We have to admit, last Friday when Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th) twittered this photo and called it “Surf & Turf” we thought they were just joking… nope. It’s a real special, and they’re offering it again today. $11 gets you half a sirloin wrap and half of a lobster roll wrap, take out only. Sure it’s $1 over the ML price range… but how can we complain when lobster and steak is involved?
Posted by The ML Team at 10:30 am, August 13th, 2010 under Certe.
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. Every week we’ll post about a lunch in Murray Hill south, Gramercy, Flatiron, and everything in between… or to make it easy: Flatiron Lunch.
We’ve seen Sagaponack‘s kalbi tacos here on Flatiron Lunch, Chris wrote about the new options at Bann Next Door this week and the new Koreatown Bon Chon has bulgogi tacos on their entree list (although they aren’t serving them yet). So, maybe it shouldn’t be that surprising to walk into New York Bakery and find Koreans selling Mexican food.
Just blocks away from Koreatown, surrounded by flower shops and wholesale stores, New York Bakery is a tiny shop run by a Korean couple that caters to the local latino workers, taking orders and greeting customers in fluent Spanish. I later found out that Danny checked it out last year and found myself even more intrigued.
Posted by ultraclay at 9:30 am, August 13th, 2010 under Flatiron Lunch.
Passing by the bustling 49th & 6th street corner today, I was somewhat shocked to see that the Bulgogi & Kimchi cart (on 49th btw. 6+7th), an old favorite of mine, had undergone a trio of changes. It’s no secret that Koreans are enamored by the idea of cosmetic surgery and fittingly this week, the Bulgogi & Kimchi cart, perhaps channeling their inner K-pop star, seriously upgraded its façade. At the same time, they’ve decided to change their name to “Bapcha”, which literally translates to “Food Cart” in Korean, and is now boldly displayed in an unmistakable medium weight Helvetica.
But the most relevant change for lunch’ers, is a $1 bump in some of the prices, as well as a small menu shuffle. Check out the new menu prices after the jump.
Posted by Chris H. at 8:30 am, August 13th, 2010 under Bulgogi Cart, Korean.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 4:00 pm, August 12th, 2010 under In the Forums.
This is a bummer… The Bon Appetit Cafe, the awesome pop up event that brings famous chefs to our area for one week in September to make $10 lunches for the workers of Midtown, is becoming part of Fashion Week (booo!) and moving out of the ML boundaries. This year the cafe will pop up September 12-16th in Lincoln Center (on 64th and Columbus.) The line up of chefs looks as good as previous years (Michael White, Bill Telepan, Emeril, Cat Cora, etc.) but 64th Street!? That hurts…
Related:
2009: Your First Look at the Bon Appetit Supper Club and Pop Up Cafe
2008: Lunch at the Bon Appetit Pop Up Cafe
2007: Emeril, Giada, Govind, Cat Cora, Pichet and more serve up lunch for under $10 in Midtown!
Posted by The ML Team at 3:15 pm, August 12th, 2010 under Bon Appetit.
Terrible new for fans of the Little Morocco Cart, the popular street meat cart discovered a year ago this month on 39th and 7th. Lunch’er “Joan” tipped us off that the cart was missing today, replaced by a regular, run-of-the-mill street meat cart. Earlier this summer, Jeremiah discovered they took off fish and kofta from their menu due to lack of demand. Could the overall demand for their food be down as well? Let’s hope not! Anybody have any more info? Let us know in the comments…
Posted by Danny at 2:15 pm, August 12th, 2010 under Cart Watch, Little Morocco.
Only About 100 GA Tix Left for the Vendy Awards: Since the finalists were announced tix for the Vendy Awards, tickets have been selling pretty quickly. Table service is waitlist only, and we're hearing that there are just around 100 regular $85 tix left. In other words, if you wait for them to announce the rookie and dessert finalists, you might be SOL. Just a friendly public service announcement...
Posted at 1:15 pm, August 12th, 2010 | 0 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, when QBA announced they’d be altering their menu to include some new specials, I hoped that this would change a pretty good cart into a great, must-visit cart. After all, there is no shortage of good Cuban options in Midtown- and as much as we love food trucks, isn’t it really all about the food? I’ve already written about the pork meal and the cuban sandwich and our Downtown editor Andrea tried the chicken meal. I think the consensus is pretty clear; the QBA meals with meat and rice and beans are good, and a solid lunch option, but not spectacular. According to their website, today the truck will introduce ensalada batabano, a salad with tomatoes, feta and scallions. And earlier this week they had ropa vieja, which we (naturally) had to go try.
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Posted by Jeremiah White at 11:45 am, August 12th, 2010 under Cart, Latin, QBA Cuban Kitchen Truck.
Pizza, Pork Chops & Perrone: On the ML Twitter Tracker today... Eddie's Pizza Truck is on 52nd, QBA Kitchen is running late but will be on 44th, Wafels and Dings is on 46th, the Cravings Truck is on 53rd, Schnitzel & Things is on 48th, and Papa Perrone will be on 55th with sausage and peppers.
Posted at 11:20 am, August 12th, 2010 | 0 Comments
Just an FYI… the new Friday fish and dumplings special that we loved so much from the Trini Paki Boys Cart (on 43rd and 6th Ave) is now a Thursday special instead of Friday. And they’ve decided to add coo coo to the mix, a Trinidadian dish involving okra and cornmeal. For $7 you get it all… the coo coo, the fish and the dumplings. Do it. Do it.
Posted by The ML Team at 10:40 am, August 12th, 2010 under Trini Paki Boys Cart.
