Midtown Lunch

I’d like to pretend that I’ve mastered the art of taking advantage of free food deals.  You know… get in, grab free stuff, get out unscathed.  But sometimes they do work on me.  On Friday, I stopped by Kyotofu to grab their free bag of mini muffins, and ended up buying a pumpkin/chocolate soft serve.  And a week before that I stopped by the Street Sweets Truck for a free mini pumpkin whoopie pie, and ended up with a full sized pumpkin whoopie pie and their latest creation… the macarella.  What can I say, I couldn’t resist.

What the hell is a macarella?

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I guess the Schnitzel & Things truck was inspired by last week’s This is Why You’re Fat Eat N Tweet Challenge, because on Friday they decided to wrap a bratwurst in pork schnitzel- you know, for schnitz and giggles*. They haven’t decided if they will add this… thing to the menu, which has yet to be named (I’m pushing for “porn dog”), but I think it would be a delightful sister item to the already grotesquely beautiful schnitzel burger.  In the meantime they’re hard at work in the “schnitzel lab” trying to perfect some new options that will be unveiled next week as part of a completely revamped menu.

A list of new dishes you just might see a week from today is after the jump…

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Wafels & Dinges Owner Thomas enjoying his own ‘This is Why You’re Fat’ Creation

• Halloween sweets have arrived at the Treats Truck [Blondie and Brownie]
• The lunch box is the best thing about Boi Sandwich [Donuts 4 Dinner]
• Front Studio also loves the sul long tang at Gahm Mi Oak [Lunch Studio]
• A coffee lover’s look at the Ecco now being served at Joe The Art of Coffee [SENY]
• The new NYT Restaurant critic loves Five Guys [Diner’s Journal]
• Xie Xie’s fish sandwich beats out Num Pang’s fish sandwich [Fork in the Road]
• Bring a lot of napkins if you get the hot dog kolache at Kolache Mama [Pink Pig]

If you like to eat, chances are you like to drink (read: a lot of you are freakin’ lushes), so I thought maybe it was time to introduce a happy hour column to the site. Every week, our Happy Hour Correspondent “Mamacita” posts about a different bar in Midtown that fits the Midtown Lunch mentality: unhealthy food, not lame (unless it’s lame in a cool way), and most importantly… cheap.  Because it’s Halloween on Saturday, Mamacita figured she would give you a list of all the Happy Hours and Halloween parties going on tonight and tomorrow night.

All Hallows’ Eve may rival St Paddy’s for the most lubricated holiday of the year, that is, unless you spend Christmas with the in-laws. There’s a parade, revelers dressed in ghoulish costumes, and drunken masses hitting the bars. To top it all off this year it lands on a weekend. Who could ask for anything more? Here is the round up of local haunts for tonight and Halloween:

NYC’s biggest drunken stumble of them all starts tonight with a three-day bar crawl engulfing many a Midtown staple. More than 100 New York City bars are participating. Your ticket includes cover charges and drink specials at each and every bar on the trip. The official “Midtown bar crawl” is tonight, October 30th and continues to November 1st. Tickets are $15 for a single night of crawling, or $30 for all three nights, although you can get discounted tickets here .

Registration begins at TG Whitneys (on 53rd btw. 2+3rd), and lasts from 5-10pm. There will be drink specials including $2 Bud Light, 2-for-1 Pumpkin Ales and 2-for-1 Halloween Cocktails (Drink Specials May Vary at Each Bar.) For more info, and a list of participating venues go to Halloween Now.

But wait, there’s more…

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I’m pretty sure that this sign isn’t brand new, but thanks to Lunch’er Daniel for bringing it to our attention.  Did you know that Kwik Gourmet (on 47th and Park) has cut prices by 50 cents on most of their items?  (I think the chicken mini roll is the only one that has stayed the same price.) That means if you are willing to walk a bit farther you can get Kwik Meal food, at a slight discount.  I’ve never done a side by side comparison of all the Kwik Meal carts (there are 3 in total,not including the pasta cart) but in theory they all serve the same food- and for 50 cents less, I might be inclined to take a chance.  (What can I say?  I’m a cheap bastard.)

If there’s one thing I see a ton of walking around Midtown every day at lunch, it’s people dressed up in ridiculous costumes handing out fliers to people. It’s hilarious to see some of the outfits that restaurants force their employees to squeeze into, so for Halloween this year I decided to forgo our standard “scariest lunches in Midtown” post in favor of a First Annual Midtown Mascots Halloween Challenge!

How well do you know your Midtown Mascots?

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Last month we reported that the Blarney Stone (on 3rd Ave. btw. 45+46th) had added sliders to their menu-which already has a pretty decent full sized burger.  Today, Blondie and Brownie bring the news that they’ve said “purists be damned” and have started selling pulled pork “sliders” as well. $6 gets you three of these bad boys, plus fries, onion rings, or rice and beans.