Just a friendly reminder about something we casually mentioned last week… Cer Te is now serving its August sandwich of the month. Meet the Montauk Hangover: a fried duck egg, creamed corn with pancetta, spicy lobster sauce, and crispy leeks, on a grilled potato roll. Nice.
Posted by The ML Team at 11:15 am, August 2nd, 2011 under Certe.
Now that Cer Te has settled their issues with the DOH, there is nothing keeping you from trying their Texas Heart Attack (except caring about your general health and well being.) The sandwich was the July sandwich of the month, so today is the last day to get it before they introduce the August sandwich on Monday, the Montauk Hangover- featuring fried duck egg, creamed corn with pancetta, spicy lobster sauce, and crispy leeks, on a grilled potato roll.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 10:55 am, July 29th, 2011 under Certe.
Despite DOH vindication, Cer Te couldn’t help getting in one last upside down jab
It’s been one year since the DOH started giving out letter grades to restaurants in NYC, and to commemorate the milestone the Wall Street Journal has gone all Nate Silver on the data. There are some interesting tidbits, and other sites are weighing in with their opinions, but we’re far more excited about the big DOH news that arrived in our inbox today. “After a year of paying big bucks and sucking ass, we have finally received our duly earned “A” from the DOH.” Signed, Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th). You might remember Cer Te from such wonderful movies as “I Turned My B from the DOH Into Lemonade” and “Give Us a C and We’ll Get Even Angrier”.
Those grades didn’t seem to act as much of a deterrent for hardcore Midtown Lunchers, but it’s good to see that Cer Te’s letter finally matches the quality of their food.
When I heard about Cer Te’s newest sandwich that debuted on Monday, I stopped on by to check it out-DOH scores be damned! For the record, I’ve been taking the DOH scores rather lightly. I’ve spied terrible things in some of the A or B restaurants, and Cer Te has never made me sick. The other day, there wasn’t a grade at all in their window-that’s a definite no-no if you’ve been scored. But onto the sandwich…
Posted by Blondie at 11:45 am, July 14th, 2011 under Certe.
Yesterday Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th) introduced their latest sandwich of the month, and it’s a doozy. Designed by Lunch’er “Jeffrey”, it’s called the “Deep In the Heart ‘Attack’ of Texas” and features (are you sitting down for this?) chicken fried steak, creamed gravy, and layer of mac and cheese sandwiched between two pieces of Texas toast. The sandwich is $8.95 and will be available until August 12th (or until it kills somebody.)
Posted by The ML Team at 8:30 am, July 12th, 2011 under Certe.
Despite being one of our favorite places in all of Midtown for sandwiches, Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th) has been battling poor Department of Health scores ever since the city started hanging letter grades on the windows. They dressed up their “B” back in September, and last week a tipster pointed out that the B is now a C. And they’re hiding it all the way at the bottom of the door.
Two lunchers decided to take them to task in the comments, and Cer Te responded with this…
This month marks the second time the Chubby Chinese Girl lives in infamy via a sandwich at Cer Te (55th btw 5+6th). It’s hard to follow up to last year’s Chubby Chinese Girl, especially since it’s still available on Thursdays. But once I saw that this sandwich involved crisped pork belly braised with soy and beer, I knew it had to be a winner. They should seriously consider taking Chubby Chinese Girl on as a sandwich consultant.
Posted by Blondie at 8:30 am, June 23rd, 2011 under Certe.
On Saturday we gathered together at City Winery with a couple hundred of our closest friends to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of Midtown Lunch (yes, we too are surprised this thing has been around for 5 years!) A great time was had by all thanks to the amazing food (provided graciously by Kwik Meal, The Biryani Cart, Cer Te, Ma Peche, Food Gallery 32, El Rey del Sabor, Tri Tip Grill, Wafels & Dinges, Miss Softee & the Rolling Cones, Kelvin Slush, and Momofuku Milk Bar) and the endless drinks courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery and GuS’s soda.
Check out the highlights, after the jump…
Posted by The ML Team at 9:30 am, June 13th, 2011 under Biriyani Cart, Certe, Eddie's Pizza Truck, El Rey Del Sabor, Food Gallery 32, Harry, Kelvin Slush Truck, Kwik Meal, Midtown Lunch Anniversary Party, Miss Softee, Momofuku, NYC Cravings, Tri Tip Grill/Buckhorn Grill, Wafels and Dinges.
Chubby Porky Starts Today: Just a friendly reminder in case you missed it last week... Cer Te's June sandwich of the month debuts today (on 55th btw. 5+6th). It's called the Chubby Porky and features crisped beer & soy braised pork belly with watercress, scallion, and sweet sesame sauce on a toasted brioche. It's $8.95 and you can get a sneak peak at it here.
Posted at 8:30 am, June 6th, 2011 | 1 Comment
Cer Te’s June Sandwich Delayed: If you were hoping to get a taste of the “Chubby Porky” today, Cer Te's June sandwich of the month, you're going to have to wait until next week. Cindy (aka "Chubby Chinese Girl") couldn't make it in to test the sandwich until today so they've put it off for one week. They do, however, have the Fall of Saigon today.
Posted at 10:30 am, June 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment
