Midtown Lunch

Last week, a new Walgreens opened on Broad and Chestnut, replacing a Borders. This is not normally the type of news that would be exciting to me, but someone wise informed this is a different type of Walgreens and dragged me over. And like usual, he was right. This is not just a place to by your Q-tips. It is a shop with 3 floors, a beautiful ceiling, chandeliers, a Redbox, a department store worthy makeup section, and food.

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• Now Philly has a bagel truck [The Insider]
•  Phyllis Stein-Novack loves the pork sandwich at Blue Belly BBQ [South Philly Review]
• Rx the Farmacy opened in University City with a 5 days a week brunch included expected items like burgers and omelettes, plus a chicken and biscuit sandwich which is what I would pick [Foobooz]
• Here is a recipe for a bacon maple grilled cheese from the DiBrunos cookbook [Serious Eats]

Yesterday’s post on Luke’s Lobster got me thinking about lobster rolls around town. Specifically, which is the best value. There is nothing like the luxurious feeling of having a mouth full of lobster meat like a boss. For me, it isn’t JUST about the juicy, sweet lobster meat.  Because I am really nobody’s boss. This is a blog about the lunches that give you the most bang for your buck after all.

Who clawed their way to the top?

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