Midtown Lunch

Totally forgot to mention this… my trip to 57 Napoli Pizza e Vino wasn’t all bad. The deli downstairs sells a motley arrangement of quality baked goods: a selection of macarons from Macaron Cafe, various super-large cookies from Eleni’s, and morning pastries from Ceci-Cela. On my way out, I picked up a chocolate and salted caramel macaron that tasted fresh enough (even though the salted caramel had shamrocks on it.) A great find for sweets lovers in Midtown North…

C’est Bon Cafe, 120 E. 57th (btw. Mad+Park), 212-888-7272

Every time a new pizza place opens in Midtown I get hopeful that we will be one step closer to ending the Midtown pizza debate once and for all. 57 Napoli Pizza E Vino seemed promising enough but a bit too expensive, until they introduced the $6 10-inch personal pizza made with fresh mozzarella. It seemed too good to be true.

Could this be the Midtown Lunch fancy pizza savior we’ve been waiting for?

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Now that Downtown has its very own section of the site, what are we going to post on Fridays at 10am? Answer… how about a new column devoted to those lunches just south of the ML boundaries. Please give a warm welcome to Jason Lam from the blog Me So Hungry. Every Friday at 10am he’ll post about lunches in Murray Hill south, Grammercy, Flatiron, and everything in between… or as we’ll call it from now on: Flatiron Lunch.

The early media blitz for the new No. 7 Sub shop at the Ace Hotel did it’s job, so much so that that they ran out of bread during their soft opening. Yesterday was their official “opening day” and I checked in to find out what every Midtown Luncher wants to know (at least of those of us who work around there) are these fancy, hipster hotel lobby subs worth the $9 price tag and the hype.
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• Who doesn’t want a nice Belgium Trappist Ale with their drugstore sushi? [Midtown Eating]
• It’s just out of bounds, but…$2 falafel alert! (although Luncher “Goats” wishes there had been more balls) [Midtown Eating]
• Mustang Cafe has joined the $5 lunch trend for this week only. I hope they extend it! [Midtown Eating]
• The ML happy hour meetup on Tuesday included a Shake Shack glutton fest (and there’s video) [Midtown Connections]

Didn’t see our tweet last night to wear yellow? (Or saw it, but ignored us?!) That doesn’t mean you can’t get a free waffle today. Check out this genius who fashioned a tie out of light yellow post it notes! Also spotted, a necklace made out of what looks like construction paper.

Check that one out after the jump…

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Following Zach’s mediocre L.A. Jamaican food truck experience, Jamie discovers one in Philly that serves stew chicken over mac and chese!?! Are you joking?  We need to get the Jamaican Dutchy on this. Can anybody say “Tuesday special”?

Photo courtesy of Lunch’er “Shavon”

Reports are pouring in from 48th and 6th, where apparently the Schnitzel & Things Truck is being asked to leave by the cops. From Lunch’er “Joseph”:

Cops told the Schnitzels people that once they were done serving people in line, they had to close up. Apparently (according to the owner), it was because Fox was complaining about the truck being in their space.

I see. So trucks are an exciting new trend, and a commendable small business… until the cameras are turned off. 48th and 6th… isn’t that the same spot Fox News does all their “street trucks are great!” interview pieces?

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