Midtown Lunch

It’s Tri Tip Tuesday: A friendly reminder from the ML Twitter Tracker... today you can get a feast for 3 at the Tri Tip Grill (in the Rock Center Concourse) for just $20.  Also of note... Rickshaw has two trucks in Midtown today, Street Sweets and Schnitzel are both on 46th, Frites N Meats is on 52nd, and Quick Stop Kosher is in front of B&H also celebrating National Waffle Day.

Today is Oxtail Day at Sophie’s Cuban: Looking for a late lunch? Serious Eats New York recommends the oxtails at Sophie's Cuban, which are available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. At $11 it's just over the ML price limit, but like we've been saying for years, it's totally worth it.

Chorrillana Now Available For Lunch!: Chilean food fans should be excited about this one... just found out via the ML Twitter Tracker that Barros Luco's version of Chorrillana (french fries topped with sauteed strips of steak, grilled onions, and scrambled eggs) which was previously only available during dinner, is now available for lunch. We've been waiting for this one for a while!

Get $12 Worth of 4Food: Emails went out last night to the winners of our 4Food speak preview contest... if you didn't win (or even if you did) you can still get $12 to spend at 4Food for free when they open on September 7th just by going to their website and signing up for an account.

See Midtown Street Vendors (And Zach!) on the Cooking Channel This Weekend: We're finding it difficult to keep track of all the craaaaazy food truck shows hitting the TV these days, but if you're going to watch one it should be Food Truck Revolution, this Sunday night on the Cooking Channel at 10pm EST. And we're not just saying that because Zach will be on it talking about Midtown street food. (Uh, ok... actually, that's exactly why we're saying it.)

El Guayaquileño Cart Is Back!: Remember back in June the El Guayaquileño cart went MIA? Well, good news, they are back! Now parked on 37th and sixth Ave. on the northwest corner. Get a taste of Ecuadorian street food from Queens again in Midtown. Many thanks to Lunch'er "Wayne" for the hot tip!

Surf and Turf is Back Today: Just a friendly reminder. Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th) will have their surf and turf special again today. Also on the ML Twitter Tracker: QBA is trying to park in Columbus Circle, Frites N Meats, Wafels & Dinges, and Schnitzel are all on different parts of 52nd, Rickshaw is on 45th, Eddie's Pizza Truck is in the Flatiron, Treats Truck is on 45th, and Street Sweets is on Park Ave.

Grand Central Terminal Dining Week Starts Today: The first ever GCT "Dining Week" starts today, which means sit down restaurants will be offering special prix menus and the fast casual places in the food court will be offering discounts.  It starts today and runs through August 29th, and while not all the deals are that great ($12 for lunch at Feng Shui!?) there are a few decent ones.  Check out the entire list here.

Little Morocco Update: Stopped by the Little Morocco cart again yesterday to see if they were back. Sadly the cart is still missing and the guy working the generic cart is in its place said they're getting the cart re-inspected and would be back in two weeks. We're going to hold out hope that's the real reason, and not some health issue as suggested in the comments. Either way, we hope the cart is back soon!

Support Your Muslim Street Food Vendors: Did you know it's Ramadan? That means the Muslim street vendors who are working hard to serve you lunch are doing so on empty stomachs... like the folks at the Trini Paki Boys cart, who have their fish special with dumplings and coo coo again today. Get out and support!