Midtown Lunch

• Two Eat Philly recommend the fusion dishes over the traditional at Delicatessen [Two Eat Philly]
• Generally positive report about Cooperage‘s dinner menu, I am just surprised Phila Weekly didn’t note the shotty service that we experienced [Philadelphia Weekly]
• If you haven’t heard, a Donut and Fried Chicken shop is opening this summer in South Philly [Follow them on Twitter]
• Row Home Eats loves the cheese at Marabella as much as we do [Row Home Eats]
• Honest Tom’s Taco truck is getting a taco shop in addition to the truck [Foobooz]

I am totally jealous of what Morgan is reporting on today, a gorgeous Vietnamese lunch from Le Viet.

I’d been seeing the sign for the $5 lunch special outside Le Viet up until the day before I finally got to try it out. On the day I showed up, the placard had been removed but I wasn’t going to let that deter me. Luckily for me and my friend, the regular menu includes all the special $5 items and several others well within the Midtown Lunch price range.

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Luncher Mary just sent me a thorough run down of her experiences at the recently opened Falafel Bar at 1513 Chestnut and  Zaffron Mediterranean Grill and Hummus Bar in the Liberty Place food court.

“Both are reasonably priced and will make up your order as a wrap, salad or platter.  FB will also make up your sandwich in a pita or baguette, and also offers some other panini sandwiches.  FB is almost entirely vegetarian, except that they offer tuna in a panini or salad.  Zaffron, on the other hand, offers chicken, steak and shawarma (gyro) options as well as falafel and grilled vegetables.  They also, as their name implies, offer hummus that you can jazz up with any of a number of toppings such as feta cheese, Kalamata olives and/or roasted peppers.”

Click through for the rest of her helpful report and who she thought was the winner.

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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 Matt, who we may all envy for his 2 hour lunch breaks.

Name: Matt

Age: 29

Occupation: Grad Student

Where in Philly do you Work?: West Philly

Favorite Kind of Food: Tacos

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Fishy fish

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: Whiskey Village burger followed by a nap.

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When I heard that Chef Coates from the now defunct Bebe’s bbq was coming to Fergie’s pub, I thought – random pairing, but awesome. Anything that brings bbq closer to Center City is a win, as long as its good, of course. I already liked Fergie’s for the beer menu and the new menu gave me another reason to come by.

The pub setting provides for some crappy ass pictures, but what can ya do.

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• We should probably just avoid eating pizza in Upper Darby for a while… [NBC]
• A run down of Penn Appetit’s favorite places to get shawarma. I wholeheardetly agree that Sahara Grill is the best [Penn Appetit]
• Apparently you can find amazing sushi in Montgomery county [Philly In]
• Check out this beautiful grilled cheese at South Philly Tap Room [Serious Eats]
• You might be wanting to know what a boli bun is [Meal Ticket]