Midtown Lunch

Do you wonder what the ML contributors do when they’re not eating lunch in Midtown? (We’re actually pretty easy to stalk!)

Brian’s took his beer adventures to Brooklyn, Donny sent a big ‘thank you’ for his Beard House show, Blondie had a delicious looking peach doughnut at Northern Spy, Brownie found quality hummus in Maine, Chris posted a slideshow from Five Day Market in Korea, and I photographed Midnight Brunch in LES last weekend.

Elsewhere in the ML universe… Zach scarfed down a delicious, but expensive falafel at Habayit in Los Angeles, Jamie found Cambodian dumplings in Kavei Express in Philly, and Andrea found a sandwich that’s worth the $10 price tag at Fresh Salt downtown.

When I saw that the old standby Cafe Charlie (40th btw Mad+5th) had added seafood pizza to their menu, I stopped in to see what it was all about. They have a decent mandoo bar-the only such one in that area of Midtown-so I wasn’t too scared about trying seafood from them. I was also intrigued by their sign of “gold” or “white” seafood pizza. What exactly would “gold” pizza entail? Answer: every Italian’s worst nightmare… yellow cheese on seafood.

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It was only a matter of time before the peculiarly named dollar slice joint “In N Out Pizza” changed their name to something… well, less copyright infringe-y. And leave it to the proprietor, who seems to enjoy skirting the outer limits of branding, to name his new joint, “Two-N-A-Can”, which while practical and descriptive, could recall a whole lot of double entendres. Cease and desist order aside, I’ve been back to this joint multiple times since my original assessment, and found that it’s still a pretty good bang for the buck.

Two N A Can Pizza, 1032 6th Ave., 212-398-3288

To celebrate the sale of their 10,000th bibimbap burger, Social Eatz (on 53rd btw. 2+3rd) is giving away a free bibimbap burger to the first 30 customers, starting at 2:30pm sharp. So for all you free loaders who can take a late lunch (or will just save a bit of extra room) prepare to engage!

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This just in from Lunch’er Masto:

While I was at Comme Ci Comme Ca, a truck pulled up and a bunch of angry guys shoved barricades on the sidewalk
blocking the truck. They got into a bit of a verbal altercation with some of the customers. At the same time, Food Network was there filming something, and they apparently didn’t like the barricades either. I think they used it as an angle to talk to Chef Samir about trucks being hassled.

Could be a UN road closure thingy? Or Fashion Week holdover? Either way, it looks like they’re still out there so if you want to check it out (and maybe get on that Food Network/Cooking Channel food truck show) now would be the time.

Every Tuesday we turn over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Midtown. This week it’s Lawrence, a software engineer who hates vegetarians and wishes sushi was cheaper.

Name: Lawrence

Age: 26

Occupation: Technical analyst / software engineer for JPMorgan

Where in Midtown do you Work?: 46th & Madison

Favorite Kind of Food: Sushi (but it’s too expensive)!

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Vegetarian

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: Oxtail noodle soup at Oriental Noodle Shop (on 45th btw. Lex+3rd), Chicken at Bian Dang truck, Anything with lamb at Bi Lokma (on 45th btw. 2+3rd), Ramen at Hide Chan (on 52nd btw. 2+3rd)

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