Midtown Lunch

Photo courtesy of Fork in the Road

• Balducci’s has a new take out store in Hearst Tower [Ramen & Friends]
• Lunch at Virgil’s BBQ can be perfectly decent [Tasty Eating]
• Cha Pa’s grilled pork vermicelli bowl is enjoyable [Tasty Eating]
• Don Antonio was shuttered by the DOH the other day [Eater]
• A look at Caffe Bene [SENY]
• Wu Liang Ye makes the best dan dan noodles in NYC [Fork in the Road]
• A Rafiqi’s cart in Midtown East caught on fire earlier in the week [Gothamist]
• Our old VendrTV friend Dan Delaney is starting an underground brisket club [Blondie & Brownie]