Midtown Lunch

Photo courtesy of The Girl Who Ate Everything

• The celery and tofu salad is Bittman’s go-to dish at Szechuan Gourmet [NYT]
• Miss USA eats at that random Korean restaurant on 56th!? [Grub Street]
• Totto Ramen and Hide Chan Ramen both get 4 stars [TONY]
• New York is getting a Korean taco truck [Eater]
• The Soup Man now has al fresco dining [Eater]
• The just out of bounds Zigolini’s Pizza Bar is serviceable [Slice]
• Another fan of the bureks at Djerdan [Always Hungry]
• So long Planet Hollywood Times Square [Eater]
• Profiled Lunch’er/Pizza By Cer Te owner Edward pops up on TV [I Dream of Pizza]

Photo courtesy of Burger Conquest

• Black Shack is now serving something called a “Mayhem Burger” [Burger Conquest]
• Lunch’er Josh is a fan of the pernil sandwich at Margon… [NYC Foodie]
• … and the macarella from the Street Sweets Truck [NYC Foodie]
• You can get a $15 lobster roll at the pop bar/cafe next to the Rock Center Greenmarket [FeastNY]
• The sorbet at La Maison du Chocolat is gooood [SENY]
• Will letter grades effect ethnic restaurants the most? [Grub Street]

Don’t be fooled by the beautiful food porn! Photo by Kathy YL Chan

• I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree about Gryo II [A Passion For Food]
• You can get an open face sandwich at Aquavit for just $11!? [SENY]
• Yvo is a big fan of the burger from Beacon’s Side Door… [Feisty Foodie]
• … and turned down free food, for like, the first time ever! [Feisty Foodie]
• Michael Cluizel will start serving Van Leeuwen ice cream soon [Feast]
• The NYT confirms that Mister Softee makes less money when it’s super hot [City Room via GS]

As seen on Top Chef. Photo courtesy of Phude-NYC

• Angelo Sosa is friendlier at Xie Xie than he is on TV [Phude-NYC]
• Cinnabon will soon serve lunch!?! [NRN via Grub Street]
• The sushi at Kodama (on W 45th) is not fresh [Tasty Eating]
• Check out this video of the madness on free Chick Fil A day [Feast NY]
• The pernil sandwich at Margon is also good [SENY]
• Don’t like the Shake Shack’s new concretes? Make your own! [LWFD]
• The new $1 pizza truck we told you about this week?  It used to be a Vinny Vincenz truck [Grub Street]
• Beware of the zombie Subway [Law & Food]

Photo courtesy of @TheFeastHQ

• Your first look inside the Midtown Shake Shack [FeastNY]
• The line for 88 cent pasta was very long yesterday [Eater;FitR;Grub Street]
• Eddie’s Pizza Truck takes way too long! [I Dream of Pizza]
• Another look inside Todd English’s food hall [The Atlantic]

If this doesn’t put you in the mood for the 4th, nothing will. Photo by FiM

• F&W’s Dana Cowin lunches at the bookstore outlet of Cafe Zaiya [Grub Street]
• ‘wichcraft’s breakfast sandwich is just aiight [SENY]
• Top 7 Cabbie Eats include some ML classics [Taxi Gourmet]
• Fay Da’s “red bean ice” is meh [Food in Mouth]
• There is something about holiday weekends that new restaurants love… Shake Shack might open on Tuesday [Eater]

Photo courtesy of Always Hungry

• The Napalm Burger from the just out of bounds Sandwich Planet looks like-a-one-a-spicy-a-meatball! [Always Hungry]
• If you’re going to hit up the new Macaron Cafe on Monday, the Norwegian looks like a good option [SENY]
• I guess not everybody thinks the burger at Schnipper’s is mediocre [Burger Conquest]
• On July 1st the Southwest Porch in Bryant Park will have a free BBQ [Eater]

Fresh spring roll, stuffed with fried wrapper = GENIUS! Photo by Nick Solares

• Nick Solares tries out the prix fixe lunch at Ma Peche [SENY]
• Layne gets her bagels from the cart on 53rd and 7th [Taxi Gourmet]
• Lawyers finally allowed to lunch in the NYT Cafeteria [Grub Street]
• OBAO makes a damn good version of Pad Thai [Chubby Chinese Girl]
• Meskerem has better lunch specials than Queen of Sheeba [Ramen & Friends]
• ML Happy Hour is all about “hanging with weirdos and bonding over food” [Tasty Eating]

Photo courtesy of James Boo from the Eaten Path

• Clearly Pam Real Thai is worth traveling out of bounds for [The Eaten Path]
• Bouchon Bakery’s nutter butter is a force to be reckoned with [Fork in the Road]
• Anthony Bourdain is excited to try Ramen Totto [Grub Street]
• Menchanko Tei is where MLers eat after Happy Hour [Feisty Foodie]
• The espresso granita from Joe the Art of Coffee looks very refreshing [SENY]
• Want a sneak peek at the newly designed McDonald’s on 46th?  Yeah, neither did we. [CCG]

The $7 house-smoked pork sandwich. Photo by Wined and Dined.

• There are some tasty looking under $10 sandwiches at the Plaza Food Hall [Wined & Dined]
• Vegetarians will like the eggplant dip at Marketa [Fork in the Road]
• The Treats Truck is opening a brick and mortar store in Brooklyn [Feed Blog]
• You can hire somebody to buy your lunch [Brick Underground via Grub Street]
• Want to see Josh Ozersky eat a macarella? Wish granted [Ozersky.TV]
• No toss up here… Bon Chon is “hands down” better than Kyochon [At the Sign of the Pink Pig]
• We’re not the only ones that like the falafel at Crisp [Ramen & Friends]
• Why would we want to eat at a cajun diner spurned by New Orleans? [Grub Street]