Midtown Lunch

Hooters celebrating marriage! What alternate universe is this? Apparently with a marriage certificate and this ad you can get up to 30% off your bill at Hooters. It’s only good next week, and strangely enough it’s only for husbands (What? Married wives don’t like discounted buffalo wings!?) No fine print claims you need to… umm… actually bring your spouse (just proof that she exists), so have at it boys!

Related:
Midtown Happy Hour: Hooters (Yes… Hooters. You know, for the wings.)

Photo courtesy of Donny Tsang/Serious Eats New York

Donny got a behind the scenes look at Four and Twenty Blackbirds for Serious Eats, while Ultraclay was shooting the Donuts Are Forever party at Santos Party House.  Brownie had some tasty looking dim sum at East Harbor Seafood, while Blondie was on the UWS eating Shake Shack’s peanut butter and bacon burger.  And over the weekend Chris H was at Prince II in Flushing (perhaps for another SE write up?) while Jeremiah tried out Stone Park Cafe in Brooklyn over the weekend.

Around the rest of the ML Universe… Andrea had a pretty strange bowl of pork udon Downtown at Sun Cafe near City Hall, Jamie is a big fan of Schlesinger’s pastrami sandwich and pickle bar in Philly, and I delivered my latest edition of 7 Things to Hate About Lunch’ing in L.A. (on Valentine’s Day… because that’s how I do.)

Over the past year there have been countless articles and blog posts and tv segments dedicated to helping entrepreneurs take advantage of the food truck explosion that has been going on lately.  But the latest entry, courtesy of eHow is quite possibly the worst I’ve ever seen.  I probably shouldn’t get so mad, but crap like this is the reason why so many food trucks operators get blindsided by what they didn’t know about running a mobile food business. The eye rolling starts on suggestion #2:

“Follow New York’s licensing and permit requirements to the letter and avoid obtaining a permit on the black market”

And how exactly do you propose to do that?

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I’m pretty devastated to discover that Salt & Pepper (on 33rd btw. 6+7th), one of my favorite lunch spots in Midtown, has closed. This was the place where you could get a large platter of rice, beans and stewed chicken or rice, lentils and stewed tripe or awesome Indian food for just $7. When I walked by there was no note, but I took a peek inside and the place looked totally gutted except for the counter where they used to have all their deliciousness laid out. *Sigh” I really hope they’re just doing some major renovations. Does anyone know what happened?

Salt & Pepper, 139 W 33rd St (btw. 6+7th)

Midtown South doesn’t have nearly the curry cart options found in the Rock Center area. There are a couple here and there, like the XPL truck on 33rd and 6th Avenue and the cart on 35th and 5th where I got the faux Italian sausage.  So, I was psyched this morning to see a new Halal Truck on 33rd and 5th, right across from Little Italy Pizza. The more the merrier, I say. No word on how long they’ll be around, so if you work near the Empire State Building and want some street meat without the schlep, check it out…

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