Midtown Lunch

You know how you have that list of places you keep meaning to check out for lunch and then keep pushing to the back of the list as laziness and other options overtake you? Or is that just me? Anyway, La Esquina up in the greater Soho/Nolita area on Kenmare (at Lafayette) is one of those places for me. Every time I see a posting on their tacos or tortas I think “I should go eat that,” and then I don’t. Well, I remedied that the other day and was glad I finally made the subway ride.

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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]

Here’s a nice end to your week in lunches: Pret A Manger is having a grand opening at its store on Church St. (at Park Pl.) today and according to Tribeca Citizen is giving away free sandwiches (although there’s no specification on what kind or whether you can shove more than one into your purse). It all goes down starting at noon, so plan accordingly.

There’s an otherwise nondescript street meat cart on Gouverneur Lane (at Water) called Desi Food that has all manner of fish specialties posted on the front. The couple of times I’ve stopped by, they never have these things but what they do have every day is chicken biryani and since it’s been awhile since I’ve eaten a version from a cart I figured it was worth a shot since the $6 price tag wasn’t exactly going to break the bank.

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