Midtown Lunch

Since I was so delighted by Potbelly’s Oatmeal & Chocolate Chip Cookie, I decided to go for a second round and try out their sugar cookie. Sugar cookies can be a tough dessert to pull off right, but evidently Potbelly has their dessert recipes down pat because this was another winner.

The cookie is the same size and price as the oatmeal chocolate chip, meaning that you get a big cookie for under $2. Also, just like the other cookie, this one was chewy with a little crispiness around the edges. The cookie has a pleasant amount of vanilla flavor and is sweet without being cloying. Plus there’s the added bonus of crunch from sugar sprinkled on top! The two wins in a row is making me excited to try their third dessert, the Dreambar.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop has two locations in Midtown.  One on 44th btw. Lex+3rd and one in the Rock Center Concourse.

With Potbelly Sandwich slowly blanketing Midtown, I decided to finally stop by their newly open Rock Center location to check out the desserts. When compared to some of the other dessert options around, theirs are fairly cheap, and apparently baked fresh for the shops. Since I was in a cookie mood, I picked up their oatmeal and chocolate chip cookie for some afternoon snacking. At less than $2, I was pleasantly surprised with what I got.

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Photo courtesy of @rolandopujol

Chicago sandwich chain Potbelly continues its bold march across NYC.  Their first location opened on Maiden Lane back in June, followed by a second location right here in Midtown on 44th btw. Lex+3rd.  Rock Center is presumably opening this month, and now this signage just went up on the NE corner of 37th and 7th. What’s next, a food truck?

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You can’t deny it, people love Potbelly (44th btw 3rd+Lex). There has been a line out the door everyday since it first opened last week (though I’m sure eventually it will die down). I was sort of on the fence about Potbelly at first. On one hand, from reading some of your comments, Potbelly seems like a slightly above average Subway (my Chicago friends think Potbelly is just meh) but then Andrea really enjoyed her sandwich at the Downtown store. Seeing so many people excited about Potbelly gave me hope about the sandwiches but I was still a little skeptical.

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Potbelly Sandwich Shop, the Chicago transplant whose first NYC location opened Downtown last month, opened their second location today on 44th btw. Lex+3rd and as expected the crowds are no joke despite some pretty nasty heat (they were giving out water to people in line, though).  It took me about 25 minutes from getting on line to leaving with sandwich in hand.  Glorified Subway?  Only time will tell.  Were you there?  What did you think?  Let us know in the comments…

Just a little reminder for those of you who might have forgotten… today is a big day for sandwich lovers who work in Midtown East.  The Potbelly Sandwich Shop on 44th btw. Lex+3rd opens today at 10:30am.  Early adopters, let us know how it is in the comments!

I walk by the Midtown east branch of Potbelly (44th btw. Lex+3rd) every day and haven’t seen any movement until couple days ago when suddenly metal fence, tables, and chairs appeared out of nowhere. Then we got word from Lunch’er Emmet that a worker at Potbelly told him they will open this Wednesday. We know how excited you guys are about Potbelly, and it sounded like Andrea loved the Downtown location– so we will most definitely be keeping an eye on this one…  UPDATE: Just got confirmation from the PR people.  Potbelly will indeed be opening this Wednesday.

It looks like Downtown and Rock Center aren’t the only places in NYC getting branches of the Chicago chain Potbelly Sandwich Shop.  This signage was spotted on 44th btw. Lexington+3rd by Lunch’er Drew, although by the sounds of these comments we probably shouldn’t get too excited.