Midtown Lunch

 Photo Courtesy of Philly Phoodie

• A list of Philly’s iconic sandwiches includes Paesano’s, Sarcones, and Stogie Joe’s  [Eater]
• Try some “gong” along with your soup at Nan Zhou [Inquirer]
• Greg Vernick from Vernick Food and Drink likes to lunch at Rotisseur and Mamma’s [Meal Ticket]
• Pizza, so hot right now, Thad checks out Pizzeria Beddia and 22nd and Philly visited Bufad. Looks better than the matzah pizzas I am rocking this week…

It’s Passover right now, which means bread/pasta/ and many other beloved carbs are off the table for me. Why do I do it, as an essentially non religious Jew? Habit mostly, and also to test my will power for a week. Anyway, it means that there are not too many good lunch options for me this week. This weekend, when I was checking out Igloo, I made sure to carbo load. I was able to accomplish this at Grace Tavern, right next to Igloo.

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This week, Igloo opened in Graduate Hospital offering gelato and frozen yogurt. I wondered how Igloo would stand out from its competitors. Then I heard they were serving up salted caramel gelato.

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Though we have been lacking volunteers lately, on certain Tuesdays we turn over the site to a different lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Philadelphia. This week it’s Rich from Del Friscos- hey, restaurant people have to eat too! 

Name: Rich

Age: 47

Occupation: General Manager

Where in Philly do you Work?: Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse

Favorite Kind of Food: Italian

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Fast Food

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: Paradiso on E Passyunk for the wild boar ragout

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• Troy Truck has kofte and gyro on the menu [Philly.com]
• The menu for Cheu noodle bar, due to open early April, is out and includes duck pho with foie meatballs [Foobooz]
• More lobster rolls coming to Philly! [The Insider]
• Nam Phoung’s does pad thai  spicy [Two Eat Philly]

When Rice and Mix first opened, I lunched on their  pork bibimbap. I enjoyed it, but wouldn’t necessarily return for it.  What I did want to return for was the Korean Fried Chicken, which after months of teasing has finally entered the lunch rotation.

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Frangelli’s is a neighborhood bakery that has been around for decades. I was in the area looking for something sweet and Yelp directed me there. New baked good kept rolling out of the back, so it looks like they keep things fresh.  the counter is run by young college girls, so if you like that sort of thing (who doesn’t though), that’s more of a reason to stop by. You know, for the fresh, young, sweets.

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