$3 Lunch Reminder: Don't forget... today at Gourmet 53, all lunches are $3 to celebrate their 15 Anniversary. 11:30am to 3pm, limit one lunch per person, and it's cash only.
Posted at 11:15 am, November 18th, 2009 | 7 Comments
When the famous Kwik Meal cart opened up a pasta cart last month on 45th btw. 6+7th, I have to admit my expectations were pretty low. First taste, though, was much better than I expected– and I guess they’re doing well enough to expand the menu. In addition to the original three angel hair dishes, they are now serving penne with meat sauce, and linguine with salmon.
Can You Handle More, My Peach?: Now that the frenzied blogger dust has settled around the Ma Peche preview menu being served in the mezzanine of the Chambers Hotel (on 56th btw. 5+6th), Ed Levine checks in on Serious Eats: New York with a proper "review". He tries a few things you may not have read about yet, like the chicken soup and breakfast- available daily from 6:30 to 11am.
Posted at 9:30 am, November 18th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The owners of the Kashmir Buffet (on 8th Ave. btw. 39+40th) can’t seem to make up their mind. The Pakistani/Indian buffet, which used to boast about their 30 year history on their sign, changed to The Cave (after some DOH issues), back to Kashmir, and now this… The Times Bar & Restaurant? They still offer a $10 lunch buffet, and according to a worker in Kashmir Express (the takeout spot located at street level) the food is still the same… although he admitted that Kashmir Express and “The Times” are no longer owned by the same people. No idea what any of this means, but I can’t imagine naming your restaurant after a newspaper is going to help business. Unless maybe you’re an otherwise nondescript halal cart…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, November 18th, 2009 under Kashmir, Times Restaurant.
Where was I at 2pm today? At Pret of course (along with god knows how many other Midtown Lunchers), trying the chocolate chunk cookie that Serious Eats: New York dubbed best in Midtown yesterday. Soooo good. Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, good mix of chips and chunks. (You may say the secret ingredient is the warming case.) I went to the Pret on 7th Ave. and 36th and while I walked north, enjoying my cookie, I passed by a girl coming out of the Pret on 39th and 7th holding her cookie. (Coincidence? Possibly… but whatever. It’s more fun to think everybody is rushing out to eat cookies because of NYC food blogs.)
There are almost 20 Pret a Manger locations in Midtown, so you should have no trouble scoring one in our neck of the woods (if you haven’t already.) With only two locations Downtown, our lunch friends to the south might have some problems. This was twittered by @ahemler at 1:15pm today: “Pret on Maiden lane sold out of choc chunk cookies. You guys are savages.” Doh!
Related:
Pret Wins Best Midtown(ish) Cookie
The owner of Gourmet 53 (the great lunch spot in the basement of the building on 3rd Ave. btw. 52+53rd) checked in the other day to tell us about a great special they’re having tomorrow (November 18th)… in honor of their 15th Anniversary, Gourmet 53 will be rolling back the prices to 1994. That means their “Classic Lunch” (aka anything they’re serving tomorrow) will be $3! Hors d’oeuvres will be served (hello free coconut shrimp!) and there will be a lottery for one month of free lunches. The special will be from 11:30 to 3pm, limit one $3 lunch per customer, and it’s CASH ONLY. Can you say pandemonium?
Related:
Gourmet 53 is One of Those Places I Should Have Mentioned Years Ago
Superman is Back!: Profiled Midtown Lunch'er "Lawrence" (aka NYCFoodGuy) is back after a four month hiatus. Read about his very first experience with Sichuan cuisine... a 13 course, free "press meal" at Lan Sheng (on 39th btw. 5+6th.)
Posted at 1:30 pm, November 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Every Tuesday I turn over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Midtown. This week I’m excited to welcome Amy from the site Amy Blogs Chow. Not only does she have a great website, with funny videos of her making “Stupidly Simple Snacks”, but she was also one of the attendees of my Crash Course in Food Blogging at Whole Foods (in her defense, though, those two things are completely unrelated.)
Name: Amy
Age: 25
Occupation: Freelance Writer for Zagat and offManhattan.com. I take photos of food and blog about it on my own site, Amy Blogs Chow. Plus, I make s’mores on YouTube.
Where in Midtown do you Work?: Close enough to the UN to be cordoned off from the building every time someone with a black limo and national flag pulls up.
Favorite Kind of Food: Corned beef sandwiches, sushi, medium rare cheeseburgers, cookies, cakes. Thai and Italian cuisine. Barbecue. I’m also quite happy about the fried chicken trend.
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Licorice.
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: Any of the rice balls and croquettes at Oms/B finished off with coffee and a chocolate chip cookie from Macchiato Espresso Bar (on 44th btw. Lex+3rd). When I worked on the west side, I would go to Kashkaval (on 9th Ave. btw. 55+56th) for the goat cheese and caramelized onion panini, which I would drown in balsamic vinegar before eating. I love the pad thai from Wondee Siam (on 9th Ave. btw. 52+53rd) too.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, November 17th, 2009 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
No Schnitzel Today: The Schnitzel & Things Truck was going to try out a new spot today (maybe on 50th btw. 6+7th?) But after yesterday's "incident", they will be closed. They hope to be back tomorrow (on Park btw. 26+27th). [via ML Twitter Tracker]
Posted at 11:15 am, November 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments
