Midtown Lunch

Exciting news came out yesterday that the Battery Park City Shake Shack location announced in July of last year is opening in May. It’s on North End Ave. and will be joined by another outpost of Harry’s Italian and a couple of other higher-end (meaning probably not ML friendly) Danny Meyer restaurants in the Goldman Sachs building. Top this off with the Ed’s Lobster Bar kiosk reopening this week and its spin off pizza place, and BPC is looking pretty exciting for lunch these days. Your move FiDi! Photo courtesy of burgerclub.

If you’ve ever shopped at the Whole Foods in Tribeca you may have noticed the street cart parked out in front serving everything that the grocery store does not. That is: Meat and non-organic vegetables from questionable sources packaged in styrofoam and plastic bags. The Tribeca Halal cart, parked on the corner of Greenwich & Warren, serves the trinity of falafel, lamb and chicken but also some oddities like a fried chicken cutlet hero, Philly cheese steak, french fries and chicken teriyaki. When I spotted that last item on one of the bright yellow circles dotting the front of the cart I knew I must try it. Plus, at the low, low price of $6, if it was too terrible I could just head into Whole Foods.

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There are meats galore up in here. Courtesy of Fork in the Road.

• A look at Oxley’s Carvery in Nolita shows you can actually get a sandwich for under $10. [Fork in the Road]
• The scoop on when all of the titans of finance can expect to be eating at Luke’s Lobster in the FiDi. [Eater]
• Naked Pizza, the chain that tries to make pizza healthy, is likely coming to Tribeca. [Tribeca Citizen]
• And here’s a rundown of eateries opening in Tribeca, including that kosher conveyor belt sushi place. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Kam Hing sports a mean specimen of Chinese sponge cake. [Food in Mouth]
• I don’t know how much this lamb sandwich costs at Snack, but I want it. [Serious Eats NY]