New British Pub Coming to 45th Street: ML tipsters "J" and Elisa clued us in on a new British pub opening imminently on 45th between 5th+6th--sandwiched between the train shop and Sophie's. A quick pass-by yesterday yielded a glimpse at a nearly finished, dark wood and multi-tapped interior, but no one inside. Word on the street is the name will be Cock & Bull. Can't make this up people...
Posted at 1:45 pm, May 10th, 2012 | 6 Comments
Last time I had a sandwich, it was the horribly messy bulgogi beef sandwich from Sarah’s Kitchen. For $7.50 it left me hungry and unsatisfied. At that same time, a coworker of mine in his office just next to my desk was eating a sandwich as well. Unlike me, he had a much better experience. He had gotten an egg salad sandwich from Macchiato Espresso Bar on 44th btw Lex+3rd. The sandwich was so filling, he couldn’t finish it. Now if I were given a choice of sandwiches, I doubt the egg salad would be my first choice but my coworker raved about it. Well I needed something delicious after eating the bulgogi beef sandwich, so I decided to follow his lead and check out the egg salad sandwich from Macchiato.
This year instead of taking my mom to an overpriced brunch or sending her a bouquet of flowers that will quickly die, I thought I’d show her what it’s like to eat lunch in Midtown. Uncle Gussy’s was the perfect place to visit since the truck itself is run by a mother and her two sons. Along with Donny manning the camera, mom and I got to try their awesome Greek food and learn about how the truck came to be. This is the third in our series of holiday themed videos (following St. Patty’s Day and Easter) and probably the last one I’m bringing my mom on. Check out the video after the jump.
Free Cupcake Alert: According to Grub Street, Sprinkles on Lex bw 6oth and 61st will be offering one free cupcake today to each customer in celebration of their first anniversary in New York. The promotion happens from 9am-9pm and it's not quite clear to me how they will limit the freebies. Couldn't you get one in the morning and one again after work? Or will they be scanning your thumbprint as you pick up the cupcake?
Posted at 8:30 am, May 10th, 2012 | 1 Comment
Do you wonder what the ML contributors do when they’re not eating lunch in Midtown? (We’re actually pretty easy to stalk!)
Lunch at Hill Country Chicken – as seen in the pages of Travel + Leisure. Photo by Clay Williams.
Brian went to East Harlem for Al Pastor Tacos at Taco Mix, Donny is psyched about the return of the Red Hook Ballfield vendors, Blondie had Nacho Tots from Domo Taco, Brownie got a first look at the new Treats Truck shop, Chris had Lola’s Lamburger in Seattle, and I got a few of my Flatiron Lunch photos in the pages of Travel + Leisure magazine.
Elsewhere in the ML universe… Zach lists another 7 reasons to hate lunching in Los Angeles, Andrea had mind-blowing kati rolls in the Financial District and Jamie found a steakhouse burger for $8.37 in Philly.
Ramen lovers in Midtown, it looks like the second coming of Ippudo will be much later than originally expected. Last year, we learned that a January opening might be in the works, but one only needs to take a glance at the space to think that Crain’s might have meant January 2013, not ’12. Although I’m certainly not an expert at interpreting these things, the work permit seems to indicate that construction approval was only recently granted on April 18th. I called the East Village location to get more information, but received a “No Comment” from the person that answered the phone.
I’ve been quite intrigued by this current trend of fried pizzas, and after reading Chris’s review of Don Antonio‘s (50th btw 8th+9th) fried panini, I knew I wanted to stop by to try one out. Unfortunately since his visit, some of the lower priced options have snuck up $1, but still a buck shy of the ML price ceiling. I decided to take a gander at the other panini under $10, the Toscano. For $9, I will say you do get your money’s worth.
I recently learned in the forums that ML favorite, Hing Won recently ran afoul of the DOH (again) and were briefly closed last week for inspection violations. Last week I posted about the slightly out of ML price range Tuna Burger from the Oyster Bar’s takeout window and Midtown Lunch’r infoman411 called me out in the comments saying:
Are you sure you want to promote this place on ML? Did you happen to notice the Giant C in the doorway? They have it so that if the door is open you can’t actually see the fact that their NYC Dept of Health Inspection rating shows a C. What’s amazing is that I walk by every day and I never saw the rating sign until recently yet DOH site shows its been a C since December 2011.
I actually didn’t know that they received a C, I’ve since learned that the sign is posted in the corner near the door of restaurant, if you went straight to the take out window, as I did, there’s a good chance you might not see the sign at all. But it got me thinking…if I had known at the time that the Oyster Bar was a C, would I have cared? Would you care? Read more »
Sadly, we never got to try B-Bap, the quirky little Korean fast-casual restaurant on 9th between 54th & 55th. The place had always been on my ‘to review’ list, but fusion bibimbap just couldn’t get my excited enough to go out of bounds for lunch. Thanks to a tip from Michael, we learned that B-Bap has shuttered, and a Thai restaurant called Noodles Thai Kitchen has taken its place. The tipster seemed to like the food, so we’ll certainly be back for a full review.
Early adopters, please let us know in the comments what you think as well. In the meantime, you can check out the menu, which is right around the $10 price point, after the jump.
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