Midtown Lunch

Free Soft Serve and French Fries: On the ML Twitter Tracker today... Rickshaw is on 52nd, Schnitzel is on 46th, Street Sweet is on 46th, Joyride is on 52nd, Steak Truck is on 47th, Mister Softee is on 53rd and Park giving out free soft serve from Noon to 2pm, and Goodburger has twittered a coupon for free french fries.

Blockheads Burrito Brawl Caught on Video: Did you see this You Tube video of a crazy ass fight that happened outside of the Blockheads on 34th Street? Quite a site to behold... although I couldn't help but wonder the whole time if Lunch'er "Kristy" was there. (That reference was for super old school MLers.)

Midtown Mondays Means $1 Pizza: On the ML Twitter Tracker this morning... As promised, it's Monday so Maffei's $1 Pizza Truck is on 40th, Cupcake Stop is on 52nd, Eddie's Pizza Truck is in the Flatiron (but will be on 32nd for an after work slice), Cravings is on 48th, Crisp is still trying to "Bring Back the Taj", and we hear the Treats Truck will be on 55th today (but she's not there yet.)

Chicken Tikka Masala Smackdown: Are you a big fan of chicken tikka masala?  On Friday Fork in the Road pitted the chicken tikka masala from the Famous Dal Cart (on 32nd and Park) against the chicken tikka masala from the Desi Food Truck (on 27th and 5th Ave.) and came to the conclusion that FDC was easily the winner.

50% off Meze Grill: We weren't huge fans of Meze Grill (on 8th btw. 55+56th) when we first tried it back in August of last year, but half off can go along way to getting us to try it again. $5 gets you a $10 gift certificate, but you have to purchase it before Saturday at Midnight.

Cuban Food, Pizza, and Schnitzel Oh My: On the ML Twitter Tracker today... QBA Kitchen is on 44th, Rickshaw is on 45th, Eddie's Pizza Truck is in the Flatiron, Schnitzel and Wafels are both on 52nd, and Lily's Lollys has pistachio and rose again today. Sadly Frites N Meats got pushed Downtown by Fox News.

None of the Best Cupcakes in NYC are in Midtown: Serious Eats: New York posted a massive cupcake round up yesterday, and with the exception of the just out of bounds Amy's Bread (on 9th Ave.) and Buttercup (on 2nd Ave.) none of the top 12 are in Midtown.  Fine by us... more time to devote to all the desserts that taste way better than cupcakes- like popsicles, cake balls, concretes, ice cream, churros, cookies (we can go on and on...)

Happy Hour Deals: Here's a couple of daily deal specials for Midtown Lunch Happy Hour fans... this Groupon will get you $45 worth of pub food for $20 at Mr. Biggs (on 10th Ave.), and this KGB Deal will get you a lunch entree and draft beef from Bar 12 for $5 (on 34th St.)

Pop Tarts Cafe Coming to Times Square: Please accept our humblest apologies for waiting almost 3 days to tell you about this one! On Monday Eater reported that on August 10th Times Square will be getting its very own "Pop Tarts World Cafe". Can't decide whether we should be excited, or terrified... either way, we thought you'd want to know.

Does Work Block Your Twitter Account?: Then you should be using the ML Twitter Tracker! (The link is on the right hand side bar.)  Wafels and Dinges is on 46th, Schnitzel and Things is on 48th, the Jamaican Dutchy is on 51st, Lily's Lollys is making their way up 6th Ave., and Eddie's Pizza Truck is on 52nd along with NYC Cravings.