Midtown Lunch

Photo courtesy of Serious Eats

• A better way to eat Chinese take out [Phoodie]
• A Japanese BBQ chain is coming to Philly (heads up based on the one I have visited in NY, its hella overpriced [The Insider]
• A cross county food-centric road trip slide show [Serious Eats]
• Next Tues the 10th from noon til 2pm, Geno’s Steaks is doing 50 cent cheesesteaks to celebrate their 47th year  and will also be taking donations for Cancer Research
• Insane shwarma making [Gawker]

Lamb Kebab from Spice End

• Reminder: Wing King is tomorrow- Tickets are still available
• Pouncing on this new trend, PYT has a noodle bun burger now [Thrillist]
• How about a donut truck? [Foobooz]
• A little background about the guys at Spice End and how they make their kati rolls [Philly.com]
• The Fork etc –> High Street switchover is getting more exciting thanks to the chef’s Vine videos [Foobooz]
• A list of local activities for the holiday weekend [uwishunu]

• Border Spring Farms, the Reading Terminal spot with one of my new favorite sandwiches, is now serving lamb neck tacos [The Insider]
• Serious Eats also enjoyed the grilled burger from (the NY branch of) Pennsylvania 6 [Serious Eats]
• Fork etc. will be replaced by what sounds like a slightly trendier version of the same concept, by the same owner. The takeaway is that it Old City workers will need to find a new spot while renovations go down. [Meal Ticket]
• Sadly, Paeano’s is no longer serving food at Woody’s [Foobooz]

• 22 and Philly loves cheesesteak stuffed pretzels at Reading Terminal [22 and Philly]
• How cute and twisted are these chorizo stuffed pig shaped buns! [Bon Appetit]
• Brian enjoyed the Ceder Point burger [Bridges,Burgers,Beer]
• 2 local Chefs will be on the next Top Chef airing in October [The Insider]
• There is another Absolut lunch time dance party today in Center City with lunch and a free drink in exchange for a donation, RSVP here. Absolut is really showing Philly some love, last night’s party was quite the good time

Photo Courtesy of Eat, Drink & Run Philly

• Check out the results of this 20 person taco crawl [Eat, Drink & Run Philly]
• But they missed the jerk chicken tacos from Calle del Sabor truck, which sound awesome [Zagat]
• Artisan Boulanger has reopened and now has sandwiches and sushi! [Passyunk Post]
• Cherry Bomb food truck has a salami topped cheesesteak [Thrillist]
• A list of cold shakes, alcoholic and virgin [Philly.com]
• Wing King, a chicken wing cook off event, is going down August 30th and tickets are only $10
• Foobooz reports that Luke’s Lobster and Paesano’s now deliver [Foobooz]
• South St is getting a branch of NYC’s Calexico. Menu looks acceptable. [Eater via Philly Real Estate]

• 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]

• Divey Diners in Philly and its outskirts [Eater]
• Stuffed grilled cheeses around town [Foobooz]
• What did they eat in the Middle Ages? [Food 52]
• Get a Ron’s Ribs T-shirt to help support a campaign to reopen this South Street staple [The Insider]
• Phyllis Stein-Novack loves the wontons at La Viet [South Philly Review]