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Time Warner Center Wants to Give You Free Food

With the exception of Whole Foods, and the take out window of Bouchon Bakery, most of the restaurants in the Time Warner Center are outside the Midtown Lunch price range. But that doesn’t mean we’d turn down free food, right? The TWC in Columbus Circle has just launched a culinary club called “Circle of [...]

Midtown Links (The “Small Fry” Edition)

Check out the shrimp! (The food from Kim’s Aunt Kitchen Cart looks good too.)

Forget about the cuban… there’s a pernil sandwich at Margon!?! [Fressagirl]
If you like fancy ass bars, a new one is opening Monday on 48th btw. 5+6th [Strong Buzz]
This answer my question about dipping fries in milkshakes [Blondie & Brownie]
The owners hope [...]

PROFILE: Midtown Lunch’er “Andrew”

Every Tuesday I 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 Andrew an analyst who loves lobster rolls, and is mourning the loss of Mitzy’s Macarons.

Name: Andrew
Age: 22
Occupation: Analyst
Where in Midtown do you Work?: 52nd and Lexington
Favorite Kind of Food: [...]

Obligatory St. Paddy’s Day Corned Beef Post

This might be the only day of the year that I would actually recommend staying in your office for lunch (it’s rough out there on St. Paddy’s Day), but if you must go out to lunch, and you must have some corned beef (I don’t care if technically it’s not Irish, as some have pointed [...]

Midtown Links (The “Super Sized XXXL” Edition)

Photo by nycblondieandbrownie

The Treats Truck is now stocking a full array of St. Paddy’s Day cookies [Blondie and Brownie]
It looks like the Rainbow Room won’t be converted into office space after all [Diner's Journal]
Surprise!  The grilled cheese sandwich at Applebee’s on 50th St. isn’t good [NYP]
The guy eating everything on Tony’s Top 100 List hits [...]

Midtown Links (The “When Commenters Make Baby Suggestions I Listen” Edition)

Lunch at BonChon w/ The Kid (full report coming next week). Photo by Daniel Krieger

The comment that inspired the above photo [ML]
A sneak peak at what we have to look forward to when Kyochon opens in Koreatown [Feisty Foodie]
Bouchon Bakery’s bacon maple brioche looks might tasty [Dessert Buzz]
Haiku responses to the anti-Chipotle haiku you put [...]

Mitzy’s Itzy Bitzy Macarons Come to Midtown

Photo courtesy of nycblondieandbrownie
Macaron fans, prepare to get really excited… Blondie and Brownie are reporting that macarons from Itzy Bitzy patisserie are now available at Tafu, the Japanese tea house and bakery on 51st btw. Lex+3rd. Previously these macarons, which Serious Eats called the best macarons outside of Paris, were only available through mail order, [...]

Midtown Links (Free Tube Steak Edition)

The newly opened Murray’s Salami in the Grand Central Market. Photos by nycblondieandbrownie

If you spend $10 at Murray’s Salami, you get free hot dogs or bacon [Blondie and Brownie]
If you get the tamales from El Rey Del Sabor, make sure to get it topped with salsa and sour cream [Food in Mouth]
The sticky bun at [...]

Halloween Treats in Midtown

You already have heard about the Treats Truck’s Halloween themed goodies, but there is also some crazy stuff to be had at Bouchon Bakery in the Time Warner Center (in Columbus Circle) and at a few of the places in the Grand Central Terminal Market (enter on Lexington & 43rd). None of them are as scary [...]

PROFILE: Midtown Lunch’er “Anastasia”

Every Tuesday I 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 Anastasia,  a Lawyer (and baker?) who loves anything at Just Salad and may or may not be a vegan (despite at one time loving the Burger Joint.)

Name: Anastasia

Age: 27

Occupation: Attorney/Baker

Where [...]