Midtown Lunch

Photo Courtesy of David Kover

• Plenty is open and serving charcuterie sandwiches, fancy fancy [Meal Ticket]
• The pizza at Ikea doesn’t compare to the famous meatballs [Slice]
• Big juice burgers at Sketch [A Hamburger Today]
• A list of healthy lunches…. do we approve? [PhillyMag]

Photo courtesy of Drawing for Food

• Thrillist spreads the word about this guy who does deliveries of home made soups [Thrillist]
• And more local homemade info: you can get fresh tofu at Viet Tofu [Mac&Cheese]
• Hummus alert: Falafel Bar has opened at 1513 Chestnut and Zaffron Hummus Bar is coming to Liberty Place at the end of the month [Foobooz]
• The New York Times admits that Philly has some great restaurants, including Supper and Barbuzzo [NY Times]
• The soondubu looks hot and spicy at Koreana [Drawing for Food]

• Someone else liked yesterday’s reviewed spot, Philadelphia Chutney Co [Living on the Vedge]
• A look at Zahav’s Restaurant Week lunch [Two Eat Philly]
• Grace’s Tavern makes a nice classic cheeseburger [A Hamburger Today]
• Suggestions on how to feed yourself at lunchtime on $2.20. I’d go with the Bread Top House idea. [Yelp]
• Get your Ethiopian tartare at Kaffa Crossing [Phila Weekly]

Photo courtesy of Ellen Dunkel

• Laban heads to Chinatown and is all about Ting Wong and its soy sauce chicken noodle soup [The Inquirer]
• A video on Zavino’s fresh pizzas [NBC]
• Nick’s Vegan opened in Fairmont Park [Phoodie]
• R2L has started serving lunch in coordination with Restaurant Week. Meal Ticket has the menu [Meal Ticket]

• Andrew Zimmern loves the sandwiches at John’s Roast Pork and Paesano’s. According to his twitter feed, “No question, Philly has some of America’s best streetside sandwiches!” [Appetite For Life]
• Slice tries the simple “Mama’s Homestyle” pizza at Francoluigi’s [Slice]
• Foodzings agrees with us, the food at Red Kings is a bit lacking [Foodzings]
• Chickie & Pete’s crab fries are majorly lacking in crab [Mac & Cheese]
• Foobooz crowns the classic meatball sandwich from Marabella as their sandwich of the month [Foobooz]

• The Pizzaz slice is better than the roast pork stromboli at Cacia’s [Philly Phoodie]
• PYT is making a cheesesteak pretzel roll burger… [AHT]
• …and a krispy kreme burger, craziness [My Inner Fatty]
• Homemade blintzes are just the begining at kosher Russian restaurant Palace Royal [Philadelphia Jewish Voice]
• Center City Grille is serving some stanky mushroom soup [Phila Weekly via Foobooz]

Photo courtesy of Akira Suwa at the Inquirer

• Yelp has got a new Community Manager. Yay Michelle! [Yelp]
• Some crazy intricate vegan burgers are being served at Sketch [Inquirer]
• A slide show of Grub Street’s favorite Philly Pork Dishes. We do have so many [Grub Street]
• Brick oven pizza opened on 15th and Spring Garden [Meal Ticket]
• Some fair warning about the food at Pho & Cafe Anh Hong. Not all pho is created equal [FoodZings]
• Top Chef Jen is happy to be back working in Philly [Grub Street]