Midtown Lunch

Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

Sometimes we have to take a minute to count our blessings and be thankful. And this week, we are thankful for Johny’s Luncheonette. We are so lucky to have such an inviting and dependable place. Johny’s was featured in FL back in 2010, and recently, a friend of friend who works around the corner was extolling the virtues of Johny’s for everything, especially the omelettes.

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

I was a Girl Scout for about 13 years, and, proudly, I finished Girl Scouts by earning my Gold Award. This information collided with Flatiron Lunch when Mad Park News posted about a secret pop-up Girl Scout cookie shop on 23rd btw. 5+6th until May 8th. I has always found it difficult to get my fix of Samoas, Thin Mint and Tagalongs in the city, so I hope to visit this cookie shop soon, but hopefully, not on an empty stomach. Because there is only room for a box or two of cookies in my freezer.

Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

I know. I know. I am supposed to stay away from Indian food for a while on Flatiron Lunch, but this was too exciting. Remember back in August when I tried twice and failed twice to order the quail curry at Lahori Kebab? Well, I was walking by recently on Thursday looking for dinner, and they had it! It was as amazing as I was hoping. Where else in Flatiron can you get a whole curried quail? (Seriously, if you know of any place, let us know in the comments.) It tasted great (as did the saag I ordered with it), and the only drawback was that it isn’t eligible for the $8.99 combo specials. I managed to convince them, with the help of a regular customer, to let me do it with an up-charge bringing the total to about $13. I think it was totally worth it.

Lahori Kabab, 124 Lexington Avenue (between 28 and 29 Streets), (212) 400-1166

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

There are too many bagel places in the Flatiron area to continue to ignore them. Granted, not all bagels are created equal, and I still can’t wrap my head around how we lost H&H bagels. Instead of trying to write up each bagel spot, I, completely selfishly, decided to try the whitefish salad on bagel as my benchmark. If there isn’t a complete mutiny, this won’t be the last bagel post.

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

With thirty lunch specials ranging in price from $6.98-$8.27, it wasn’t a matter of if I would get to Great Sichuan, but what to order when I went. FL’er Rodalpho recommended a list of amazing sounding dishes (the twice-cooked pork, soup dumplings, gui-zhou spicy chicken, beef with cumin flavor, and the dry sautéed string bean.) But imagine how bummed I was when only one appeared on the lunch specials list.

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

Zach Brooks:All you can eat Chinese buffet::Sarah Zilinski:Indian food. But…apparently the Flatiron Lunch readers are not as into Indian food as I am. And their complaints have been heard. I promise to try to cut back on the frequency of posts about Indian food, BUT I want to make sure you all know that I already hold back on how often I write about Indian food. It is a struggle. And Curry Hill makes it soooo easy. If we had three blocks of good Mexican restaurants in the neighborhood, you can be sure I would post about Mexican food all the time. But to keep the FL’ers happy – Italian Food!

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

About a month ago, Indikitch opened along 23rd between 5th and 6th Avenues, a stretch with many vacant storefronts, so lots of opportunity, and a demand for more lunch options. I held off until now to let them settle into service, which was a struggle considering how much I love Indian food. (I know this isn’t the place, but I have to mention, for those of you closer to Grand Central, that I tried Shalom Bombay for dinner recently, and I do not recommend it!)

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

Last week in the cold, I went to find the World’s Best Sandwich truck which a friend around the corner said I should check out. Part of me figured that if it really was the World’s Best Sandwiches (or even one of New York’s top trucks serving sandwiches), I would have heard of it already. But it was at least worth a visit.

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It has been a while since Flatiron Lunch recapped area openings and closings, so apologies if this is old news to you. Lets start with the bad news first…

A friend who lives at the corner of 27th and 3rd just informed me that Grass Cow closed. I thought they had quality burgers, but apparently, they were no match for Shake Shack a few blocks away.

Grass Cow Burgers and Shakes, 347 Third Avenue, btwn 25th and 26th Streets, (212) 889-0089

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Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

Since learning about rumali (or roomali) rotis during my trip to India, I have been meaning to try out Roomali in Curry Hill. In case you were wondering, the name rumali roti translates to “handkerchief roti” because they are as thin as a, you guessed it,  handkerchief. Unlike naan, which is put in an clay oven, rumali rotis are tossed like pizza dough and cooked briefly on a dome heated from inside. Notably, Roomali doesn’t serve their rolls in rumali rotis. Strange, I know.

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