Midtown Lunch

In my humble opinion, one of the best parts of Schnitzel & Things’ new storefront, aside from the obvious copious amounts of schnitzel, was that you could also get Treats Truck treats for dessert. Well, tomorrow they’re bringing in a new dessert, Midtown’s Best, Robicelli’s cupcakes! Schnitzel & Things will be getting all the flavors, a definite plus for Midtown East. But that’s not all the cupcake news going around, there’s finally a pulse again with Cupcake Stop.

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Last week a little food fight broke out over on Gothamist between two Midtown street food tours, one that is launching this summer and Urban Oyster, a company that has been running a tour for awhile now. One thing you may not know?  The Urban Oyster Tour is run by Midtown Lunch’s newest contributor (and former Profiled Lunch’er) Brian Hoffman!  You can get more info about his tour here.

This year tax day is a few days later than the usual April 15th deadline and if you kick it old school and mail in an actual copy of your return you may find yourself taking a trip to the James Farley Post Office (on 8th Ave. btw. 31+32nd). My last year’s recommendation of NY Pizza Suprema still holds, but if you need something sweet to dull the pain of having to pay more taxes (or celebrate your refund!) then you might consider a stroll down the block to D’Aiuto’s.

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I have passed by Restaurant Riki many times these couple months (a few times on my way to the new Schnitzel & Things spot) but each time I merely glanced at their lunch menu. I didn’t pay much attention because the 1st thing I noticed on their lunch specials menu was the price ($15 is a bit over the ML price range.) But recently fellow Lunch’er, Beth, tipped us off to the fact that Riki serves ramen for lunch, and it’s only $9.50. With Ippudo expanding to Midtown, is there room for more ramen in Midtown?

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I was dismayed to learn in the forums that Hing Won (48th btw. 5+6th) was closed on Weds. and Thurs. last week (with a yellow DOH sticker behind the half shut gate). Whatever closed them down must have been an easy fix, because when I stopped in on Friday they were open and everything appeared to be back to normal. And their latest inspection is downright shocking…

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I decided to begin my search for a proper Italian sausage hero close to home at Mondello (on 37th btw. Mad+5th). Their chicken parmigiana hero has been a favorite of mine since I started working in the area nearly seven years ago.

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Taiwanese Fried Chicken Leg from Bian Dang. Photo by The Eaten Path

• In defense of Bian Dang’s prices [The Eaten Path]
• Piccolo Cafe is opening *another* location on Madison Ave [Found Connections]
• Totto Ramen’s vegetarian ramen is better than the chicken paitan [Passion for Food]
• File this under “don’t want to know”: Shake Shack’s Nutritional Info [FitR]
• Not everybody likes Oms/b [Tasty Eating]
• 5 Napkin Burger has the best veggie burger in NYC [Fork in the Road]
• A Korean food truck will be handing out free food next week [Grub Street]
• A look at Pret a Manger’s entire menu [SENY]