Midtown Lunch

It might look delicious, but looks can be deceiving, courtesy of Serious Eats NY

• The “painfully sugary” Cookies & Cream cupcake from Tribeca Treats fulfills the stereotype that all of these tiny cakes suck. [Serious Eats NY]
• Shake Shack may open a location in Battery Park City, although the Union Square Hospitality Group is playing coy and denying things that weren’t even asked about. [Grub Street]
• Battery Park City is getting even more food lovin’ from another non-terrible chain, Le Pain Quotidien. [Eater NY]
• An egg and potato hero from Torrisi Italian Specialties makes fast food breakfast sandwiches look weak and sickly. [Fork In The Road]