April 1st is the official start of the Mister Softee season. The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is already back on the street, but what about Profiled Luncher and midtown fave Miss Softee?
Posted by Brownie at 9:45 am, April 5th, 2010 under Miss Softee.
New month means a new sandwich from our good friends at Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th), and the April special is a doozy. Behold “Mr. Potatoskin”: Chicken cutlet w/ bbq sauce sandwiched between two baked sea salt and vinegar potato skins stuffed with aged cheddar and apple wood smoked bacon. Served with sour cream and chives on the side (naturally). It’s available starting today for $8.95.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:45 am, April 5th, 2010 under Certe.
Tuxedo’d peeps! Photo courtesy of Blondie and Brownie
Posted by Zach Brooks at 2:30 pm, April 2nd, 2010 under Midtown Links.
If you like to eat, chances are you like to drink (read: a lot of you are freakin’ lushes), so I thought maybe it was time to introduce a happy hour column to the site. Every Friday afternoon our Happy Hour Correspondent “Mamacita” will post about a different bar in Midtown that fits the Midtown Lunch mentality: unhealthy food, not lame (unless it’s lame in a cool way), and most importantly… cheap.
When I got a tip that Pazza Notte (on 6th Ave. btw w. 55+56th) had a good 2 for 1 martini happy hour I had to check it out. There are a lot of deals like this around but most of them refer to beers or simple well cocktails. A nice martini is bit swankier, a bit more refined, and the type of deal you can take your girl friends and coworkers too. I headed over to see how superior this special was.
Posted by Mamacita at 1:30 pm, April 2nd, 2010 under Midtown Happy Hour.
Last week, I found myself in a lunch conundrum. I hadn’t brought anything from home and I was bored of my old standby quick lunches. To further complicate matters, it was Friday during Lent, so no meats for me. Much hemming and hawing ensued until I heeded the siren call of the Midtown Lunch Twitter Tracker and hit up Jiannetto’s Pizza Truck (on 47th btw. Park+Mad) to check out their vodka slice.
Posted by Brownie at 11:45 am, April 2nd, 2010 under Jiannetto's Pizza Truck, Lent, Pizza.
It’s a Good Friday For Trucks: You working today? Because the ML Twitter Tracker is... the Treats Truck is on 45th, Wafels and Dinges is on 56th, Frites n Meats is on 48th, Rickshaw is on 45th, and Street Sweet is on 50th (although they threatened to leave if people aren't working/eating sweets today.)
Posted at 11:00 am, April 2nd, 2010 | 0 Comments
Now that Downtown has its very own section of the site, what are we going to post on Fridays at 10am? Answer… how about a new column devoted to those lunches just south of the ML boundaries. Please give a warm welcome to Jason Lam from the blog Me So Hungry. Every Friday at 10am he’ll post about lunches in Murray Hill south, Gramercy, Flatiron, and everything in between… or as we’ll call it from now on: Flatiron Lunch.
Where have all the lunch counters gone? Perhaps they aren’t designed for today’s hustle and bustle lunch environment. But sometimes you want to sit down (on a stool) and have some quick food prepared and delivered right in front of you. I first discovered A&A Coffee Shop about a year ago, when I got lost walking to a friend’s office. It struck me with its charm and seclusion from the heavy traffic around the corner. I wondered who else knew about this place and if the food was any good.
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Posted by Jason Lam at 10:00 am, April 2nd, 2010 under Flatiron Lunch.
The lunch menu from Ma Peche (aka Momofuku Midtown on 56th btw. 5+6th) was revealed yesterday, and obviously we were a bit worried to not see the $10 lunch specials listed anywhere. Well, got an official update and the $10 Midtown Lunch specials aren’t going anywhere! You’ll be able to order them online daily for pick up. As for the Milk Bar, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is, they won’t be serving pork buns. The good news is, they will be serving cookies, pies, whole cakes (office party!), savory breads (green curry banana bread FTW) and salty pistachio and cereal milk soft serve. Yes, you read that right. Salty pistachio soft serve will be making its triumphant return to NYC next week… and it’s happening in Midtown. Take that East Village!
Ma Peche, 15 West 56th St. (btw. 5+6th)
Related:
Ma Peche Reveals Lunch Menu! (Cheap Bastards Mourn)
Posted by Mamacita at 3:40 pm, April 1st, 2010 under In the Forums.
Shut Up Midtown Lunch: If you read this site for its honest and often comical take on our obsession with cheap food, then you might enjoy the absurdity of Shut Up Foodies a new blog dedicated to making fun of foodie trends. My favorite so far? The expose on Tactical Bacon and Bourbon Foods for the true alcoholic (and it's only a matter of time before they get to pizzacones.)
Posted at 2:30 pm, April 1st, 2010 | 4 Comments
