Midtown Lunch

Normally they give away free topping coupons the day after Hideki Matsui hits a homerun, but why should we be punished because it is the Yankees’ offseason?  Problem solved.  Today is free topping coupon day at Go Go Curry on 38th St. btw. 7+8th. 

The new House of Pita on 8th Ave. btw. 39+40th finally replaced the [...]

8th Ave., just below Port Authority has claimed another of my favorite Midtown Lunches.  First it was Ressie May’s Soul Food to Go back in June, now Mandler’s Sausage Co.  I passed by today, and confirmed that the Mandler’s Midtown Location is in fact closed and the phone has been disconnected.  Hopefully the Golden Krust opening soon [...]

I finally made it out to the Midtown branch of Mandler’s Sausage Co. which finally opened a few weeks ago (after numerous delays).  I love it when new places open in Midtown, and it’s especially gratifying when that new place is a transplant from a better lunch’ing area of Manhattan.  If Midtown is good enough [...]

Posted to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Group by joshbousel 
Last Friday, I reported that the opening of the new Mandler’s Sausage Co. in Midtown (8th Ave. btw. 39+40th) was going to be dealyed a week.  I was asked to take it down, and various NY blogs were assured by their PR company that they would open this past [...]

Posted to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Group by joshbousel 
So I want to clear up any confusion among those of you who might have seen the Mandler’s posting on Thursday afternoon.  Around 3pm I received this email:
From: “Gil Mandler”
To: “Zach Brooks” zach@midtownlunch.com
Subject: RE: Mandlers.com Contact
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:53:33 -0700
Hi Zach,
I’m glad you emailed me; we’ve [...]