PROFILE: Midtown Lunch’er “Maressa”
Every Tuesday I turn over Midtown Lunch to a random worker, for their favorite places to eat lunch in Midtown. Today, it’s Maressa- a Magazine Editor who hates fried food (?!?!). Must… allow… differing… opinions… and yet… it’s… very… difficult… to… post this… profile.
Name: Maressa
Age: 23
Occupation: Magazine Editor
Where in Midtown do you Work?: The epicenter of this culinary wasteland, Times Square (But no, I don’t work in the same building as the reputed “Devil” who wears Prada.)
Favorite Kind of Food: Generally healthy twists on chicken, seafood, veggies, huge fan of the Tex-Mex (and by default, Chipotle) as well as Greek, Middle Eastern, Indian, & sushi. Fresh fillings wrapped up with some form of carb, be it a pita, tortilla, lavash, etc… I’m usually interested. Or, chocolate, but that’s a whole different story. ;)
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Anything fried, unnecessarily greasy, dark or red meat.
Favorite Place to Eat Lunch in Midtown: Sorry to say, Zach, but given my lack of nearby choices, I gotta go with Chipotle. I get the burrito bol (glorified salad, yeah yeah) with black beans, no rice, fajita veggies, chicken, all the salsas (sans the hottest one), lots of lettuce and sour cream OR guac on the side. But I gotta shout out to La Paloma on 45th btwn 8+9th. Muy bueno Mexican delivery!
The “go-to” lunch place you and your co-workers eat at too often: Can’t speak for my co-workers; they’re all about Europa and I’m havin’ none-a-dat $11 salad BS. But my personal choice for default deli is Star Lite on 44th btwn 7th & 8th, where I usually get a chicken caesar wrap or salad. (They have a good low-fat caesar dressing, but make sure you say “low-fat”, cuz if you say “light”, then they just put a smaller amount of the regular kind. Drrgh.)
Place you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch: Kwik Meal & Pick-a-Pita! Yum and yummier! Unfortch, Chef Rahman makes fun of me when I want pita instead of rice on my chicken platter, and sometimes the street-meat-ness of it all skeeves me. And Pick-a-Pita is sorta a schlep, and on the pricier side. I know—I’m such a kvetch.
If you could work anywhere (just because of the lunch) where would it be and why? West Village/SoHo. Because then a) I would be near my apartment and save $ by eating my non-existant groceries, b) I could get amazing cart Mex from Calexico, or c) there are just a helluva lot better places that deliver downtown. Like you didn’t already know that. (Ed Note: Still no word on when the Midtown Calexico cart will be arriving)
Anything you’d like to ask the Midtown Lunch readers? Where can I get decent on-the-cheap(er) Greek, namely a chicken gyro and tzatziki sauce?
Well… finally some common ground. I don’t know about Chicken Gyros… but a real honest to goodness Greek gyro is something I have yet to find in Midtown- and I’m not talking about the gyro they serve on the halal carts. The meat may look the same on that spit, but once you chop it up into bits, and saute it on a griddle, it becomes something else. Real greek gyro is left alone, rotated and cooked on the actual spit; cut off in slices *only* when it has become dark on the outside. And a real gyro has to be topped with tzatziki (greek yogurt sauce).
Forget about shawarma, and halal… I’m talking real honest to goodness Greek gyro. Anybody had one? I’ve heard rumors of two carts (one on 44th & 6th Ave., and one on 7th Ave. btw. 33+34th), but I haven’t been to either. If you have got a suggestion, post it as a comment below…
And, as always, if you have news, suggestions, or you want to be next week’s Profiled: Midtown Lunch’er- email me at zach@midtownlunch.com
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:30 am, August 28th, 2007 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
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59 Comments
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We’re in talks? Just fill out the damn profile I sent you! No talking necessary. The people have spoken…
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For a minute there it sounded like some favoritism was going on.
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I feel used.
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Chowsue: I was profiled on this site a few months back – you can look it up. But I feel compelled to defend myself and point out that I don’t make nasty comments about people’s personal appearances, don’t call people lesbians, etc. I did dis Maressa’s boyfriend (a total doucherama) for his lame comment/love letter, but that’s about it. I even have posted TWICE on this comment thread alone that people need to tone down their comments and stop being so neagtive.
So please don’t lump me with McBagel. I don’t deserve that! -
This is a blog. Why don’t you sensitive folks just get over it.
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Definitely check out DDR’s profile – what a hottie.
while some of these comments are over the line, I can’t help but laugh sometimes…ok, most of the time…it’s part of what makes this blog so good.
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greasy food, betrayals, cattyness, lesbians, republicans.
Oh how I love this blog. please do not stop the nasty yet tickling comments.
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I know it’s the end of the summer and everyone’s cranky that they’re stuck in the office, but damn some of you have gotten nasty! I thought we were banded together in our love of lunch and hatred of all generic delis and co-workers who bring Lean Cuisines from home?
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intense.
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DDR:
“Comment from DDR
Time: August 28, 2007, 4:47 pm
De plane! De plane! ”uhhhhh… Yes, IMHO, you DO deserve to be lumped right in there.
Unless someone else posted that comment with your “name”…which does happen on this site I noticed….then I take it back.
Yes, it is great that you have been the biggest voice on this profile’s comment trying to redirect the comments back to what it is truly intended for…food! But then all those comments are washed away with one dumb misplaced and inaccurate comment.
So DDR steps up to the plate!!! Ready for the abuse!!! I don’t think Zach includes screen logins, so which of the profiled midtown lunchers are you, DDR, so I can go now and compare you to an odd character on some old tv show too.
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Chowsue: Wow. Words (nearly) fail me. Talk about hyper-sensitivity. There is abuse (see McBagel and Stan), and then there is riffing off someone else’s comment (me). Anytime someone mentions Herve Villechaize, the appropriate response is “De plane! De plane!” Who doesn’t know this?
But hey – If you will feel better about yourself by spending your afternoon “comparing me to odd characters on old tv shows,” go ahead – I think the lameness index just hit a new low.
And in order to help you on your quest, as to your brilliant question “which of the profiled midtown lunchers are you, DDR?” My answer is: I am DDR.
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Im DDR
and liv is his mum.
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Margot: “Good donar kebap @ Taksim on 2nd Ave & 54th – although Turkish, this is their version of the Greek gyro. ”
Taksim doesn’t do Donar anymore…
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23 year olds are not generally magazine editors. they are fact checkers, copy editors, assistants. i agree the point was petty, but if i am going to read a profile, i’d like it to be truthful.
she looks like a beautiful young woman. comments on appearance have no place here.
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For lying about her position as an editor, all bets are off.
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shooo.. DDR is the hottie lawyer. My bad. You can say “deplane deplane” all you want about any profiled luncher.
I sure don’t need a lawsuit dragging on for 5 years for defamation of character on the midtownlunch.com blog. LOL.Yes, hypersensitive, you may be right actually….Sorry to have grouped you in with the other nasties, especially when you were one of the first to blast the nastiness starting. I just was trying to stand up for this chick. I love this website, and didn’t want to see it turn into so many other websites out there full of flamers and nasty asses hiding behind their laptops.
We’ll all just wait for Rudy to be profiled. I know a lot of readers are polishing their dictionaries and thesauruses waiting for that Tuesday. LOL.
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Olive branch extended…and accepted. Mmm…olives…
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thanks DDR! mmmmm..back to the food!
Chowsue, Zach and I are in talks about my profile.
Obviously im waiting until Liv gets divorced from that yorkshire twat ,Royston, b4 we publish our pictures.
PS. Sarah i live in Shropshire, work in London.