown Lunch’ing) I will never find the holy grail. In other words, you pretty much always get what you pay for… and it’s impossible to get a ton of sushi for less [...]

Our Downtown Lunch man Daniel Krieger is taking some time off (he’s busy being a professional photographer!), so I’m turning to a couple of new Downtown Lunchers to pick up the slack. This week Lunch’er Kevin discovers the wonders of an Israeli egg salad sandwich.

Egg Salad does not get a whole lot of love here [...]

The SENY crew hit up the one week old Lucy’s Cantina Royale (on 34th and 8th) the other day and, to put it nicely, completely fucking hated the place in every way possible. Ouch. I think I’ll reserve judgment until we hear back from our winner, but it’s not looking good.