Midtown Lunch

Now that’s some good looking gravy. Courtesy of Eating In Translation

• Someone else appreciates Table Tales’s Sunday gravy. [Eating In Translation]
• Finally, you can eat like you’re in Brooklyn while working in Soho! [Eater NY]
• A jewelry shop really can make a fine banh mi. [Ultra Clay]
• More fancy pizza just came to Tribeca. [Grub St.]
• I got beat to the punch on trying the fast food version of shabu shabu at Quickly. [Serious Eats NY]
• Having Despana as the closest lunch option sounds pretty OK to me. [Lunch with Front Studio]
• For those sad about our lack of Korilla, I give you Chinito. [Village Voice]

That will be $6.25, please. Courtesy of Serious Eats.

• This coconut cake costs more than many of my lunches. [Serious Eats NY]
• A new convenience store is selling fancy coffee and pastries. Take that 7-11! [Grub St.]
• Maker of delicious soup dumplings, Shanghai Cafe, is being sued for labor violations [Fork In The Road]
• In other dumpling news, North Dumpling is awesome. [Food In Mouth]
• A meatball sub from Alleva makes Little Italy seem less lame. [Lunch with Front Studio]

Sure beats a peanut butter sandwich. Courtesy of Fork In The Road.

• Peanut butter noodles sounds like something a college kid made up. [Fork in the Road]
• A new cupcake shop may be cute, but that can’t save its baked goods. [Food In Mouth]
• Shanghai Cafe can hook you up with a decent lunch. [Lunch with Front Studio]
• Downtown has some delicious sandwiches going on. [Serious Eats NY]
• A new pizza place is coming to the northern reaches of Church St. [Eater]

Old school crust, new school toppings. Courtesty of Slice.

• Find an old school/new school hybrid slice at Saluggi’s. [Slice]
• Five for $1 dumplings taste so much better than 4 for $1. [Fork In The Road]
• Maybe pepperoni is the best topping at Adrienne’s? [Lunch with Front Studio]
• Don’t worry, Columbine is only moving next door. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Pho Grand is good, but you can find better in Norway. [The Girl Who Ate Everything]

That’s some good lookin’ rice. Courtesy of Bionic Bites

• Crunchy rice is good in all its many forms. [Bionic Bites]
• Tiny lunch spot Columbine is moving. [Tribeca Tribune]
• Torrisi‘s coffee cake sounds pretty damn good. [Lunch with Front Studio]
• Smoked eel and scrambled eggs sounds like a perfect hangover cure. [Fork in the Road]
• Neighburrito had the worst neighbor ever. [Bowery Boogie]

All of this can be yours for exactly $10. Courtesy of Serious Eats.

• You mean I could have had fried chicken and carrot cake at Birdbath Bakery?!? [Serious Eats NY]
• An Indian restaurant replaced with a generic deli is not a fair trade. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Tacos from a stationary truck in SoHo are either mind-blowing or a rip-off. [Eater NY]
• If you like cupcakes, another fancy shop has opened. [Grub St.]

Ignore the decor and eat some cow. Courtesy of Fork In The Road

• Put on your sunglasses and stay away from the pho at Chinatown’s Tu Do. [Fork In The Road]
• A new place called Burger & Barrel is opening in the upper reaches of SoHo, although it looks like the chances of an under $10 meal are slim. [Eater NY]
• Lahore Deli serves a reliably good pile of mush. Mmm…mush. [Lunch with Front Studio]
• Umberto’s Clam House has closed (again) in Little Italy, although this time let’s hope it wasn’t the site of a mobster’s murder. [Eater NY]
• Yet another vote for the turkey sandwich at Torrisi Italian Specialties for “best I’ve ever eaten.” [Serious Eats NY]