Midtown Lunch

I know the green sauce at Sophie’s holds a special place in a lot of your pernil-clogged hearts, so good news! Now you can buy jars of it for $5.99 and pour it on whatever you want in the comfort of your own home or office. The sign was only in the window at the location on Chambers St. (at Church), and not the one on Fulton St. Maybe now we can finally know what’s in this stuff?

I don’t often venture over to the edges of Tribeca because it’s mostly full of restaurants so far out of the ML Downtown price range that it’s laughable. But a couple of weeks ago I was doing a little online digging to see if there were any decent BBQ spots downtown, and a place called Cornerstone Grill on Greenwich (at Duane) was mentioned. Sure enough, when I walked over I spotted an awning bearing the glorious words “chicken and ribs.” Was I even in Tribeca anymore?

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I was a little bit excited when someone posted in the forums asking if anyone had eaten at a place called Sabor de Mexico on Trinity Place. Was it a restaurant? A cart? A truck? The possibilities were wide open! But then I walked over and discovered that Caliente Mexican Grill on Trinity (at Thames) had just changed its name. Case closed.

Thankfully this is not a durian cupcake. Courtesy of Lunch Studio.

• Now there are Asian fusion cupcakes?! [Lunch Studio]
• Potbelly is coming to the FiDi for the long haul. [Eater]
• Ed’s Lobster Kiosk is adding some new items, including a lobster burger. [Grub St.]
• There are pros and cons to having your croissant sandwich at Balthazar warmed. [Serious Eats]
• Mulberry St. is well-stock with places to eat. [Fork in the Road]