Midtown Lunch

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.)

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…

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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.

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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…

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There are only a few days left for Lunch’er Wayne’s Gibraltar Barnyard, aka Cer Te’s May sandwich of the month ($8.95). Wayne gave us a sneak peek at the beginning of the month, which of course he liked (after all he designed the thing!) And even though I don’t typically get that far north for lunch, reading the comments pushed me to give it a shot before the month was up.

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Lunch’er Wayne w/ Cer Te’s Chef Edward

If you’ve been super excited to try Cer Te’s new sandwich challenge winners, today is the first day you can score Lunch’er Wayne’s “Gibraltar Barnyard” (the May sandwich of the month.)  He actually got to test it out last week and sent over this report:

They basically took my OK idea and did 3 little tweaks to make it magnificent, like they tend to do with all sandwiches.  They lightly grilled the ciabatta, crisped up the serrano ham and added some tomato paste to the harissa.  They left the egg salad with essence of blue cheese &  sprinkling of arugula alone.  The result is a spicy, crispy, gooey, salty, earthy, satisfying meal that works as a breakfast or a lunch.  (Think bacon eggs cheese & spicy ketchup gone upscale if ordered as a late breakfast)

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On the ML Twitter Tracker today… Cer Te is selling a 10″ passover pizza (!?!) for $10.95, Comme Ci Comme Ca is on 55th and Lex, Papa Perrone is on 55th, Kimchi Truck is on 52nd and 6th, Big D’s Grub is on 40th btw. Lex+3rd, Cupcake Stop is on 58th, and Sweetery is on 52nd & Lex, until they leave for some kind of scavenger hunt for prizes at 3:15pm.

After a few weeks of deliberation, Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th) has finally chosen the winner of this year’s Midtown Lunch Sandwich Challenge.  You guys submitted over 200 entries, and apparently it was so difficult they (once again) decided on three different winners!  They were chosen based on creativity, affordability (how much it would cost to make each sandwich) and most of all, the “cravings” of Midtown Lunchers- aka how excited us fatsos would get about it.  Each sandwich will be featured as the sandwich of the month starting in May.

And the winners are… (drumroll please)

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