Midtown Lunch

Cer Te’s May Sandwich Launches Today: It's a new month, which means a new Certe sammie is coming your way, and I gotta say, May's sandwich makes me drool on my desk just a little bit. The "chip & crab dip" sandwich includes ale-battered soft shell crab over bibb lettuce with remoulade sauce on a toasted potato roll. The sandwich comes with sea salt smoked paprika potato chips and will run you $8.95. Early adopters, let us know in the comments if this is as good as it sounds!

Whoa. How Do I Get A Job In This Building?: I have never been so jealous. The New York Times ran a piece on a building in Chelsea that every weekday has been bringing food trucks, like ML favorites Coolhaus and Treats Truck, into the building. And not just into the building, but -- via their massive freight elevator -- the trucks set up shop on the various floors! They're calling it "the first indoor vertical food-truck court in the city." Anyone work at 601 West 26th Street? We're dying to hear more about it in the comments!

Southwest Porch Is Opening Up Again: The Southwest Porch is opening up again starting today with a new menu featuring a grilled cheddar burger and a BBQ-spiced grilled chicken sandwich, along with menu items from 'wichcraft. Those passing by in the morning are in luck too, since they'll have Greek yogurt and La Colombe coffee.

Ma Peche Menu To Become More … American?: Eater reports that the menu at Ma Peche is about to change. Moving away from Tien Ho's French Vietnamese food, chef Paul Carmichael will focus the Midtown Momofuku on American cuisine. No word yet on what that means, exactly, but last week David Chang tweeted, "Chef Paul Carmichael & Má Péche team slow unveil of new menu over next couple weeks. About as vietnamese as Ssäm bar 2012 = burritos.Tasty." The new menu should materialize in the coming weeks.

From the Twitter Tracker: Today you'll find both Domo Taco and Bian Dang on 53rd and Park, Crisp and Big D's Grub are at 50th bw 6th and 7th, Eddie's Pizza can be found at 47th/Lex, Palenque at Park and 51st, Wafels & Dinges are waffeling at both 52nd bw 6th and 7th and at 46th bw 5th and 6th. We're still waiting to find out where Urban Lobster Shack will be, but we sure hope it's somewhere close. Be sure to double check the Twitter Tracker before heading out.

Pizza by Cer te Celebrates 2 Years w/ Another 2 For Tuesday: On Tuesday, April 24 (that's today!) Pizza by Certe is bringing back "Two for Tuesday" in celebration of their two-year anniversary. Starting at noon and lasting all day, you can get two Margherita slices for just $2! Cheapskates and pizza lovers: engage!

On the ML Twitter Tracker Today: Schnitzel & Things and Korilla are on 46th and Vanderbilt, Rickshaw is on 56th & 8th, Eggstravaganza is on 52nd & Park with their tacos campechanos special, Crisp on Wheels is on 49th btw. 6+7th, Feed Your Hole is on 46th btw. 5+6th, Seoul Food is on 51st & Park, Valducci's is on 52nd & Park, and Red Hook Lobster Truck is on 50th btw. 6+7th. [via ML Twitter Tracker]

Carl’s Steaks Deal Alert: It's a good day for cheesesteak fans. Google Offers has a deal that gets you two cheesesteaks (or chicken steak or the Works, which includes mushrooms, onions and peppers) plus two orders of fries for just $10 at Carl's Steaks on 34th and 3rd ave (and the Chambers street location). That's a pretty great deal, considering one steak, itself, will run you at least $7.

ML Twitter Tracker Rundown: A lot of the trucks are feeding Midtown today: Fishing Shrimp's on 48th+Park; Phil's Steaks is on 45th+Madison; Kimchi Taco is on 55th btw 6th+7th; Comme Ci, Comme Ca's on 52nd+Park; Cinnamon Snail is at 47th+Park; Bob & Jo's on Vanderbilt btw 45th+46th. Also, Certe is putting Matzah balls in any soup and using Matzah rolls, while Eggs Travaganza is making Matzah Brei.

Birdbath Coming To East Midtown Tomorrow: Word came out yesterday that City Bakery's spin-off, Birdbath, is opening up its sixth location at Greenacre Park on 51st Street between Third and Second Avenue. It opens tomorrow at 8 am for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This means $3 maple-bacon biscuits for breakfast and hopefully delicious cookies for lunch!