Midtown Lunch

Photo courtesy of Serious Eats: New York

• The cold noodles at Cafe China are some of NYC’s best [SENY]
• The El Rey del Sabor cart is still awesome [Food in Mouth]
• Onion rings might be the best thing at the new Fatburger [Lunch Studio]
• Andrew Zimmern had a terrible sushi lunch in Midtown East [Eater]
• Immaculate Infatuation’s guide to summer is here! [II]

Photo courtesy of Serious Eats: New York

• Certe’s June sandwich is like a lobster french toast [SENY]
• Skip the laksa, get the sticky rice at Obao [Food in Mouth]
• Apparently you could do a lot worse than Tequila Park Taqueria [II]
• On Weds some shops in GCT will be rolling their prices back to 2013 [Eater]
• DOH closures are down 16% in the past 11 months [NYDN]
• Grand Central Oyster Bar will be closing for renovations [Grub Street]

Photo courtesy of Food in Mouth

• Danji is a small splurge but totally worth it [Food in Mouth]
• Dave Cook seems to like Totto Ramen [EIT]
• Grubhub and Seamless are merging [Chicago Tribune]
• How did this fusion falafel article leave out Crisp!?! [NYM]
• The NYC Food Truck Assoc is up for the Helping Hands Award for their post Sandy work [SENY]

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• El Rey del Sabor’s al pastor torta is very tasty [SENY]
• Grammercy Tavern’s chef is totally a Midtown Luncher [SENY]
• Land of Plenty makes a good mapo tofu and twice cooked pork belly [Food in Mouth]
• Ron Howard was spotted at Bluth’s Banana Stand! [Gothamist]
• James Beard nominee Jamie Bissonnette ate at the Jamaican food place in Penn Station and loved it! [Food is the New Rock]

Photo courtesy of Food in Mouth

• Cafe China has a tea smoked duck fried rice lunch special [Food in Mouth]
• Some people spend their lunch hours going to clubs [NYT]
• Shake Shack is finally moving forward on their Grand Central location [Crain's]
• Apparently you can get a decent chicken milanese inside Macy’s [SENY]
• Dairy Queen is “likely” coming to Times Square [Grub Street]

Cafe China’s Cumin Spicy Lamb. Photo courtesy of NY Mag

• Midtown has become the Sichuan belt of NYC [NYM]
• Cafe China has good vegetarian options [SENY]
• The Okadaman Truck plans on coming back this spring [Tasty Eating]
• Disappointment at Burger Joint [AHT]
• Street Food Stories: Uncle Gussy’s [SENY]

Photo courtesy of Chubby Chinese Girl

• Treehaus also sells doughnuts from DOUGH!?! [Chubby Chinese Girl]
• Burger Join wins Eater’s Burger Week poll [Eater]
• Chop’t opened a new location at Bryant Park last week.  [Eater]
• Here’s another look at the new Xi’an Famous Foods [Miss Menu]
• Mayson Kaiser is also taking over the AQ Kafe space near Columbus Circle [NYT]

P.J. Clarke’s Photo courtesy of Daniel Krieger/Eater

• Here’s what PJ Clarke’s looks like at 12:30pm on a Tuesday [Eater]
• Shake Shack is one of the 38 best burgers in the country [Eater]
• The Counter in Times Sq goes through 3000 lbs of meat a week [Eater]
• Sietsema is a big fan of La Vie en Szechuan’s $8 lunch special [FITR]
• You can get rabbit’s head at Grand Sichuan 46 [EIT]
• Earl of Sandwich’s roast beef is enjoyable but not life changing [Food in Mouth]
• Here’s a friendly reminder… Cafe Cello makes a good cuban [SENY]
• Here are two Kwik Meal recipes from New York ala Cart [SENY]
• $1 slice joints are killing the Manhattan pizzeria [WSJ]

Photo courtesy of A Hamburger Today

• HB Burger’s Steakhouse burger is a steal for what it is [AHT]
• 30 more under $6 sandwiches in NYC [SENY]
• Anthony Bourdain took Andersen Cooper to Yakitori Totto for lunch! [NYP]
• Kunjip does not disappoint [Lunch Studio]
• More on the Reichenbach Beer Hall we told you about on Tuesday [DNAinfo]
• The DOH released a new set of guidelines for mobile eateries yesterday [Gothamist]
• Burger Joint is expanding outside of Midtown [Eater]

Photo courtesy of Food in Mouth

• The Coffee Place Cart serves up decent tacos and tortas [Food in Mouth]
• The Thit Kho Trung Nuoc Dua at Cha Pas is enough to put you to sleep [Tasty Eating]
• Manganaro’s Hero Boy was briefly shut down by the DOH [DNAinfo]
• Brooklyn Kitchen and Ivan Ramen are coming to 44th & 11th Ave!!! [WSJ]