Midtown Lunch

50% Off Island Burgers & Shakes (Now Serving Fries!): We don't know what's more exciting about todays InBundles deal.  The fact that you get $14 worth of food a drink at Island Burgers & Shakes for just $7 (on 9th Ave. btw. 51+52nd), or the news that they are now serving french fries!!!  (For those who've never been, the chips/no fries thing has long been people's biggest complaint about the place.)

The Pulled Pork Waffle is Back!: If you don't want to brave the Juicy Wings cart, there are plenty of other options in Midtown today.  Comme Ci Comme Ca is on 55th, Rickshaw is on 50th with peking duck dumplings, Uncle Gussy's has baklava and mousaka, Korilla is on 52nd, Mexicue is on 55th, Taim Mobile is on 46th, Cupcake Stop is on 40th, Frites N Meats is on 52nd, and Wafels & Dinges is on 46th with pulled pork waffles!

88 Cent Pop Burger Alert: 8Coupons and Pop Burger are doing another one of their Ocho Loco promotions today. Haven't had lunch yet today? Text this coupon to yourself and from 2-6pm you can get an order of Pop Burgers for just 88 Cents (Offer only good at the location on 58th btw. Mad+5th)

Half off Little Thai Kitchen: 53rd btw. 2+3rd has got a bunch of good options, but somehow we've never managed to try out Little Thai Kitchen. Today's Groupon might be just what we needed to change that. Get $10 at LTK for just $5

50% off Kati Roll: If your New Year's resolution to be healthier and save money today's Inbundles deal is right up your alley.  Get $14 worth of Kati Rolls and drinks for just $7, but the catch is it's only good at the location on 39th (btw. 5+6th) and only good with the whole wheat wraps they introduced about a year and a half ago.

Don’t Get Too Excited for Taim Mobile’s Sabich: Ever since reading this post on Serious Eats we've been huge fans of the sabich, a Middle Eastern sandwich featuring hard boiled eggs and fried eggplant.  So imagine how pumped we were to read that Taim Mobile would start serving it this week.  Sadly, it's not true.  We checked in with the owners, and they said it was a misunderstanding.  Making the sandwich on the truck isn't feasible right now.

Taim, Tiropita and Steak N Egg Tacos: Good stuff on the ML Twitter Tracker this morning... Cupcake Stop is on 58th, Sweetery is on 52nd, Eddie's Pizza is on 46th and has launched a loyalty card program, Uncle Gussy's is on 51st with tiropita, Eggstravaganza will have steak n egg tacos until 2:30pm, Comme Ci Comme Ca is on 56th, Taim Mobile is on 51st, and Rickshaw is on 50th.

It’s Midtown Lunch Week on Immaculate Infatuation: All this week Chris & Andrew, the two record label guys who run the blog Immaculate Infatuation, are posting their favorite places to eat lunch in Midtown. No big surprises on the list, although we're kind of intrigued by Between the Bread (on 55th btw. 6+7th) which we've somehow managed to miss all these years.  Any other fans out there?

Possible Free Crepe Alert?: Luncher "nychar" reports that the yet unopened Crepe Monster on the third floor of Food Gallery 32 has been serving free samples of their sweet and savory crepes around 7pm the last two evenings. If you're you're in the area around that time, it might be worth checking out- although she does qualify the report by saying that the deal is unofficial, so there are no guarantees!

Mental Health Alert: Beware of Salad: Ladies, I know how it is. It's a new year with a new list of resolutions: get slim, eat better, stop using your Bowflex as a coat rack... but we here at ML urge you to put your sanity first. With that in mind we advise, no, beg you to avoid salad, as it can cause side affects like loneliness, hysteria and a rabid-like baring of the teeth. Don't say we didn't warn you.