Archive for August 2012
Midtown East Whole Foods To Open August 23rd: Back in October, we told you a new Whole Foods was coming to Midtown East, on 57th street btw 2nd+3rd avenues. Whole Foods posted to Facebook that the store now has an open date: August 23rd! Once heralded as the best generic Midtown deli by our fearless leader, we can't wait for this new location to open its doors.
Posted at 2:30 pm, August 2nd, 2012 | 0 Comments
Lezzette Mediterranean Makes Darn Good Gyros and Salads
Gotta love gyros. Eternally mispronounced to the point of redoing the word itself (I’m 99.99% certain it’s meant to be pronounced like “heroes” and not as it seems) and shifting actual names depending on the region (gyros to Greece, doner kebab to the rest of the Mediterranean) there’s too many crappy ones out there. Lezzette Mediterranean Cucina, literally just around the corner from the biggest “shut up and take my money” location in Midtown Southwest, has been around for a few years and quietly served as a go-to point for the area. There’s a couple other standouts on West 34th St. that merit a look, but as far as I know, Lezzette stands alone for amazing fresh gyros and really, really worthwhile Mediterranean salad.
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Posted by MJP at 11:45 am, August 2nd, 2012 under Lezzette.
The Tamale Lady is Still in Front of Mexican Embassy
Not long ago, I began my quest to try all the tamales midtown has to offer by starting off at Sophie’s and trying a Cuban style tamale for the first time. Zach went on a similar tamale trek in 2008, and I’m excited to revisit midtown tamales four years later to see what’s still delicious and what’s new. I was fortunate enough to get some excellent recommendations from Midtown Lunch readers in the comments of my last post, and one comment inspired me to visit the “Tamale Lady” outside of the Mexican Embassy (39th Street btw Madison + Park). She received a proper review back in 2007, and the experience sounded like fun. Is she still there? I had to find out for myself.
Posted by jenjfen at 9:45 am, August 2nd, 2012 under The Tamale Lady.
Bogo Ice Cream Sandwich Alert: Apparently today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day (who knew!?) so to celebrate 'wichcraft will be offering buy one get one free ice cream sandwiches at their Bryant Park kiosk all day long. You'll have a choice between strawberry ice cream between two peanut butter cookies, or mint chocolate chip ice cream between two chocolate cookies.
Posted at 8:30 am, August 2nd, 2012 | 1 Comment
New “Rice the Great” Cart Brings Pilaf to Midtown
Earlier this week in the forums, one of our readers tipped us off on a new rice cart hoping to find a spot by the Time Life Building this week (50th + 6th). Rice pilaf you say? With chicken or beef? And whatever sauce you want? I was intrigued, so I headed to the miniature food-city-on-wheels to see what I could find. Dwarfed by its gigantic neighbor, the Nuchas empanadas truck, I found a flashy, unweathered food cart with a sign saying Rice The Great. This must be it. Mighty in name, small in size.
The cart has a very simple menu of a small pilaf platter for $3.00, a large rice pilaf platter for $6.00, or a pilaf burrito for $6.00. With any of these meals, you have a choice of either chicken or beef. Sodas and Dirty chips are $1.00 each. With the platters, you can get salad on the side with oil & vinegar or Italian dressing. As for sauce, you have a choice of house white sauce or house red sauce.
Posted by jenjfen at 11:19 am, August 1st, 2012 under 50th btw. 6+7th, Rice the Great Food Cart.
Support Marriage Equality By Eating At Schnipper’s This Month
If you’re a fan of Chick Fil A, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the PR shit-storm their President thurst them into last week with some less than nice comments about gay people. Our lack of a real Chick Fil in Manhattan has been well documented, and Christine Quinn is trying to get the NYU food court location kicked out of the city. But if boycotting a location you technically have to sneak into anyway isn’t really your thing, there is something else you can do to support the cause cause.
Starting today and through the month of August, both Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen locations will donate $1.00 from every purchase of a Schnipper’s chicken filet sandwich to Marriage Equality USA, a non-profit whose mission is to secure legally recognized civil marriage equality for all. Check it out after the jump…
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Posted by Rachel Goldner at 9:00 am, August 1st, 2012 under Schnipper's Quality Kitchen.
