Midtown Lunch

After a grand opening went awry due to hurricane Sandy, Dough Re Mi is finally opening today serving us doughnuts, bagels and grilled cheese, among other breakfast and lunch items.

The shop at Water St. and Coenties Slip was set to open in the fall of 2012 when the hurricane flooded the area and caused extensive damage in the storefront. You can read the whole story here, but the news you really care about is they’re finally ready to feed us. According to their Facebook page, the hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and if any of you check them out on opening day, let us know how the food was in the comments.

Dough Re Mi, 36 Water St. (btw. Coenties Slip & Broad), (212) 947-4400

Better than Parm? Via SENY.

• Italian Food Center might be a good Parm alternative. [SENY]
• Park Lane Deli is dunzo. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Peanut noodles sound like a good summer lunch. [FitR]
• An endorsement of a fish sandwich at an LES bar. [Blondie & Brownie]
  

For the past couple of years, I’ve really been wanting to try out the angus burger at Bon Chon on John St. (at Cliff). Then the place nearly burned down and they were closed for a time earlier this year. Thankfully, they’ve reopened with the same menu, and I could fulfill my need for a burger topped with kimchi and an onion ring.  Read more »

There are some carts in the Financial District that you kind of have to be lucky to catch, and such is the case of R. Retha’s. The cart – formerly the called Jamaican Dutchy, parking in Midtown – materialized downtown at the corner of William & Beaver before it was seen being towed away with a yellow sticker meaning it had been shuttered by the Department of Health.

Then there was word that the cart had returned, but every time I’d walked down in search of curried meats with some peas and rice, it was nowhere to be found. Had it disappeared again?

The good news is they’re still parking in the Financial District (or at least they were on Monday in the pouring rain), but you have to test your luck to see if they’re there. And if they are, might I suggest some curried goat?  Read more »

When last we checked in with Dough Re Mi, it was 1.5 years ago and the store at Water St. & Coenties Slip was looking to open in the spring of 2012. That time came and went, and then hurricane Sandy flooded the area.

Yesterday, the awnings were up and there’s a help wanted sign in the window, all of which are good signs. The web site is stuck in 2011, but it looks like they’ll have doughnuts, bagels and grilled cheese among other things. Update: Reports are that the place will open on Monday.

While walking back from lunch yesterday, I spotted a new truck called Diso’s Italian Sandwich Society at William St. & Wall. It does not appear that it’s on the Midtown radar yet, but a look at their Twitter shows that they’ve been parking in the Financial District for a week or so. A look at the menu shows a wide variety of sandwiches with Italian meats, chicken or vegetables, although unless you get a half you’re going to spend more than $10.

Did anyone check this truck out yesterday?

Sometimes you only have $6 in your pocket and you don’t want a traditional street meat lunch or pizza. What’s a Lunch’er to do? When I’m in this predicament, I sometimes head to the 99% Vegetarian Food cart that’s been relocated, along with three others, to the corner of Liberty St. & Nassau after a CitiBike rack was installed in their longtime spot around the corner off of Broadway.

 This time, I finally tried the veggie burger, and I’m so glad that I did.

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