Midtown Lunch

I spent this past weekend in Chicago, and came away with a) a much greater appreciation of New York pizza (sorry Chicago, your deep dish is just aiight) and b) a complete and 100% fatman-crush on Hot Doug’s. A sausage temple like none I’ve ever seen, Hot Doug’s was (surprisingly) worth the 45 minute wait. It also got me thinking that I’ve never really done any hot dog posts on Midtown Lunch. Carts litter the streets, and I’m sure there are a few exceptional ones, but I’ve never really bothered to try them out.

Sure, we had Mandler’s for a second or two, and the Hallo Berlin Cart (on 54th and 5th) is a great place to satisfy your German sausage craving. But what about a straight up hot dog? I know we’re not going to get anything as amazing as Hot Doug’s, but there has got to be at least a couple worthwhile dogs in Midtown. Got any suggestions, post them in the comments.

In the meantime, more Hot Doug’s porn- after the jump (if you don’t want to be jealous of Chicago lunchers, don’t click through.)

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I don’t know how we missed out on this one but Oscar Meyer was giving away free hot dogs in Times Square today, and apparently Mario Lopez was here as well! He’s appearing in A Chorus Line half a block away, so
it’s unclear whether he was here as part of the promotion or he just wanted a free hot dog. Either way, he was gone by the time I got here, and the wienermobile is pulling away now. Damn you A.C. Slater!!!

Scary is a very relative term.  I’ve eaten alot of things since I started this blog that some would classify as scary.  A lot of people seemed geniunely frightened by my “Most Offal Midtown Lunches” list, and I’m sure a lot of those same people would be scared to eat octopus salad or anything off a cart.   There was also that Banana Sushi Roll from Bagelfeller– which coincidentally enough, I heard was going to be used in “Saw 4”, but it was just too horrific.

Well the other day, I saw a sign for something that even I wouldn’t eat… Read more »