City Council Introduces New Bill to Regulate Food Trucks: There was a piece in the Post yesterday regarding a new bill that Councilwoman Gale Brewer has introduced that would begin to regulate where and how food trucks and carts can operate in the city. Calling some trucks "noisy and filthy," she's now asking for the DOH to issue a report distinguishing between the number of permits issued to trucks and carts and then form a task force to regulate food trucks specifically. The article ends with a quote from our fearless leader.
Posted at 8:30 am, October 19th, 2011 | 3 Comments
Posted by The ML Team at 3:30 pm, October 18th, 2011 under In the Forums.
Earlier this month, we showcased a video from Save the Food Trucks, an organization that is working to keep the food trucks alive and operable in the city. Well, for the next few Wednesdays, they’ll be releasing some fun little videos featuring food truck owners answering what they would serve to Mayor Bloomberg for lunch. We have an exclusive peek of the first three videos in the series with a few familiar faces to Midtown: Eddie Song (Korilla BBQ), Kim Ima (Treats Truck), and Vendy nominee Adam Sobel (Cinnamon Snail), whose truck has been seen on the weekends here at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market. We already know that Mayor Mike likes his burritos extra spicy. Maybe he’ll take them up on the offer.
Check out the videos after the jump.
Posted by brianhoffman at 2:30 pm, October 18th, 2011 under Save the Food Trucks, Street Vendor Issues, Videos.
This just in from Lunch’er Logan… there was a fire during lunch at the 2 Bros Pizza on 46th btw. 5+6th Ave. It’s not clear whether the fire was in 2 Bros or upstairs on the second or third floors, but at the very least we’re guessing there was water damage to the popular $1 pizza joint. Expect them to be closed for the indefinite future.
UPDATE FROM 2 BROS OWNER ELI: “The fire started in an office on the 2nd floor, and most of the damage is up there. Most of the harm done to our store was from water damage. Thankfully, everyone is OK. We are working on getting the place open as soon as possible. I will have a better idea of a time table by tomorrow. For now, regular customers can check out our newest store a few blocks away at 1015 6th Avenue (Between 37-38).”
Posted by The ML Team at 1:14 pm, October 18th, 2011 under 2 Bros. Pizza, At Lunch Now.
Every Tuesday we turn over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Midtown. This week it’s Mike, a system admin who is a member of Brick Lane Curry House’s Phaal of Fame.
Name: Mike
Age: 29
Occupation: Systems administrator/remote tech support
Where in Midtown do you Work?: A managed services provider in the Garment District
Favorite Kind of Food: Soup. I am a giant sucker for soup even if it’s the dead of summer. Almost any kind of soup, but especially Asian noodle soups. And in a pinch, I love almost any kind of spicy food. I have to tell Indian restaurants to spice it like it’s for a fellow Indian and not for whitey.
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Lasagna – it’s just not my favorite. Big, heavy, and usually not at all flavorful. The only kind I like is my wife’s turkey and spinach lasagna. Maybe I’ve only had crappy lasagna, but I just never really liked it all that much.
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: I am a huge adorer of the Shanghai noodle soup with pork and pickled cabbage from Ginger’s (7th and 37th). Chef Yu (8th and 36th) does a good version of it too – both have their own unique touches! Comme Ci Comme Ca’s (36th and Bway) merguez sandwich with extra spicy mint sauce is a great standby, and I miss the hell out of Sunrise Grill’s jerk chicken from when they were on 37th and 6th. Oh, and the Hungarian mushroom soup at Soup Stop (31st between 7th and 8th).
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, October 18th, 2011 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
Free Sandwich Alert: We don't normally get excited about healthy lunch, but if it's FREE... well, that's a different story. The Sweetery Truck is teaming up with some health care co. (irony much?) to offer free food from a promo truck at different spots all week long, and every day this week from 11:30am to 2:30pm they'll be on 57th btw. 5+6th giving out free lunchtime sandwiches.
Posted at 11:22 am, October 18th, 2011 | 2 Comments
I can’t remember what Hunan Manor (on Lex btw. 39+40th) but the other day I noticed a Grand Opening sign hanging in their window. Turns out, the place replaced Red Curry Thai back in September, and according to Eating in Translation is a sister restaurant to Hunan House in Flushing. Aw yeah, Midtown East finally gets a taste of Flushing!
I’m not very familiar with Hunan cuisine so I was pretty excited to try it. They made choosing my first lunch item easy by placing double cooked pork as the first lunch special item on the menu (ever since my poor experience at Joe’s Shanghai, I’ve been on a mission to find good double cooked pork). So how did the Hunan Manor version do?
Posted by Donny T. at 9:45 am, October 18th, 2011 under Chinese, Hunan Manor.
Midtown East-ers, rejoice! In case you didn’t hear about it here, here or here, Whole Foods is opening a new location on E. 57th St between 3rd and 2nd. The project, which has been in the works for over 3 years, broke ground back in May and now sports a sign saying that the store will open Summer 2012 (even though their website says 2013), so let’s hope they stay on track with that. This time next year we could be munching on some delicious prepared foods and shopping for our organics during lunch. Huzzah!
Posted by Anna at 8:30 am, October 18th, 2011 under Whole Foods.
What’s better than a free, awesome, weekday lunch in Midtown with 75 of your closest friends? (aka Midtown Lunchers) Nothing, that’s what. So when Google New York approached us about throwing a party for you guys at Food Gallery 32 in Koreatown we immediately said yes. And all you have to do to enter to win is share your opinions about your favorite places in NYC on Google Places, their new personalized local recommendation engine. (After all, you’re more than happy to do it in the comments here for free, why not do it over on Google Places and score some free food.) Entering is easy. Just start an account on Google Places (if you don’t have one already), fill out this form, and post a review. That’s it. Of course, the more reviews you write, the more chances you have to win.
That’s the basics. All the details (and the fine print legal mumbo jumbo) is after the jump…
Posted by The ML Team at 1:30 pm, October 17th, 2011 under Food Gallery 32, Free Stuff, Google Places.
It’s been a long time since I’ve had one of Cafe Zaiya‘s tasty sandwiches (my favorite is the fried fish sandwich) so I decided to stop by for a late lunch last week. One problem with eating lunch at Zaiya around 2:30pm is that most of the good stuff will be gone so there were no fish sandwiches or spicy chicken sandwiches (my plan b). There were, however, a few curry pork cutlet sandwiches left so I decided to get that (I was mesmerized by the sliced egg on top). While at the counter, waiting to pay, I also grabbed a curry pan. It was a curry sort of day.
Posted by Donny T. at 11:45 am, October 17th, 2011 under Cafe Zaiya.
