Midtown Lunch

Mmm…tacos from an immobile bus. Courtesy of Lunch Studio.

• Tacombi finally got rid of its ordering system involving tickets. [Lunch Studio]
• Great NY Noodletown is fancy-Austrian-chef-approved. [Eater NY]
• BLTs are back at Tribeca’s ‘wichcraft. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Baked vs. steamed buns at Mei Li Wah. [Serious Eats NY]

Two kinds of dirt cheap poultry, both delicious. Courtesy of Serious Eats NY.

• Apparently one of Ruben’s Empanadas can fill you up. [Lunch Studio]
• Recommended eating after a city hall wedding, including Carl’s Steaks. [Fork in the Road]
• Roman pizza can be had at Piazza Seventeen. [Eater NY]
• Chinatown’s Big Wong King has two good lunches for less than $4. [Serious Eats NY]

This is one of the top things to eat at the Seaport. Courtesy of Fork in the Road.

• Good news for those of you who love Danish open-faced sandwiches. [Tribeca Citizen]
• You can get Robicelli Cupcakes at Battery Place Market. [Serious Eats NY]
• There’s a familiar name on the opinion page. [NY Times]
• L’asso has a lunch special for two. [Lunch Studio]
• Wooly’s Ice sounds like it might qualify as dessert for lunch. [Eating in Translation]
• There are 10 good places to eat at the S. Street Seaport?! [Fork in the Road]

Mmm…pork chop. Courtesy of Ultraclay.

• Yep, Wall St. Burger Shoppe is officially closed. [Crain’s]
• A dumpling crawl requires eating a lot of pork and chives.  [Feisty Foodie]
• Tribeca Treats is selling brownie ice cream sandwiches that I want right now. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Want to find a good pork chop over rice in Chinatown? There’s an app for that. [Ultraclay]
• The shrimp sandwich at Bread has a lot going for it. [Lunch Studio]

It’s the Vietnamese version of a sausage biscuit. Courtesy of Serious Eats NY.

• Yet another take on Nom Wah’s dim sum. [Blondie & Brownie]
• There’s a tiny cafe in the Jewish Community Project building. [Tribeca Citizen]
• Everything at Hampton Chutney kind of tastes the same. [Lunch Studio]
• Soul Daddy couldn’t even make it at the Mall of America. [HuffPo Food]
• Newish pizza places Tresanti and Rubirosa are part of a pizza smackdown. [Zagat Buzz]

Everyone needs more gelato in their lives, like this from La Cremeria. Courtesy of Eating in Translation. 

• Parks in Tribeca and SoHo are getting some kick-ass food options. [DNAinfo]
• Paris Sandwich has a banh mi involving omelette. Breakfast banh mi? [Lunch Studio]
• Help decide what goes in the old Bangal Curry space. [Tribeca Citizen]
• It’s out of ML price territory, but this lamburger sounds like it’s worth it. [Serious Eats NY]
• The Manhattan outpost of Mile End might be worth heading out of bounds for. [Grub St.]

Looks like a Pax pressata, but so much better. Courtesy of Serious Eats NY.

• The skinny on why Soul Daddy closed its Seaport location. [Eater NY]
• A restaurant and gelato chain among those being booted from the WFC. [Broadsheet Daily]
• Hand-pulled noodle hunting in Chinatown. [Serious Eats NY]
• Two bites in, the pork from La Nueva Conquista was “breathtakingly good.” [Lunch Studio]
• In non-lunch news, Tribeca’s Pelea has an all-you can eat happy hour taco deal! [Feisty Foodie]