Midtown Lunch

Occupation: Law student

 Where you live: Financial District

 Age: 23

 Favorite kinds of food: Bacon cheeseburgers, Italian, Mexican, frou frou cheese and prosciutto platters.

 Least favorite foods: Chinese food (although I do get cravings for it about 3x a year), okra.

 Favorite lunches downtown : I’m a major fan of Burger Burger and often order the Mr. Flintstone Burger there.  It’s topped with truffled mushrooms and roquefort cheese, and the $12 special comes with a side of Cajun fries and a can of soda. By the way, the burgers there are quite big and come served on a brioche bun — the light sweetness of the bun combined with the rich, tangy roquefort cheese… my goodness I have to stop thinking about it before I impulsively order it; Another burger I enjoy is the bacon cheeseburger from Stir Cafe on Broadway (btw. Whitehall & Exchange Pl.).  Despite its terrible reviews on Yelp and Seamless, the people there make a tasty burger and deliver it in this unforgettable cardboard food container with fries, a pickle and cole slaw.  The burger combo is substantial and comes out to around $8; not enough people know about the great deal; When I’m missing Thanksgiving (“missing,” as in lamenting the too few appearances it makes in my life), I go to Lenny’s on John St. (at Cliff) and order the platter of one meat and three sides.  Oven roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and stuffing, and you’ve got yourself a $10 mini-Thanksgiving; I also love to get the falafel over rice platter at Alan’s Falafel cart on Broadway (at Liberty), and the people there give you a huge helping for the price —  $5 for pure, satiating goodness.

The “go-to” lunch place you eat at too often: My guilty pleasure — Taco House.  It’s a small Mexican restaurant in Tribeca on Church St. (btw. Duane & Reade). I order the nachos with chorizo and add guacamole, sour cream and jalapeños, and the price comes out to about $6.30.   (Have you noticed by now that I’m price-conscious?)  It’s a big serving that hits the spot. I 100% suggest you try it.

 Places downtown you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch: Downtown? Soma on William (btw. John & Fulton)!  After reading about the weekday lunch special I headed there to order the Japchae and now I’m hooked.

 Anything you’d like to ask the Midtown Lunch: Downtown readers? Where can I get an amazing sandwich here?  I currently make a half hour trip to Brooklyn for my favorite sub but I’d love to know if anyone can recommend a great sandwich place around the neighborhood.  (If it helps for the recommendation, I love turkey and swiss subs and prefer whole leaves of Romaine to shredded lettuce.)

I’m not a big sandwich person, so I’ll leave this to you guys. One place I think has great subs/hero-type sandwiches, though, is the All American Diner I & II truck that parks on Whitehall & Water. I’m sure they have turkey, and they’ll probably put it on garlic bread if you ask nicely. And as always, if you would like to be next week’s Profiled Lunch’er (or know somebody you’d like to nominate), email us at downtown@midtownlunch.com.