Posted by The ML Team at 3:45 pm, January 19th, 2012 under In the Forums.
Australian meat pie company, Pie Face, is making its foray into the US market via a storefront on 53rd and Broadway, just a few feet from Steak ‘n Shake. Although their neighbor has been getting all the shine lately, the pies should be available in the coming weeks. In fact, they’re inviting fans to their January 31st launch party via the Pie Face Facebook page:
Pie Face is but days away from opening it’s first New York store and we want YOU there…. The first 30 people to rsvp will win tickets to the Penthouse launch of Pie Face NYC. Simply email your name and contact details to marketing@pieface.com.au. Please note: You must live in New York to enter.
This post went up yesterday, but most of the comments on it so far are from out-of-towners, so maybe some of those 30 spots are still available? Fingers crossed!
Side note: I wonder if David Letterman is as into meat pies as he is Steak ‘n Shake … will they also make an appearance on his show?
Pie Face, 53rd & Broadway
Posted by Rachel Goldner at 2:24 pm, January 19th, 2012 under Pie Face.
Angelo Sosa’s Social Eatz (on 53rd btw. 2nd and 3rd) has already gotten a fair amount of coverage on this site (and others), with most of it focused around their famous Bibimbap Burger. I recently took my first trip to the restaurant, fully intending to try it, but the Hanoi Burger caught my eye instead.
The Hanoi Burger consists of ground beef with mint, lemongrass, cilantro and red onion topped with lettuce and served with a chili mayo and a sweet onion jam. No, it doesn’t have a slow-cooked egg oozing all over it like the Bibimbap Burger, but how can this flavor combo go wrong?
Posted by Anna at 11:45 am, January 19th, 2012 under Burger, Social Eatz.
We know you guys are a bunch of cheap bastards (after all it takes one to know one), so with that in mind we’re proud to unveil our brand new deals page. We’ve partnered with InBundles to set up a page dedicated to deals specifically for Midtown Lunchers. You can find a permanent link to it on the nav bar at the top of the page (between the “Contact” button and the search box.) It just went live this morning, and we’re kicking things off with a deal for Sergimmo, an Italian salumeria on 9th Ave. btw. 35+36th. You get $15 worth of food and drinks for just $7. We’ve actually never been, and a lot of their menu is over $10. But they do have about 25 different panini that are all $9, and getting half off might be just the motivation we need to go check it out!
Posted by Zach Brooks at 10:10 am, January 19th, 2012 under Deals.
Bone chilling weather is finally here and that means soup time! My old go to soup place was Soup Spot (31st btw 7+8th Ave) but since I’m no longer on the west side, I had to find a new place to get soup. I couldn’t think of any place besides Hale & Hearty but I didn’t want to go there. While going through my stack of take-out menus I saw that Mangu (on 45th btw. Lex+3rd) has a “Dominican Hearty Soup”. Last time I was there I had a very good stewed goat so I had high hopes for their soup.
Posted by Donny T. at 8:30 am, January 19th, 2012 under Mangu.
Do you wonder what the ML contributors do when they’re not eating lunch in Midtown? (We’re actually pretty easy to stalk!)
Brownie needs your to like her Cookie Monster iphone cookies on Facebook so she can win a trip to Seattle, Blondie made us proud by stuffing her face in San Francisco, Donny mixed pork cracklings with brussels sprouts, Rachel baked cookies, Brian had the ribeye steak at Red Farm and I was also at Red Farm, where I photographed soup dumplings that ended up in today’s New York Times.
Elsewhere in the ML universe… Jamie checked out the new truck in Philly Delicias truck serving arepas and empanadas, Zach finds seven more reasons to hate lunch in Los Angeles, and Andrea finds another truck selling fancy grilled cheese sandwiches Downtown.
Posted by ultraclay at 3:15 pm, January 18th, 2012 under Contributor Stalking.
Real Cheap Eats’ Winter 2012 is Now Live: The Real Cheap Eats website has released its Winter 2012 edition, and there are a couple of new additions to the Midtown section- like the Kimchi Bowl from the Kimchi Taco Truck and the Souper Soup at Sarge's Deli (on 3rd btw. 36+37th). There's also plenty of great recs for other areas of NYC, many of them from your favorite Midtown Lunch contributors!
Posted at 1:52 pm, January 18th, 2012 | 0 Comments
A few weeks ago, the Fishing Shrimp truck parked in Midtown for the first time, serving a menu of various basic fried seafood treats. And it looks like they’re committed to coming back at least once a week. There was some speculation from commenters as to whether or not the $7 fish n’ chips could possibly be any good…so of course I went to investigate.
Posted by Anna at 11:30 am, January 18th, 2012 under Fishing Shrimp Truck, Seafood.
Flex Donuts Open Indefintely!: When Flex Donuts Pop-Up reopened at Zócalo in Grand Central Terminal's Dining Concourse, it was only supposed to be through the end of the year. Apparently it did so well, you can know get your Flex Donuts on indefinitely--or until Zócalo ever does shut down to become the new Shake Shack.
Posted at 10:45 am, January 18th, 2012 | 1 Comment
We recently received a tip from Lunch’er “Victor” alerting us to a new sushi place that popped up in the atrium of the Citi Building on 53rd and Lex. But this isn’t just any old neighborhood sushi joint. Here, all orders are placed on iPads! I know what you’re thinking. “Sure, that’s pretty cool, but is the food any good?” Let’s take a look:
Posted by Anna at 9:00 am, January 18th, 2012 under Sushi, Sushi-Teria.
