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TONY’S 100 Best Includes A Few Midtown Spots

brianhoffman — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:30:46 +0000

The 2011 edition of Time Out New York’s annual 100 Best Dishes and Drinks issue was released today and there were just two inclusions from Midtown Lunch proper – the fried chicken at Bian Dang and the pulled pork sandwich at Num Pang. The others nearby are all slightly out of bounds, including the Dave sandwich at City Sandwich, a Halloween sub from No. 7 Sub Shop, chaat from Dhaba, and two expensive dishes from Eataly. Also, for you splurger vegetarian-types, there’s also the inclusion of Tenpenny’s roasted vegetables. You can check out the entire list at Time Out’s website.

And if you’re wondering whether or not it’s possible to eat through the entire list in a year, it is. I’ve managed to do it the past two years in a row (here is video proof), and plan on taking it on again this year over on my website Eat This NY if you want to play along.

Time Out New York Gets Its Midtown Lunch on

ultraclay — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:30:02 +0000

Don’t be surprised if you see a few familiar names while flipping through the pages of this week’s Time Out New York. It’s the Lunch issue so naturally they came to us for help. Blondie, Brownie, Andrea from Downtown Lunch and I each chipped in to represent our corners of town, recommending a quick bite, a business lunch and delivery for each of our neighborhoods. In addition to the familiar Midtown Lunch spots like Trini Paki Boys Cart, Uncle Gussy’s and Kati Roll Company, we covered a few nice places for a splurge, including Becco, The National and Artisana. You can see the whole set of lunch ideas from all over town on the Time Out New York website with bonus recommendations for the Village, Williamsburg, Chinatown and more.

Midtown Gets a Few Nods in TONY's 100 Best Things to Eat List

Zach Brooks — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:45:40 +0000

Time Out New York released their annual 100 Best Dishes and Drinks list, and they managed to include a few worthwhile Midtown Lunch’ish options worth pointing out… like the Ma Po Tofu from Szechuan Gourmet (Best Pork), the Hakata kuro ramen at Hide Chan (Best Soups and Stews), the Gujarati thali at the just out of bounds Bhojan (Best Veggies), the Great White Way concrete only available at the Times Square Shake Shack (Best Sweets), and jars of spekuloos from the Wafels and Dinges Truck (Best Condiments). And if you’re into liquid lunches the bars at Ma Peche and the Lambs Club got mentioned in the best cocktail category. Check out the complete list on the Time Out New York website.

NYC Foodies Know Kim’s Cart & Djerdan

Zach Brooks — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:30:33 +0000

This week’s of issue Time Out New York has a quiz to test your NYC food knowledge, and while a lot of the questions are kind of tough two should be pretty easy for Midtown Lunchers. You just have to know what Kim’s Aunt Kitchen Cart (on 46th and 6th) and Djerdan (on 38th btw. 7+8th) are famous for. Take the quiz now>>

TONY’S Best of 2009

Zach Brooks — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:45:17 +0000

Time Out New York has released their 100 Best Thing to Eat and Drink of 2009, and there are a couple of Midtown Lunches on the list- like the lagman at Taam Tov, the Mysore masala dosa at Minar, and the chicken yakitori lunch at Yakitori Totto. See the whole list here, or view it in map form.

TONY’s Cheap Eats Issue Follows the ML Pricing Model

Zach Brooks — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Time Out New York’s Cheap Eats issue hits the newsstands today, and in case you weren’t sure that it’s meant to compete with the New York Magazine cheap eats issue it kicks off with this message from the Editor: “A certain other Cheap Eats issue this week features the foods of New York, but comes with a punch line: “all* for under $25.” And then at the asterisk: “*Okay, almost all.” $25? Cheap? Last time we checked, a $16 sandwich from Le Cirque (“as God intended, with a fine glass of the best Meursault”) is not cheap.” (I love how everyone is picking on the sandwich from Le Cirque.) Just like Midtown Lunch, everything in the Time Out NY issue is under $10, and unlike NYMag they’ve listed a decent number of Midtown Lunch options.

Best New Cheap Eats: HB Burger (43rd btw. B’way+6th), Washoku Cafe (37th btw. 5th+Mad)
Best Pizza: Lazzara’s (38th btw. 7+8th)
Best Falafel: Baraca (formerly Olympic Pita) (38th btw. 5+6th), Maoz (Coming soon to Midtown)

The issue also has a whole section of picks dedicated to Murray Hill, and a whole section dedicated to the best options in the Penn Station area, including Tina’s Restaurant (on Mad btw. 33+34th), Carl’s Steaks (3rd btw. 34+35th), Baoguette (Lex btw. 25+26th), Djerdan (38th btw. 7+8th), Go Go Curry (38th btw. 7+8th), Fay Da Bakery (34th btw. 7+8th), Mandoo Bar (32nd btw. B’way+5th), and Pick a Pita (8th btw. 39+40th.) Plus some great technically out of bounds spots like Mooncake Foods, and Minar (on 31st btw. B’way+5th).

I know it’s impossible to make these massive issues completely flawless, but there was one inclusion that I have to take issue with… I know that some of the items at the original Manganaro’s (on 9th Ave. btw. 37+38th) can top $10, but to include their next door neighbor on the list- the inferior Manganaro’s Hero Boy- is a travesty. The only reason anybody would eat at Hero Boy, is because they’re scared of dealing with the ladies who run the original. On taste, the original is head and shoulders above Hero Boy. See the complete TONY Cheap Eats list here>>

TONY’s Street Food Picks

Zach Brooks — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:09 +0000

On the topic of street meat… Time Out New York published their list of the best “mobile eats” in New York City today. The list is kind of all over the place, but includes SMP2 winner Kwik Meal plus a few other Midtown Lunch faves- like Kim’s Aunt Kitchen Cart and the Street Sweets Truck.

TONYK Calls Street Carts Fun For Kids

Zach Brooks — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:15:16 +0000

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]

TONY Says Reading Midtown Lunch Makes You a Food Snob

Zach Brooks — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:00:09 +0000

This is actually kind of cool… Question #29 in Time Out New York’s quiz to determine how much of a food snob you are:

You get your lunch from cheap street carts…

a) as much as you can. Last year you were front row at the Vendys.
b) never. Those things are filthy!
c) only on a Friday when you’re down to your last $5.
d) if Midtown Lunch says you should.

You get maximum food snob points (3) for choosing A or D. Nice. Take the full quiz here

5 Midtown Lunches Make TONY’s Top 100 Bites of 2008 List

Zach Brooks — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:00:54 +0000

One of the 100 Best Things TONY Ate in 2008? Photo by The Flooz

Time Out New York has released their “100 Best Things We Ate and Drank” in 2008 list, and five different Midtown Lunches made the list. In their sandwich category, three of the five choices were from Midtown, including the fried pork and plantain sandwich from Sophie’s Cuban, the falafel sandwich from Olympic Pita (on 38th btw. 5+6th), and the marinated white anchovy sandwich from ‘wichcraft (which I clearly have to try!). The “pickle pork soup” from Hing Won (on 48th btw. 5+6th) also made the list in the “Protein” category; but most surprising was the inclusion of the Papri Chat from Indus Express (also on 48th btw. 5+6th), which was selected in the “Street Eats” category. I think Indus Express is a great Midtown Lunch’ing option, and I love to see them get love from Time Out New York, but I think if I was going to pick a best chaat in Midtown, I would have to go with Taj Delhi Chat (on 6th Ave. btw. 37+38th). Maybe a side by side taste test is in order! (Has anybody already done this?)