Midtown Lunch

A few years ago, ML overlord Zach Brooks wrote a glowing piece on Kashkaval, a now shuttered Mediterranean themed tapas bar in Hells Kitchen known for its cozy back dining room, well curated cheeses, and tasty dips . The Kashkaval team has moved a few doors down and reincarnated into Kashkaval Garden, a larger restaurant that with an expanded menu that follows similar themes of Mediterranean dips, small plates, and an extensive wine and booze list.
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Back in 2008 I wrote about one of my favorite Hell’s Kitchen dinner spots for Serious Eats, the Mediterranean deli slash kind of romantic at night dinner spot Kashkaval.  It never really got mentioned on ML because… well… I guess I don’t know why we never mentioned it!  I suppose it was outside the “official” boundaries, but they are open for lunch and most of their menu hovers around the $10 mark- like their oven baked panini or a platter of their assorted Mediterranean spreads.  If you’ve never tried the place, or you’re already a big fan, you’re going to want to check out our deals page asap.  You can score $20 worth of food at Kashkaval for just $10 until the end of the day on Thursday.  It doesn’t make up for all these years of neglect, but hopefully it’s a start.