We reported just last week that the workers of Naked Pizza have officially descended on Midtown East. Even two days after opening, guys in green shirts holding signs, passing out menus, and screaming about the wholesomeness of this pizza could be discovered as far as two blocks away from the store. Their hawking must have worked because the tiny little take-out spot was jam packed when I arrived around 1:00pm the other day.
Newly Renovated Starbucks Times Sq. is Open: The Starbucks on 47th & Broadway has reopened, and is now the chain's flagship NYC location. What exactly does that mean? Beats the shit out of us... but feel free to try and decipher this list of all the new high tech features available in the newly renovated (and LEED certified?) Times Square location.
Posted at 8:30 am, September 19th, 2011 | 0 Comments
Photo courtesy of Kathy YL Chan
Well some of you may or may not know that I love adding cranberries to burgers, so it she be no surprise that while walking by Cafe Hestia (3rd btw 43+44th) a sign for a $6 Thanksgiving sandwich caught my eye. Cafe Hestia looks like any other Pret A Manger or Cosi or Europa in Midtown. But besides sandwiches and salads they do serve ramen and bibimbap. But how did Thanksgiving taste in the middle of September? I wanted to find out…
Posted by Donny T. at 11:45 am, September 16th, 2011 under Cafe Hestia, Sandwiches.
Peter Bjorn & John Want To Give You Free Wafels: The band Peter Bjorn & John are in town today, and will be giving away free waffles as part of their "All You Can Eat" Tour. Starting at 12:30pm, the first 35 people who hit up the Wafels & Dinges truck on 52nd btw. 6+7th and say "Gimme some waffles" score a free WMD. [via Eater]
Posted at 11:00 am, September 16th, 2011 | 3 Comments
Every Friday our man UltraClay goes south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.
The Limelight’s new incarnation of shopping destination and snacker’s paradise hasn’t quite worked out as well as I’d hoped. Grimaldi’s finally showed up, but the promise of pizza by the slice never materialized; the Limelight Grill, which served sausages, sandwiches and burgers made for a nice outdoor lunch at a decent price, but has since been replaced by Todd English’s Crossbar. Even most of the sweets stands that were inside have shut down. Still, I was in the neighborhood after dropping off film from my South America trip and decided to wander through to see what’s new inside. What I discovered was that Jezalin’s, the little gourmet deli inside is offering some lunchworthy options that either weren’t there before or I just never noticed.
Cer Te Also Taking The $5 Slow Food Challenge Today: It turns out 'wichcraft isn't the only spot in Midtown offering a special $5 lunch today in honor of tomorrow's Slow Food Challenge. Cer Te has followed their lead and will be offering a "“Slowwww Vegetable Lasagna”, for just $5 today. It features roasted local vegetables, NY state goat bechamel, the sauce is made from Jersey tomatoes and it will be available at both Cer Te (on 55th btw. 5+6th) and Pizza by Cer Te (on 56th btw. Park+Lex).
Posted at 8:30 am, September 16th, 2011 | 0 Comments
Not sure how we missed this one, but thanks to Lunch’er Elliot for tipping us off… Mondello, the pizzeria on 37th btw. Mad+5th that was willing to put meat sauce on your chicken parm, shuttered about a month ago. No word on why or what will be replacing it.
When I first heard about Schweddy Balls, Ben & Jerry’s latest Limited Edition flavor named for the classic Alec Baldwin SNL sketch, I had to go check the Rock Center shop to see if they had scoops. And come on, Schweddy Balls are tailor made for amusing interactions.
Me: “hi, I’d like a cup of Schweddy Balls.”
Woman in business suit next to me: “Getting some Schweddy Balls today?”
Me: “Yup.”
Woman in business suit next to me: “Me, too. Those are some good Schweddy Balls.”
Posted by Brownie at 1:30 pm, September 15th, 2011 under *Rockefeller Center, Sweets.
We’re coming down the home stretch to this year’s Vendy Awards, which are taking place next Saturday on Governor’s Island. Last week the Dessert Finalists were announced, a few days ago we found out there was a New Jersey category added this year, and just a few minutes ago Grub Street released this year’s Rookie Finalists. And here they are (you may recognize a few from the streets of Midtown!)
You will able to read more about each of these nominees on the Vendy Award website later today.
