Midtown Lunch

• Halal is the new Hot Dog [NY Times]
• People who work at the stores on 5th Ave. need to eat lunch too [Food Candy]
• A brief bit about Amalia and E-Mo Kim Bap [NY Times]
• Midtown Gets a “Screwy” Gastro Pub [New Yorker] 
• Jezebel has closed… but Piece of Chicken remains [Zagat]
• New Speakeasy set to open in Midtown on Wednesday [Rare Daily]
• I like Cheap Ass Food! [CheapAssFood]

• Looking for Lunch on Saturday?  It’s not in Midtown, but Serious Eats, A Hamburger Today & Gothamist have 3 hamburgers they want you to try.  [AHT]
• A McDonald’s in Midtown lost it’s lease?!?! [Grub Street]
• Kanye West loves soul food.  And some of it is in Midtown [WSJ]
• Sushiden.  Good, expensive sushi- with two Midtown locations [Chowmaster]
• NY Mag Links to A Hamuburger Today’s Link to My Picture of a Carnegie John’s Hamburger. Can you follow that? [Grub St.]

• In N Out Burger is coming to NYC?!?!  Keep your fingers crossed for Midtown [AHT] 
• Hawaiian Tropic Zone is Totally Misunderstood [Grub St.]
• Gen goes to the Lunch Box Buffet on 34th St.  Don’t get too excited.  It’s not all you can eat. [Foodies R Goodies]
• Want Soup Dumplings in Midtown?  Go to Joe’s [Plate of the Day]
• Pret is opening a new location on Madison & 49th [Grub St.]
• Mechanical Bull coming to Rock Center on Monday! [Eater]
• Su hits up the Treats Truck… [Su Good Sweets]
• …which coicidentally enough is in Midtown this afternoon! [Treats Truck]
• Finally I write about a Serious Sandwich you can walk to from Midtown [Serious Eats]

• I alert Eater to some weird Yushi comments.  Their verdict: 100% Shill [Eater]
• Have you been to Dillons?  Gordon Ramsay has.  And now it’s Pumina. [NYObserver]
• The most expensive meals in NYC.  Surprise!  Most are in Midtown.  [Gridskipper]
• That’s a nice picture of the Rock Center Farmers Market! [Gothamist]
• Zagat “breaks” the news about Five Guys Burgers opening in Midtown [Zagat]
• FRG does Midtown!  Hits up Chef Yu, Go Go Curry, Mandoo Bar & Yoshinoya [Foodies R Goodies]
• Roboppy does her own little tour, hitting up Menchanko Tei, Muldoons, & Ciao Bella Gelato [Girl Who Ate Everything]
• Next week is Restaurant Week.  $24.07 will get you a super fancy lunch [NYVisit]
• Another of my sandwich posts went up this week.  Anyone know where I can get a beef and sauce in Midtown? [Serious Eats]

Jiannetto’s Pizza unveils their new truck on 47th & Vanderbilt (btw. Mad+Park).
6th Ave. Truck coming in the next “week or two”.

MIDTOWN LINKS

• Food & Wine says Han Bat is best off the beaten path Korean [Mouthing Off]
• There are free concerts during lunchtime near Grand Central every Weds. thru Fri. [GCP]
• The lack of reponses to this post is very telling [Chowhound]
• Check out Anthos for Fancy Greek in Midtown [Amateur Gourmet]
• This has nothing to do with Midtown Lunch, except that I wrote it, and I know you all love Po’Boys [Serious Eats]

• Midtown Lunch awarded “Most Useful Blog For Hungry Midtowners”.  Honored of course, but wonder- are there any other blogs for Hungry Midtowners? [Debonair]
• The food places in Grand Central seem to be pretty profitable [NY Post]
• If you have a ton of money to blow on Sushi, it doesn’t get much better than Sushiden [Chowmaster]
• Food & Wine Mag Blogger Looking for Google Employee to swap lunch with [Mouthing Off]
• This week’s Profiled Midtown Lunch’er goes off on the $11 Midtown Salad [What Pushes My Buttons] 
• Robyn Makes Us Want to extend the Midtown Lunch boundries again with her pictures from Island Burgers & Shakes [Girl Who Ate Everything]

MIDTOWN LINKS

• As if you needed to be told this- stay away from by the lb. Salad bars on hot days [NY Post]
• Daily News discovers the Diamond Dairy [Daily News]
• E.I.T. goes Midtown Crazy: Djerdan, Grand Central Oyster Bar, Oms/b, & Brother Jimmy’s BBQ [Eating in Translation]
• A few of the best bagels in NYC are in Midtown [Gridskipper]
• Delis are Dying off but Carnegie & the Stage Live on [TONY]
• An inside look at the Times Sq. Spotlight Live [Grub St.]
• Another sandwich worth walking west for? [Nosher]

Manage to get through all of those links? As a reward, here’s a buy one get one free Jamba Juice coupon, passed on by a Midtown Lunch’er. I haven’t actually tried to use it, but it looks legit!

Rasberry Chocolate Brownie from The Treats Truck
See all the Treats Truck Porn on the Midtown Lunch Flickr Page

MIDTOWN LINKS

• Pret getting set to Starbuckify NYC [NYSun]
• Fried Calamari is Not the Only Great Sandwich at Tuscan Square [Grub St.]
• Gothamist Hits Up Go Go Curry [Gothamist]
• Botox on Your Lunch Break!  What about lipo?  [Gothamist]
• Best Sandwiches in NYC… a few from Midtown [Gridskipper]

I’m embarassed to admit it… but this was my lunch yesterday.  I know it’s terrible to bring my lunch on the 1 Year Anniversary of this website, but truthfully, after looking back on a year of eating, I was feeling kind of fat.  Now before you say “Uh… Zach.  There are cheetos stuffed in that sandwich… how does that qualify as healthy?”.  They were baked cheetos.  BIG difference.  And it’s homemade tuna fish, so not as much mayo.  And yes, I do still put cheetos in my tuna fish sandwiches, and yes I am still 8 years old.  Tuna melts are acceptable, right?  Don’t cheetos qualify as cheese?  (…a crunchy version of cheese)

MIDTOWN LINKS

• I am so jealous this wasn’t me!  Amateur Gourmet sneaks into the Conde Naste Cafeteria.  (Why won’t anyone offer to take me!!!) [AG]
• Roboppy goes to Go Go Curry [Girl Who Eats Everything]
• The description of an amazing lunch at Insiemme… oh, and btw- it cost $170 [Chowhound]
• A good Sushi place on Seamless Web for the folks in Midtown East [Gaijin Girl]

After the jump- Authentic Texas BBQ in NYC, the best Cuban Sandwich in the world, Dinner with the winner of Top Chef 1, and more… Read more »

I need to make it to Koreatown more often! This pic is from one of my favorites. Woorjip on 32nd btw. 5th & 6th Posted to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Group by Seraphim

MIDTOWN LINKS

• Duck Tongue at Wu Liang Ye from the same girl who took that picture above-  Hello!  [Foodies R Goodies]
• This guy hates Ressie May’s Soul to Go.  Maybe he should have ordered the fried chicken and waffles!  [Natty Bumpercar]
• The good reviews just keep on coming for Insieme [NY Observer]
• I’ve been there too… and it was indeed delicious. [Midtown Lunch Flickr]
• Remember 7 Square?  It’s going to become a Serafina [Eater]
• NY Post rips on the Shake Shack, lists their favorite burgers.  Two are in Midtown.  [NY Post]