Midtown Lunch

Last month I mentioned that the just out of bounds Piece of Chicken (on 45th btw. 8+9th) had raised the price of their breast and chicken livers, and now Grub Street has discovered why: “Owner Alberta Wright tells us it’s because she’s been undercharging (for the breast meat, especially) since she opened. ‘I’ve not been [...]

As if the Gray’s Papaya news wasn’t bad enough… this hit the inbox yesterday afternoon about Pop Burger (on 58th btw. Park+Madison):  ”Not sure when it happened, but the price of the two pop burgers at the 58th street location are up to $7. They also can’t get much more dry. Just not worth it anymore.” [...]

The New York Times reported yesterday that Gray’s Papaya, which has a Midtown location on 8th Ave. and 37th Street, will be raising the price of its famous “recession special” (2 dogs and a drink) from $3.50 to $4.45. *Sigh* Is nothing sacred?

Now this is ridiculous.  On Thursday of last week (that is 3 business days ago for anybody who needs help with the counting) I posted about the sign on “The Steak Truck” (on Park Ave. and 47th) advertising a $4.99 foot long steak and cheese sub.  Yesterday, I walked by again- and the sign had been replaced with this:

Shame [...]

In the comments about Five Guys Burgers & Fries (on 56th btw. 5+6th): “They have updated their menu with calorie info: Cheeseburger is 840, small fries is 620 (no mention if it includes the overflow).”  Also, prices have gone up.  According to one lunch’er: a Little Cheeseburger with fries is now $8.99, up from $8.19.

It’s been a month since I posted the Price Hike list, and not surprisingly a lot more places have raised their prices… but a few haven’t.  Let’s start with some good news…

In a total shock, the 3 rolls for $10 takeout sushi deal is still available at Aoki on 48th btw. 7+8th.  I thought for sure when [...]

 
I promised I wouldn’t cry post about all the price increases, because there were just too many, and it is starting to sound like a broken record at this point… but some things are much bigger than a Price Hike List  (which I put up on the left hand Navbar on Wednesday).  For example- the $1 slice [...]

This morning’s NY Post has an article listing all the daily food items we buy that have increased in priced since the beginning of the year. I’ve complained so much about the rising cost of Midtown lunches, they asked me to comment on it for the piece, and this is the quote that got [...]