Midtown Lunch

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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It’s been just over two years since Cer Te (on 56th btw. 5+6th) began pumping up crazy ass sandwiches for our ML Sandwich Challenge, many of which had made it on to their menu as permanent fixtures or weekly specials.  Last year they put a twist on things by turning over the sandwich creating duties to you, the reader, and it was so successful (Chubby Chinese Girl, anybody?) they’ve decided to do it again.  Starting today, Cer Te will begin taking suggestions for sandwich specials.  Got some crazy ass idea you’d like to see Chef Edward tackle?  Just email it to MyDreamSandwich@certenyc.com, and who knows… maybe you’ll be the next Chubby Chinese Girl. According to the email they sent last week, the prize for having your sandwich selected is bragging rights (plus having a sandwich named after you for a month), but I’m sure we can pressure them into giving out a prize too. Maybe a gift certificate? It’s the least they can do for such kick ass sandwich ideas.  UPDATE: They’ve agreed to award a $100 Cer Te gift certificate to the winner!