Midtown Lunch

Macaron Cafe is Getting Crowded These Days (Thursday, 1:30pm) Photo by Food in Mouth.

• The guys who made the Food Cart Song video, have a follow up video filmed at Carnegie Deli [Rhett and Link] 
• There will be $1 tacos at Toloache on August 26th [Grub Street]
• Starwich files for bankruptcy [Eater]
• The Red Flame Diner on 44th btw. 5+6th has been closed by the DOH [Blondie and Brownie]
• The Burger King on 47th btw. Lex+3rd has closed [Eater]
• Once again Yvo stalks our Downtown man Daniel, following him to Sam’s Falafel [Feisty Foodie]

Jamaican Patty with Coco Bread from Golden Krust. Photo by Food in Mouth

• Jiannetto’s pizza is not as good as everybody says it is [Food Mayhem]
• You should always get two patties at Five Guys [Food in Mouth]
• The Frogurt at the fruit place on 45th St. is not as good as the Frogurt from Forty Carrots [Blondie and Brownie]
• If you buy a Starbucks coffee in the morning, show your receipt in the afternoon for a $2 grande cup of coffee [Gothamist]

Midtown Truck Wars? Photo by nycblondieandbrownie

• Turf Wars: Wafel V. Treats Truck in Midtown [Eater]
• The mini panna cotta cups at Yushi are amazing [Umamimart]
• Cheap Ass Food hits up Taj Delhi Chat… [CAF]
• … and so does Danny from Food in Mouth (both agree it’s awesome) [Food in Mouth]
• Downtown Lunch’er Yvo is stalking our own Daniel Krieger [Feisty Foodie]

Photo by nycblondieandbrownie 

• Didn’t get enough of Street Meat Palooza?  There’s more about it here, plus tons more photos in the Midtown Lunch flickr pool. [Blondie & Brownie; Flickr]
• Even fashion designers eat street meat [Elaine Perlov’s Blog]
• Did you know the largest menu collection in the country is housed in Midtown? (Yes I am a menu collecting dork.) [SE:NY]
• Pampano Taqueria makes a good fish taco, and a good pork taco [Wandering Eater]
• Downtown Lunch: Yvo has already blogged about the Indian festival happening in the FiDi today [Feisty Foodie]
• The Treats Truck is now serving conecakes [Blondie and Brownie]
• It’s not in Midtown, but if you’re looking for lunch on Sunday, we’re having a Serious Eats: New York meetup at the Red hook ball fields [SE:NY]

Too bad they don’t serve this $3 sandwich regularly at ‘wichcraft.

• Brownie hits up ‘wichcraft at the Rock Center pop up food court [Blondie & Brownie]
• Public House will have an open bar tonight from 7 to 8 pm to apologize for planning steam pipe explosion drink specials [Gothamist]
• Starbucks will close 6 Manhattan locations by next year, and all of them are in Midtown [NYTimes]
• Cafe Spice, the Indian choice in the Grand Central Terminal food court, is not good [Gastronormous]
• Here’s a video of Top Chef’s Richard making popcorn popsicles [Urbanite]
• Dinner at Aoki is not as good as lunch at Aoki [Life With Food and Drink]

 
Orange Chiffon Cake from the Treats Truck. Posted by nycblondieandbrownie

• Treats Truck makes the New York Times, along with the rest of the dessert slinging mobile vehicles in the city [NYT]
• The Treats Truck is having a treat naming contest where you can win a $25 gift certificate [Treats Truck]
• Organge Chiffon Cake and Cupakes are the latest addition to the Treats Truck menu [Blondie & Brownie]
• Speaking of cupcakes, check out this video review of just out of bounds bakery Daiuto’s on 8th Ave. and 31st [Cupcake Takes the Cake]
• The Osteria del Circo gelato cart on 55th St. is M.I.A. [Word of Mouth]
• If you want expensive Italian food delivered, Mia Dona is now delivering throughout Midtown [Strong Buzz]
• The city plans on reducing Broadway from 4 lanes to 2 between 42nd St. and Herald Square to create more public space [NYT]
• Time Out New York puts out their annual Cheap Eats issue, and almost completely ignores Midtown [TONY]

Photo by foodinmouth

• The Grey’s Papaya on 38th & 8th is far superior to Papaya Dog [Food in Mouth]
• Ed Levine agrees.  Grey’s Papaya is one of the ten best hot dogs in NYC [Serious Eats: New York]
• A list of all the great rooftop bars in Midtown [Zagat Buzz]
• Profiled Lunch’er “Janine” put together this list of good summertime bars, and a few are in Midtown [Life With Food and Drink]
• Lunch has been discontinued at L’atelier de Joel Robuchon [Eater]
• Special peanut butter topped brownie from the Treats Truck.  Holy mackerel. [Blondie and Brownie]
• Look at the ice cream sandwiches from Cafe Zaiya! [Salty/Savory/Sweet]

 
Photograph by nycblondieandbrownie

• The Grand Central Oyster Bar take out counter is serving a Lobster Gazpacho [Blondie and Brownie]
• Two great breakfast ideas from Cafe Zaiya and Sullivan St. Bakery [NYC Nosh]
• Here’s a text coupon for free fries at Pop Burger [8 Coupons]
• You can meet Top Chef contestant Richard at Garrett Popcorn in July [Eater]
• More calorie posting lameness… two Dunkin Donuts, both in Penn Station, two different calorie counts [Tokyohanna]
• Hey… I know that cart!  (And I think our Downtown Lunch correspondent Daniel knows those girls) [Eater]

You can get sorbet and ice cream at Maison du Chocolat in Rock Center…
Photo by Kathyylchan.

• … and the best one is the Chocolate Sorbet [Serious Eats: New York]
• There is an erector set skyscraper in Rock Center (heh.  It says erect.) [Urbanite]
• Need a late father’s day idea?  Get a bottle of Blue Label engraved at Grand Central [Blondie and Brownie]
• If you get to have your job “review” at a fancy restaurant, go to DB Bistro [Life With Food and Drink] 
• Photos from the opening of the new Joe and the Art of Coffee inside Grand Central Terminal [Wandering Eater Flickr]

Lobster Stew from Free Foods NYC. Photo Posted to ML Flickr Pool by BlondieandBrownie.

• Free Foods NYC is expensive but the soups are tasty [Blondie & Brownie]
• The Dragon cuts deal with DOH… his famous street meat cart will not close! [Serious Eats: New York]
• Flo Fab discovers the rotisserie chicken at Boulangerie Cognac [NYT]
• With the addition of two more buildings in the area, Bryant Park may become more unbearable at lunchtime than it already is [NYT]
• You can find Frogurt in Times Square and the Grand Central Food Court [Su Good Sweets] 
• Chowhounders sound off on the new chaat place that opened inside the Indian newsstand [Chowhound]
• Just to show you I can be refined, check out the meal I had with my wife for our three year anniversary (not in Midtown obviously) [Serious Eats: New York]