Midtown Lunch

RIP Coluck’s challenging spaghetti. Via FitR.

• Barbarini may be moving from from the Seaport. [Eater]
• Tribeca restaurant news abounds! [Tribeca Citizen]
• Made Fresh Daily‘s frittata gets a shout out. [Blondie & Brownie]
• Hype-worthy ramen could be coming to the LES. [FitR]
• A virtual tour of Spanish food emporium Despana. [SENY]

Crickets count as protein, right? Via Lunch Studio.

• Complaints about a food truck parking on Duane St. [Tribeca Citizen]
• You can find a new antojitos spot on Spring St. Fancy! [Lunch Studio]
• Nolita’s Little Fox serves a bougie chicken sandwich. [SENY]
• McRib has nothing on a $4 banh mi. [Grub St.]
• You could get yourself free fro-yo for a year on Saturday. [ENY]

Feel confident going meatless at a certain noodle shop. Via SENY.

• There’s a new source of British food downtown. [Tribeca Citizen]
• You can now get famous pastrami delivered. [FitR]
• Do not get BK’s chicken parm. [Food in Mouth]
• A flashy Mexican resto’s coming to BPC [Diner’s Journal]
• An update on Seaport food & drink post Sandy. [ENY]
• Downtown has some good vegetarian soups. [SENY]

What a $14 Italian take on the Thanksgiving sandwich looks like. Via SENY.

• Barbarini‘s going to be out of commission for at least six months. [LA Times]
• Pret has a craveable roast beef sandwich? [Lunch Studio]
• “Noodle bliss” is found at Pok Pok Phat Thai. [SENY]
• Turns out food trucks aren’t a scourge on the city. [Grub St. ]
• I’ve broken the 90 barrier on the Gutbomb Index a few times. [FitR]

If only all sandwiches were less than $2. Via SENY.

• A guide to being a complete cheapskate in Chinatown. [SENY]
• Here’s an update on Seaport eateries hit by Sandy. [Broadsheet Daily]
• The smorrebrod at Aamanns-Copenhagen are “delightfully complex.” [TC]
• The brick & mortar version of the Bistro Truck gets a review. [NYT]

It’s officially giant bowl of soup weather. Via Lunch Studio.

• Eating soup in Chinatown is just one way to help downtown businesses. [Lunch Studio]
• A new cafe has opened in an old Bangal Curry space. [Tribeca Citizen]
• 100 reasons to eat downtown (not that you need any). [Fork in the Road]
• A look at what food trucks did to help Hurricane Sandy victims. [SENY]
• This guide to Tribeca cheap eats is random. [Citysearch]
• A look at newly-opened Aamanns-Copenhagen. [Grub St.]

There’s no pork in this Cuban sandwich. Via SENY.

• We’re finally getting our Danish open face sandwiches! [Diner’s Journal]
• Two WFC lunch spots are closing, including Au Mandarin. [Broadsheet Daily]
• A veg sandwich at Cafe Habana‘s a “weighty beast of a lunch.” [SENY]
• ICYMI: Food trucks are a terrorist threat? [Public Intelligence via Eater]