Midtown Lunch

Apparently my kid doesn’t believe in having a go-to lunch

Curry Hill is out of bounds, but this $10 all you can eat kebab deal sounds pretty sweet [Grub Street]
Cucina & Co. in Rock Center now has whoopie pies [Blondie and Brownie]
Downtown Lunch fave closed for operating without a permit [Grub Street]
Speaking of Downtown, Yvo revisits [...]

Three generations enjoying lunch at Hop Won yesterday

Don’t bother with Busan (on 53rd btw. 2+3rd).  Just go to Koreatown. [Mindy's Recipe for Disaster]
The Bon Appetit Supper Club is opening early this year [Life Vicarious]
Angelo Sosa, from Xie Xie, tells Sietsema that his sandwiches aren’t trendy (?) [Fork in the Road]
Maui Tacos gives you amazing salsa [...]

Asking your kid to hold your Tim Hortons Iced Cappuccino = Bad Idea

SMP 2 Winner Kwik Meal included in this look at the country’s best street food [Forbes Traveler]
Tuesday there’s 2 for 1 beers at House of Brews [Eater]
Joe The Art of Coffee has a mighty fine chocolate chip cookie [Blondie and Brownie]
The Southwest Porch [...]

Apparently my kid draws the line at liver sandwich from a street cart

They have a decent cold noodles dish at Woorijip [Blondie and Brownie]
Dave Cook finds the shaved ice at Cafe Zaiya to be a little too coarse [Eating in Translation]
Suggestions for solving the current street vendor problem facing NYC [Food in Mouth]
Pump accuses Recharge [...]

My kid eyeing the new Roast Pig Special from Hing Won (I think that might be chin drool)

You can get some pretty tasty looking snacks off the bar menu at Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse in GC [Serious Eats: New York]
Another Crumbs is opening on Lexington and 44th [Blondie and Brownie]
The post confirms two Baja Fresh factoids [...]

Contemplating the line at the La Cense Burger Truck on Thursday

Here’s confirmation of what we reported on Wednesday. Xie Xie will not open this weekend. [Eater]
Joe The Art of Coffee is now serving blueberry doughnuts from Doughnut Plant [Blondie and Brownie]
Woorijip is now selling a bulgogi and kimchee wrap! [Fressagirl]
Quiznos is commenting on the VV [...]

Thursday, waiting on line at the Wafels & Dinges Truck (on 45th btw. 6+7th)

Pinkberry will be testing a new parfait at their Koreatown location [Eater]
The best time to enjoy Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen is during Happy Hour [BLD Project]
Not everybody found Kashmir Buffet to be as a sketchy as I did [Me So Hungry]
There’s a good [...]

Time Out New York Kids jumps on the street food bandwagon, recommending Midtown favorites The Treats Truck & Wafels and Dinges plus the Ball Field Vendors, and Sammy’s Halal as great places to take your kids this summer. How my kid wasn’t interviewed for this piece, I will never know.  [via Serious Eats: New York]

My kid looks on as I take down a DIY pork chop sandwich from Ying Du

This weekend the city will start closing Broadway off to cars in Times Square [City Room]
A new burger place is opening in New World Plaza, across from Blockheads [Life With Food and Drink]
A possum draws a crowd (and police) outside [...]

What can I say? I’m a cheap bastard.

Midtown Lunch… bringing old friends together over chicken and potato stick sandwiches at Tina’s [Blondie and Brownie]
Long lines followed the NYC Cravings truck to the Flatiron District on Tuesday [Me So Hungry]
Mr. Cutlets tears apart the meatball sandwich at AQ Kafe [The Feedbag]
You can get a breakfast torta [...]