Midtown Lunch

The owner of the Pbon’s truck opened up a small food establishment this year on Pine street where Mexico on the Square used to be.  There is one small table inside and a few on the corner, so this is mostly a take out operation. We were able to grab a table. Having essentially two menu items, waffles and potato wedges, might seem to make ordering easy- but the toppings are endless so you might want to come with a game plan.  I wanted to make sure I made the perfect order.

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• Philly Weekly has a friendly reminder that both Misconduct locations make a build your own mac and cheese [Philly Weekly]
• The Le Bok Fin people are opening a global restaurant in Center City [The Insider]
• How to replicate those cucumbers you love at Han Dynasty and Dan Dan [Serious Eats]

I like to keep my finger on the pupusa  pulse of this town. Earlier this month, Philly Voice wrote a piece on the beauty that is the elusive (in Philly) pupusa, along with a round up of where to find them. The included 4 places on my list: Tamalex, Cafe Canela, Pura Vida,  El Cuscatleco, plus a Jersey spot, a North Philly food truck, and one newb that immediately caught my eye- Los Caballos Locos which opened in August. The small shop in south east Philly sells Ecuadorian and El Salvadorian food.  They also do delivery within a 10 mile radius!
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a. kitchen and a. bar sit on the corner of 18th and Walnut. Rittenhouse Square is just 2 crosses of the street away. I was invited to try the lunch at a.bar and I was eager for the opportunity to pretend to be classy for an hour while people watching and possibly day drinking.

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• Though I think I’d prefer a more casual approach, a Filipino restaurant is coming to E Passyunk which is definitely something Philly needs more of [Eater]
• The neighborhood is also getting a sate shop and “coconut bar” [Eater]
• Chicken thigh and skin taco by the Paesano’s sandwich guys is coming to Fishtown [The Insider]
• Pho spiced pork confit banh mi at Same Same [22nd and Philly]

With the new burst of lower temperatures and rain, I took advantage of the short lines at last night’s Night Market- the last of the season. One new truck that had been on my list was The Daily Press’d. South Philly workers will be pleased to know this truck has found a semi-permanent home doing lunch service at  27th and Grey’s Ferry.  Their first large festival debut was actually at the Mt. Airy Street Fare that I coordinated last month-but I did not find time to try their food that night. I was familiar with their menu and knew exactly what I wanted to order last night- the porchetta panini.

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