Now now boys, don’t stare. It’s impolite… and kind of creepy. Ladies, on the other hand, if these tweets are to be believed it looks like the Hallo Berlin Cart (on the SW corner of 54th & 5th) is the place to be!
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Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, August 14th, 2009 under Hallo Berlin, Twitter.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 3:30 pm, August 13th, 2009 under In the Forums.
It looks like the Kosher Oasis cart is back on 47th and 6th today, so we can move on to far more important matters… this comment on the post about the Carnegie John’s Cart (on 56th & 7th Ave.): “Did Carnegie John pack it in? It’s closing in on a month and a half and no burgers….” A few weeks could be a vacation. Over a month smells like a permit issue. Or something worse. Let’s hope this isn’t permanent. Anybody have any intel? Put it in the comments, or email zach@midtownlunch.com
Posted by Zach Brooks at 2:30 pm, August 13th, 2009 under Carnegie John's Cart, Cart Watch.
Ask and ye shall receive!!! Miss Softee (who we profiled on Tuesday, from the Queen Frostine crew) has teamed up with the Treats Truck to create an ice cream sandwich! A squirt of soft serve, sandwiched between two (delicious) Treats Truck chocolate chip cookies. Amazing… don’t let the weather discourage you from this one. I love it when insane dreams become a reality. Oh, and did I mention it’s only $4 (which is a great deal considering the two cookies alone from the Treats Truck would cost $2.)
Check out a photo of this wonderful creation after the jump…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 1:15 pm, August 13th, 2009 under Mister Softee, Queens Frostine, Treats Truck.
It’s been exactly a month since Mantao Chinese Sandwiches opened up on 53rd btw. 2+3rd. I never got a chance to go to Province Chinese Canteen, its original Tribeca incarnation, but I had always heard good enough things that their move to Midtown got me pretty excited. Plus, I like Chinese food… and I like sandwiches. What could possibly be bad about this place?
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, August 13th, 2009 under 53rd btw. 2+3rd, Chinese, Korean, Mantou Chinese Sandwiches, Sandwiches.
The fancy signage has gone up for Schnitzel Express, the fast food Glatt Kosher replacing City Burger on 39th just east of Broadway. It doesn’t look like much is being done to the interior, so they hope to be open in a week and a half to two weeks. Of course this news is much less exciting now that the Schnitzel & Things truck appears to be spending Mondays and Tuesdays in Midtown.
As for the new locations of Maoz Vegetarian and Five Guys, those look like they will take a bit longer. Photos and estimated dates, are after the jump.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 10:29 am, August 13th, 2009 under Five Guys, Maoz Vegetarian, Schnitzel Express.
Hot Dog Cart Eviction Leads to More Questions: When a hot dog vendor fails to pay his $53,000 a month rent to the city, and gets evicted from his spot in front of the The Met, a few questions come to mind (naturally.) Slate attempts to answer a few of them, like "He paid how much!?!" and "Seriously? Are you sure he paid that much?"
Posted at 9:30 am, August 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Kosher Oasis cart, which appeared briefly back in December on 44th & 6th, reappeared earlier in the week on the SW corner of 47th & 6th. I stopped by yesterday to sample their menu of schnitzel, falafel, hot dogs and hamburgers, and they had disappeared once again. If you spot this cart, let us know in the comments (can you believe they’re not on twitter yet!?!) I did discover the other day that they are owned by the same people who own the Brooklyn location of Burgers Bar. I had never heard of it, but apparently it’s a very large Israeli hamburger chain which has a few locations here in NYC. Anybody ever been? If it’s good, it might bode well for the burgers from this cart… that is, if it ever returns.
UPDATE: The cart parks on 47th btw. 6+7th every day but Wednesdays. On Wednesday it has been parking on 49th btw. 6+7th.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, August 13th, 2009 under Cart, Cart Watch, Kosher, Kosher Oasis.
Free Iced Coffee & Cookies Alert: Tomorrow (Thursday, August 13th) the ING Direct Cafe on 3rd Ave. and 58th Street will be giving away free iced coffee and shortbread cookies from 11:30am to 1:30pm. It's only at this new location, and you'll probably be subjected to "savings tips", but whatever. It's free iced coffee and cookies! Freeloaders engage.
Posted at 4:00 pm, August 12th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Manganaro’s (along with its unaffiliated next door neighbor Manganaro’s Hero Boy) has been mentioned a few times on the site as a great place (on 9th Ave. btw 37+38th) to get an Italian sandwich. And even though it’s never been officially reviewed (it’s out of bounds, and a lot of things will cost you more than $10), I’ve always considered it an honorary Midtown Lunch. Which is why this post caught my eye on Fork New York, a long dormant blog run by Profiled Lunch’er “Andre Mika”. He resurrected his blog this week specifically to rant about the “bitches” who run the 100+ year old Manganaro’s Grosseria. The story is worth reading in its entirety, but is essentially summed up at the end with this:
“So I guess the moral of the story is, unless you love being abused and crapped on by people who you are trying to give your money to, stay away from Manganaro Grosseria Italiano.”
Posted by Zach Brooks at 2:15 pm, August 12th, 2009 under Italian, Manganaro's, Out of Bounds.
