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Country Kebab’s Muchver: What Veggie Burgers Wish They Could Be

I know many of you are fans of Alfanoose on Maiden Lane (btw. Broadway & Nassau), but based on the couple of times I’ve eaten there I have to say I just don’t get the hype. Maybe at one point their falafel was phenomenal, but these days I’d rather head over the Crisp for one of their wild concoctions. One place that often falls under the radar and offers many of the same items as Alfanoose is The Country Kebab over at Fulton & Gold. A look at the menu showed something called muchver, aka zucchini patties. I’d had something similar at Pita Press and was interested in how Country Kebab’s version compared. Read more »

Posted by Andrea H at 10:30 am, February 16th, 2012 under Financial District, The Country Kebab, Turkish, Vegetarian.

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Reminder: Lunchtime Street Vendor Project Rally At City Hall Today!: A friendly reminder that street vendors and their supporters will be gathering at City Hall from noon to 3 p.m. today in support of two bills that would lower fines, including the $1,000 one for minor infractions. The Street Vendor Project organized the event and you can RSVP here for it, or just show up on your way to or from lunch.

Posted at 9:00 am, February 16th, 2012 | 0 Comments

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Grilled Cheese, Pizza At WFC Lot: The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker has some good stuff including Wafels & Dinges at 60 Wall, Frites N Meats is at Hudson & King with a burger called the "spicy jazz," and Sweetery and Big D's Grub are on the same block, Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur minus tofu, Rickshaw's on Wall St. and GO Burger is at Varick & Vandam. The WFC lot has Mike N Willie's, Valducci's, a new one called Mexico Blvd. Milk Truck and Coolhaus.

Posted at 11:16 am, February 15th, 2012 | 0 Comments

Are The Rice Platters At Big D’s Grub A Step Up From Street Meat?

If you’ve been paying attention to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, you may have noticed Big D’s Grub truck mentioning they have rice platters every once in a while. The truck mostly sticks with tacos and grinders with Korean meats, and they were quiet about introducing this new menu item that isn’t available every day. Yesterday they were in the Financial District and I decided that some Korean meat over rice was just what I needed to perk up a dreary day.

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Posted by Andrea H at 10:00 am, February 15th, 2012 under Big D's Grub Truck, Korean, Truck.

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Grilled Cheese, Korean Tacos All Over The Twitter Tracker: I think we should all celebrate the holiday that shall be named by eating a lunch that we love, right? Your options from the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker are Milk Truck at Wall & William, Our Heros has hot roast beef with mushroom gravy & mozz at Wall & Water, Gorilla Cheese is at Hudson & King along with Sweetery, Korilla's at Varick & Vandam, Big D's is at Hanover Sq., Taim Mobile's at Varick & King, Mike N Willie's is at Front & Wall and both Calexico carts are out in Soho. The WFC lot has Cupcake Crew, Bongo Brothers, Frites N Meats and Rickshaw Dumplings.

Posted at 11:19 am, February 14th, 2012 | 0 Comments

PROFILE: Downtown Lunch’er “Jeff”

As is customary here on Midtown Lunch, every Tuesday we’ll profile a different lunch’er and get their recommendations for places to eat in Downtown NYC. This week, we have Jeff who’s a relative newcomer to the Downtown Lunch scene but has already managed to find most of the quality places for Vietnamese sandwiches.

Name: Jeff Baum

Occupation: Litigation paralegal

Where you work: Broadway and Liberty St.

Age: 30

Favorite kinds of food: Spicy, authentic Thai food, or a really good steak.

Least favorite foods: Generally not the biggest seafood fan, especially for lunch.

Favorite lunches downtown: If I can spare the time to walk up, Xi’an Famous Foods on Bayard St.  (btw. Mott & Elizabeth) in Chinatown for liang-pi noodles is untouchable. More locally, I really enjoy the sloppy bao at Baoguette on Nassau (btw. John & Fulton) and the Taiwanese dumplings at the A-Pou’s Taste Cart (Multiple Locations). My grandfather and I try to get together for lunch every few weeks, and for a nice, sit-down place that’s pretty reasonable, Les Halles on John St. (btw. Nassau & Broadway) was excellent.

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Posted by Andrea H at 10:30 am, February 14th, 2012 under PROFILE: Downtown Lunch'er.

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Slightly Out Of Bounds Forcella Has A $10 Lunch Special: Yes, Forcella on the Bowery (at Bond) is a little outside of ML:Downtown boundaries, but they also have fried pizza. And starting today from noon to 4:30 you can get a margarita pizza with soup or salad for $10.

Posted at 9:30 am, February 14th, 2012 | 0 Comments

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