Midtown Lunch

This pancake needs no syrup. Courtesy of Bionic Bites.

• Pork pancakes are the thing to order at Henan Flavor. [Bionic Bites]
• Tribeca now has kosher conveyor belt sushi. [Tribeca Citizen]
• It’s out of ML price range, but damn this lamb sandwich sounds good. [FitR]
• You have less than 10 days to hit up the San Gennaro fest. [Eater NY]
• It’s best to stick to classics at Odeon’s ice cream cart. [Serious Eats NY]

This sandwich inspires hoarding. Courtesy of A Passion For Food.

• The meatballs at La Nueva Conquista look naked. [Lunch Studio]
• Chipotle is coming to the non-fancy part of Tribeca. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Apparently Cafe Habana is a go-to spot for elote. [Fork in the Road]
• A veg sandwich at Soho’s Olive’s is good enough to buy three at a time. [Passion For Food]
• Potbelly‘s sandwiches don’t fare too well in a taste test. [Grub St.]

There’s a lot of fuss about this sandwich. Courtesy of Tribeca Citizen.

• Fancy macarons are probably coming to Soho. [Eater NY]
• Who wants a spleen sandwich next week? [Tribeca Citizen]
• Pho isn’t the only game in town at Pho Grand. [Fork in the Road]
• Wooly’s Ice has moved locations, but it’s still good. [Blondie & Brownie]
• Pepe Rosso To Go‘s papparedelle is a winner. [Serious Eats NY]

Does this come from the best pork chop house? Courtesy of Bionic Bites.

• Socarrat is opening a sandwich/pastry shop next door. [Metromix]
• Horribly-named Kool Bloo is opening an outpost serving dinerish food. [Tribeca Citizen]
• A place serving Mexican Japanese food with a conveyer belt’s coming to Soho. Seriously. [Grub St.]
• Peach tarts can be lunch, right? [Lunch Studio]
• A bit more info on Torissi‘s sandwich spin-off, Parm. [Time Out NY]

The tendon is good, but the service, not so much. Courtesy of Eat To Blog.

• Epistrophy Cafe is good for both gnocchi and wild hand gestures. [Lunch Studio]
• There are some good things food-wise coming to Tribeca. [Tribeca Citizen]
• You won’t find any noodles in Sheng Wang’s fish soup. [Fork in the Road]
• Hoomos Asli’s combination salad is enough for two people. [Serious Eats NY]
• Chinatown’s Mee Sum Cafe has OK food, crappy service. [Eat To Blog]

A shrimp roll from Luke’s is great for its price tag. Courtesy of Food In Mouth.

• A Chinese take on the egg McMuffin? [Eating in Translation]
• Debating the protocol of picking up a phoned-in lunch order at Torrisi. [Lunch Studio]
• There’s a Pret opening in Tribeca. Yay? [Tribeca Citizen]
• It might be best to not order off of Nyonya‘s lunch menu. [Serious Eats NY]
• Tribeca’s Stuzzicheria is opening a takeout annex for one sandwich. [Grub St.]
• Mexicue is opening a second shop on Forsyth St. [Eater NY]

So happy I never ingested this. Courtesy of Fork in the Road.

• There’s a truck selling organic lunch behind City Winery?! [NY Nearsay]
• Roll and Go is called out on the awfulness of its teriyaki slice. [Fork in the Road]
• Soul Daddy mastermind blames burrito chain for its brief life. [Eater NY]
• Soho Park usually has a decent burger. [Lunch Studio]
• Tribeca’s Barzinho has closed, taking its $10 lunch specials with it. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Some tips for ordering banh mi at Paris Sandwich. [Serious Eats NY]