Midtown Lunch

• Crisp has opened in Center City, with lots of falafel and toppings [Meal Ticket]
• Questlove is thinking about a food truck but needs advice. Questlove- I would be happy to give you a consult on what the peoples want! [Grub Street]
• sweetgreen is serving flawless salads in UCity [Phila Weekly]
• 22nd and Philly loves the bulgogi cheesesteak at Koja truck as much as I do [22nd and Philly]

• Check out this Serious Eats slideshow of Philly’s top hoagies, including Primos and P&S [Serious Eats]
• Shaved noodles might be the way to go at Yummy Lan Zhou [Foodzings]
• Renaissance Sausage is looking to get back on the streets [Meal Ticket]
• Mac & Cheese likes Latin Farmer too… [Mac & Cheese]
• but Foobooz reports they are taking a break for a while [Foobooz]

Photo Courtesy of Philly Phoodie

• Pure Fare is starting up a similarly healthy themed lunch truck in UCity [Meal Ticket]
• And UCity folk are even more lucky, an international food ruck is coming there way too [Foobooz]
• Philly Phoodie enjoys the meat sandwiches at Cherry Street Tavern (not to be confused with the scary one in Chinatown) [Philly Phoodie]
• Criag Laban also approves of our discovery– El Pueblo for Mexican Ice Cream in the Italian Market [The Inquirer]

As is customary at Philly Lunch, every Tuesday 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 Brian, who you may know as Khyber’s number one fan, or Bridgesburgersbeer. Photo taken by Luncher Mikey.

Name: Brian

Occupation: Bridge Inspector/Engineer

Where in Philly do you Work?: All over Philadelphia

Favorite Kind of Food: Anything, though I’m a sucker for things involving lamb, duck, chicken thighs, or bacon.

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Filipino Food. Maybe it’s a childhood phobia of some sort. I do enjoy some dishes, but an embarrassingly little amount. Sorry Mom, Dad, family!

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly:
Oyster & Vegan Fried Chix Po Boys, Fried Green Tomato BLT, and Gumbo at Khyber Pass Pub, Dan Dan Mian from Han Dynasty, 10 Arts Cheeseburger from 10 Arts, Peking Duck Rolls from Sangkee at RTM (Thanks Collin Flatt), Cheesesteak w/ sharp provolone from John’s Roast Pork, Lamb Skewers from Solo Skewer Bar in Chinatown, and Salted Caramel Macarons from the Sugar Philly truck.

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Photo Courtesy of Drew Lazor

• Sign up and get a free Chik fil a breakfast today and tomorrow [Chik-fil-a via Meal Ticket]
• And Meme is giving out a bit of its fried chicken for their 3rd anniversary on 9/29 [Meal Ticket]
• On 9/15, Square1682 is handing out chicken and fried egg sandwiches to celebrate the season premiere of Its Always Sunny [Phoodie]
• Resurrection Ale House will be selling its fried chicken, not giving it away, on 9/21 but after 5, the restaurant is giving away free snacks [Foobooz]

• The doner kebob at Brauhaus has “way too much meat,”is that a bad thing? [Foodzings]
• Shank’s Original (the one still open after the Enzo’s replacement) is serving roast pork sandwiches for 79 cents after 2pm for the month of September  [Foobooz]
• Chicken.org has opened on South St, and it’s both organic and kosher [Meal Ticket]
• Mexican Cokes might not actually be more delicious! I am very shocked by this news, I guess the glass bottle tricked me too [Serious Eats]
• QT banh mi dissapoint Philly Phoodie [Philly Phoodie]

Photo Courtesy of Row Home Eats

• These pictures of the potato pie at La Rosa are making me drool [Row Home Eats]
• There is a new crazy fishcake wrapped hot dog at Hot Diggity  and a buffalo meat hot dog on the way [Drawing for Food]
• Foodzings loves the sandwiches at Wedge and Fig, just like we do [Foodzings]
• Plus, send an email to Wedge and Fig and get a buy one get one sandwich coupon! [Phoodie]