PROFILE: Downtown Lunch’er “Eric”
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 Eric who has a weekly date with Xi’an Famous Foods, but otherwise eats in the Financial District.
Name: Eric “Stack” Quinlan
Occupation: Financial software guy
Where you work: Fulton and Broadway
Age: 37
Favorite kinds of food: Pasta, soup, stew, burritos, Thai noodles/curries, bulgogi, sushi, Chinese, goulash, sandwiches (bahn mi!).
Least favorite foods: Icelandic fermented shark, bread and butter pickles, whole raw tomatoes, some olives, most lunch time pasta places, save for Capri Caffe and Café Duke (in Midtown). I don’t mind Subway sandwiches or chain burger places, but I am ethically opposed to the notion that you should go there if you work in the city – go to a local deli, and get some local flavor.
Favorite lunches downtown: Xi’an Famous Foods (Multiple Locations) is good for the cumin lamb noodles. The “Numero Uno” house combo at Toasties on John St. (btw. Nassau & Broadway) – though a great hangover cure, I can’t do this one often. Toloache Taqueria on Maiden Lane (btw. William & Gold) for the taco and burrito specials. Steamed dumplings from a place on Henry St. (it just says “Dumpling” on the awning). (Ed. note – It seems to be called “Chinese Food,” and is btw. Catherine & Market).
The “go-to” lunch place you and your co-workers eat at too often: Xi’an Famous Foods – every Wednesday, rain, snow or shine.
