Vote For the Scariest Midtown Lunch of the Year
Seeing as it’s Halloween, it’s time for the obligatory “Scariest Midtown Lunch post”. Last year I asked for Chili dog recommendations (I still haven’t had one in Midtown yet) but this year I think I’ll open it up to you guys. To some, every meal I eat in Midtown is scary- but there have been a few this year that stand out above the rest. I have to say up front, I enjoyed every single one of these lunches… but even I admit that putting them one after another like this is kind of frightening.
Here are the nominees for scariest lunch of 2008…
- My lunch at Tad’s Steaks (which turned out to be much better than I expected)
- The tripe from a cart that I ate when I had Jury Duty (does that get disqualified because it’s downtown?)
- Eating the soft shelled crab off the by the lb. buffet at Cafe Duke
- Meals at Ying Du and Milant right after they were closed by the Department of Health (or maybe that’s less scary because you know they are clean enough to be re-opened?)
- The Blimpie special vegetarian sandwich (Doritos in a sandwich is not that scary right? Although their hot sauce kind of is…)
- Eating a salad at Chop’t
- Eating fried seafood from Chicken House
But wait there’s more…
- Free sushi samples on the sidewalk in front of Pronto Pizza
- Seafood ceviche off the street from the random Ecuadorian lady on 46th
- Trying 13 different plates of street meat in one sitting (I wasn’t alone for that one… a few of you Midtown Lunch’ers braved that one with me)
- Trying the fried clam strips at White Castle
- And of course… stepping foot in Magnolia Bakery on opening day
Did I miss any? Feel free to nominate your own or vote in the comments…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, October 31st, 2008 under Halloween.
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I’m voting for the seafood cerviche off the street vendor. You have a stomach of steel, Zach.
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My pick: Sushi left out in the sun – you didn’t eat any of that, right?
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Street sushi, left unattended in the baking summer sun, served by a rat-ass pizza vendor is about as nasty as it gets. Not even Zimmern would go near that shit. Gnar.
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I think ceviche takes the cake for me. You crazy, mang!
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Seafood ceviche off the street from the random Ecuadorian lady on 46th
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I vote for the sushi.
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I’ve had the Equadorian lady’s ceviche and seafood soup, both pretty good. The sushi is just too far.
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Ceviche, no question.
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You are all forgetting that ceviche is cooked in lemon and/or lime. Sushi is completely uncooked.
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I have to go with Tad’s. Like any good house of Horrors, Tad’s Steaks sets your adrenaline on overdrive at the mere thought. To venture inside, to witness the sceevie-ness, to remember the horrible anecdotes, and still sit down for lunch without having fear-induced palpatations – it was an act of bizarre courage. Zach, you have been to hell and back.
Even though it seemed curiously palatable…
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Sidewalk sushi, definitely. I’m surprised you’re still alive, Zach.
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Nads eerrr.. I mean Tads
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street sushi hands down
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Tad’s , just for the wine pre-poured and covered with clingfilm.
And the genius Private Ryan line a handsom chap posted.
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Chopped salad scares me.
But wait…here’s something scarier… I actuallly like the fried clam strips at White Castle…..Mwahahahahaaaa!
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A trukey sandwich at Europa. Nothing is scarier than wasting your life with mediocre crap food.
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A turkey sandwich at Europa. Nothing is scarier than wasting your life with crap food.
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i agree with rudy mcbagel. tad’s and the indelible image of wine glasses covered with saran wrap will be with me to the day i die
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sushi for the win
Tripe.
Something about that will always gross me out.
But in a scary for your health way, i’d say the free sushi sample.