Midtown Lunch

My lord… the line for Gourmet 53’s $3 lunch today is even crazier than I expected! Basically the beginning and end of the line were practically at the same place (wrapping around the entire food court!) As promised there is free coconut shrimp. (In fact, right before I left I cut the line, snagged a [...]

Sad news for stew peas and jerk chicken fans today.  The Vendy award nominated Jamaican Dutchy (on 51st and 7th) will be on vacation for 3 weeks starting today.  Luckily we have the Caribbean Spice cart (on 46th btw. 6+7th) and the Jerk Pan cart (on Park & 48th) to pick up the slack while [...]

Clearly nobody seems to mind paying an extra $1 for delicious high quality shnitzel. Reports have been pouring in from 52nd and 6th since just before noon, where the Schnitzel and Things Truck has been holding court. According to reports the lines have been out of control since they opened (anywhere from 30-40 people [...]

Most people would think eating at an all you can eat Chinese food buffet (on 7th Ave btw 40+41st) while the rest of my people fast would make me the worst Jew of all time. But I think it makes me the best, because if Yom Kippur is all about feeling guilty about all [...]

What’s a good lunch spot to prepare myself for tomorrow’s Vendy Awards madness? Kwik Meal (on 45th an 6th) of course! The 2007 People’s Choice Vendy winner should provide just the base my stomach needs for the massive amounts of street food I will be consuming tomorrow from 2-7pm. (Naturally it will have to be [...]

The New York Times “$25 and Under” column takes a look at a host of new food trucks this morning, giving the thumbs up to the pork and cod on the Schnitzel & Things truck, the lamb sausage from the Bistro Truck (which never did come to Midtown!), the desserts from Picnick Smoked downtown, and [...]

What’s the word for hooray in Turkish, because that’s what I want to yell right now. Gulluoglu, the Turkish baklava temple, has opened their Midtown East location (on 52nd and 2nd Ave.) Now is usually the time where I mention that it’s out of bounds, but I’m too excited stuffing my face to care.
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Need a real world example of what happens when too many vendors converge on a sought after spot previously occupied by one or two vendors at a time? The museum they’re parked in front of decides it’s too much, and rightly or wrongly the cops force everybody to leave. UPDATE: The Street Vendor Project [...]

It looks like Variety Cafe (the giant generic Midtown Deli on 48th btw. 5+6th) has been closed by the department of health for the second time in 3 years. According to somebody on the scene they hung a sign in the window claiming the infractions were minor (like “leaving the cap off the orange juice”.) [...]

The opening of giant generic Midtown delis is not usually excited news for Midtown Lunchers, but when you work on the far outskirts of Midtown it can become an epic event.  Those who work in the wasteland of the far west 30s (I’m looking at you Profiled Midtown Lunch’er Jamie) will be excited to hear [...]