Midtown Lunch

_{One of Yesterday’s Specials @ the Treats Truck
Chocolate filled Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwich}

• Naked guy gets locked out of Olive Garden, but infiltrates Tad’s Steakhouse in Midtown [NY Post]
• The Treats Truck has added Butterscotch Bars to their every day menu… and the Chocolate filled Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches are almost there. (They’ll also be at 38th & 5th today from Noon to 3:30pm) [Treats Truck]
• The Harlem Globetrotters will be at the Midtown Sbarro’s on Wednesday! [Zagat]
• Comfort Diner, Bouchon Bakery & ‘wichcraft have the best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in Midtown [Gridskipper]
• Famous chefs will be cooking under $10 lunches at the Hard Rock Cafe, the last week in October?!? [Grub St.]

_{“Rice balls” from Oms/b
Posted to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Group by Stu Spivack}

• Nosher discovers the glories of East Side rice balls at a Midtown Lunch favorite [NYC Nosh]
• Purnima on 54th is still empty, despite Gordon Ramsay’s help [Zagat]
• Bistro Desaret & Johnny Rockets will fight it out on 3rd Ave. during lunchtime [NY Sun]
• The Hooters on 56th had a big calendar party the other night! [Gawker]
• New Midtown Japanese Omido gets mentioned by FloFab, NYMag & Metromix [Eater]
• Bouchon Bakery alum will be chef at the Columbus Circle Blue Ribbon [Hote Chatter via Eater]

• Gridskipper’s recs for Midtown Lunch’ing.  Where did they find all these places!? [G’Skipper]
• New Japanese Tea Shop Open on 51st & 3rd Ave. [Mouthing Off]
• Grayz finally opens.  Lunch is from Noon to 2pm [Grub St.]
• For Some of the Best Cheesecake in Midtown, bypass Junior’s and head to the Time Warner Center [Ed Levine]
• Carnegie Deli Pops up on Most Overrated in NYC List [NY Post]

The Hello Kitty Fruit Cart on 45th & 6th
Posted to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Group by Tam

• Sarah Jessica Parker Loves Street Meat! [Grub St.]
• Looking for a place to take an after lunch nap?  [Portfolio]
• Food & Wine Loves FreeFoods NYC [Mouthing Off]
• FloFab Goes to Certe on 55th [NY Times]
• Blue Ribbon Sushi Coming to Columbus Circle in October? [NY Mag]
• Inakaya coming to the NY Times Building Next Year [Eater]
• Andre Mika Returns to NYC and gives high praise to Landmarc [Fork NY]
• A Bulgogi Cart Pops up in Washington DC! [Washington Post]

Five Guys Burgers on 55th St. btw. 5+6th as of yesterday. According to Eater, they will be open next month

• According to NY Mag, Kwik Meal is the odds on favorite to win the Vendy’s [Grub St.]
• There is a $23 PB&J Available in Midtown [Epicurious]
• Gourmet Midtown Lunches [Bloomberg]
• Nosher & Hungryman hit up the new Thai spot on 8th Ave. [NYC Nosh]
• Jean Jeorges gets a makeover [Eater]
• Gothamist goes Taco Crazy in Midtown West! [Gothamist]
• Best Tacos in NYC list includes Toloache, Tehuitzingo, Tulcingo del Valle & Pampano Taqueria [NYDN]
• Kyotofu will supply sweets to a new Midtown East Tea Shop [Mouthing Off]
• Midtown Lunch Friend Ed Levine redesigns his site, with a total focus on NY Eats [Ed Levine Eats NY]

• $25 And Under Hits Up Go Go Curry [NY Times]
• And yet, it doesn’t make the “Good Food Near Port Authority” piece [NY Times]
• Ed Levine Discovers the Chicken Mini Roll at the Kwik Meal Cart [Ed Levine Eats]
• One of the best Po’Boys in the City is on 9th Ave. [AMNY]
• Nosher Takes Hungry Man to Margon for Some Octopus Salad & a Cuban Sandwich [NYC Nosh]
• Fancy Tacos at the Toloache, the new Midtown Mexican [Grub Street]
• AG & Roboppy hit up Cho Dang Gol in Koreatown [Girl Who Ate Everything]
• More Korean Food Porn… this time from Kunjip [Gothamist]

Indian Food Express adds a second cart on 47th & Park. The original cart is still on 53rd & Lex

• How to eat a lunch that keeps you productive all afternoon [Lifehacker]
• Brad Pitt Eats at a Midtown Hot Dog Stand [Perez Hilton]
• That Boi to Go Banh Mi Photo Looks Really Delicious [Gridskipper]
• We lose one of the earliest Midtown Lunch readers to a project that goes against everything this site stands for [52 Projects]
• Sietsema hits up Olympic Pita [Village Voice]
• Serge’s Sarge’s on 37th & 3rd is the most underappreciated deli on the East Side [Lost City]
• Best Burger in NYC is the Burger Joint at the Parker Merdien [London Times via AHT]
• Want Special Treatment at BLT Market?  Say you’re Gael Greene [Insatiable Blog]
• The late day pizza deal at Naples 45 has gone up to $1.50 [ML Comments]
• My Midtown West Dinner w/ Nosher & Hungryman [NYC Nosh]

• Times Square to get even more Tutti Frutti [Gothamist]
• Nosher & Salli Vates hit up Burke in the Box [NYC Nosh]
• Amish Market gets DOH’d all over town [Eater]
• 44 will re-open as Brasserie Forty Four [Eater]
• Gen hits up Al Baraka Turkish Buffet… [Foodies R Goodies]
• … and then follows it up with the oh so weird Blue Pig Ice Cream [Foodies R Goodies]

And one late addition…

• Adam K. checks out Mitchel London Pizza in Midtown West [Slice]

• A list of lunch places around 30 Rock- so pitiful, I’m almost ashamed to link to it [Gridskipper]
• We are we so lucky here in Midtown?  First Kobe Club, now Wild Salmon.  Jefferey Chodorow is awesome. [Eater]
• Apparently Frogurt at Bloomingdales is the best Frozen Yogurt? [chickarina]
• BLT Market and Crave Ceviche Bar open up in the far reaches of Midtown [NYMag]
• Ramen 101.  Apparently Sapporo is great for “Miso” Ramen TONY]
• The Fast Food Indian Cart gets an artistic presentation [Sketch of the Day]

• Forgot to link to this review of Porterhouse in the Time Warner Center last week… [Off the Broiler]
• … and then this one went up this week [Ed Levine]
• Followed up by this post about the best steak houses in NYC.  2 of 3 are in Midtown! [Ed Levine]
• The pork sandwich at Shorty’s (the new Tony Luke’s) [Eating in Translation]
• Sakagura, Madeline’s, Little Italy Pizza, Pick-a-Pita, Blockheads & Sukhadia are all hidden jems [NY Post]
• Where to eat while you’re waiting for Yakitori Totto [Gothamist]
• Sangria 46 & Mitchell London Pizza are open for business [Eater]
• After the blast Midtown East delis struggle.  Sophie’s Cuban won’t re-open for weeks.  [NY Times]