Katie Holmes Has Midtown Cupcakes Shipped to Canada: I guess we do have great cupcakes after all? Apparently Todd English's 16 year old daughter has a line of cupcakes called Isabelle's Curly Cakes- sold exclusively at his Food Hall in the Plaza (on 59th and 5th.) And they're so good that Katie Holmes had a box of them shipped to Canada where she is working. [People via Eater]
Posted at 1:45 pm, July 29th, 2010 | 9 Comments
More on the Plaza Food Hall: We still haven't decided if Todd English's Plaza Food Hall is worthy of being called a Midtown Lunch, but if you're super curious Eater has a round up of early impressions.
Posted at 8:30 am, June 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment
Todd English’s new “Food Hall” in the Plaza Hotel is set to open tomorrow on 59th Street and 5th Ave. We love food courts, but last week Eater got a sneak preview of the menu and with a few exceptions it’s looking like this will definitely be a splurge lunch.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 10:45 am, June 3rd, 2010 under The Plaza Food Court.
Plaza Food Hall Opening June 4th: Todd English's food court inside the Plaza Hotel is scheduled to open on Friday June 4th, and Diner's Journal has a ton of new info about what's going to be inside it. The only thing the Plaza is being cagey about are the prices, and you know what that means... it'll probably be outside the Midtown Lunch price range. Oh well.
Posted at 9:30 am, May 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Photo courtesy of Kathy YL Chan
According to the Real Deal, the only US outpost of Demel has served its last sachertorte in The Plaza’s underground retail concourse. Pastry aficionados (like my Austrian born great aunt) will be disappointed, but for most MLers it was a bit too pricey and kind of out of the way. Todd English is still supposed to open a European-style “Food Hall” in the concourse this spring, but the Plaza’s Palm Court is cutting their high tea price by $20. Could this all be a sign that the new food court might (or should) have decent ML friendly options? I’m going with probably not, but one can hope.
Posted by Brownie at 2:00 pm, March 31st, 2010 under Closed, The Plaza Food Court.
The Plaza Food Court: We still don't know if the Todd English designed food court in the Plaza hotel is going to have any Midtown Lunch'ish options, but if you're curious what it's going to look like, Grub Street has artist renderings of the space.
Posted at 1:45 pm, March 10th, 2010 | 2 Comments
I fully admit how wrong it is that I’ve never given Bella Napoli (on 49th btw. 6+7th) a proper Midtown Lunch +/-. I think I’m unfairly prejudiced against it because I used to work in the McGraw Hill Building, and it was a go-to spot for so many of my lazy co-workers. But truthfully, if it was anywhere else I would have entered it into the ML canon long ago. I’ve always liked their cheese pizza, and the one meatball parm hero I had there (almost 4 years ago) put me out of commission for the rest of the work day (always a good thing right?) And when I walked by today I noticed a new sandwich board with “specials”. Not sure if these are actually “new” but $6 for any pasta dish!? Looks like I might have to hit this place up again. Has anybody tried any of their specials?
Bella Napoli, 150 W. 49th St. (btw. 6+7th) 212-719-2819
Posted by Zach Brooks at 2:00 pm, January 12th, 2010 under The Plaza Food Court.
FloFab has more about the “Food Court” coming to the Plaza Hotel (on 58th & 5th): Chef Todd English is creating the “European Style Food Hall” which will include “stations for wood-grilled pizzas and flatbreads, burgers and rotisserie foods, seafood and sushi, Asian-style noodles and soups, a wine bar with cheeses and charcuterie, and a coffee and espresso bar with pastry.” Odds that anything will be under $10? I’m still going with zero.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, December 1st, 2009 under The Plaza Food Court.
