I’ve only heard about this magical truck, but had never seen it until this afternoon… the “Time Warner Cable” $1 ice cream truck is parked on 40th btw. 5+6th right now selling $1 ice cream cones (all proceeds benefit charity.) It’s Mr. Softee style cones (chocolate, vanilla, or swirl), with your choice of chocolate or rainbow sprinkles. They’ll be parked in that spot until 9pm tonight (8/3). Enjoy!
Been getting a lot of emails about tonight’s “special” episode of No Reservations, dedicated entirely to street food. My hunch is it’s a glorified “best of” episode featuring clips of street food that Anthony Bourdain has eaten over the past few years (but who knows?) Either way it’s must see TV for anybody who loves the street food, and from the looks of the commercial there will be some NYC action. (I even spotted the King Tut cart on 6th Ave. in Midtown.)
Check it out after the jump…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 3:15 pm, August 3rd, 2009 under Street Vendor Issues, Videos.
How Many Whoopie Pies Can You Eat?: A late addition to the ML Twitter Tracker today: "Street Sweets [Truck] is looking 4 potential contestants who would b interested in partaking in a Whoopee Pie eating contest..... anyone interested?"
Posted at 1:30 pm, August 3rd, 2009 | 8 Comments
In case you missed it, on Friday I was grilled over at A Hamburger Today– giving them my thoughts on the almighty hamburger. Here were my picks for best and worst burgers in Midtown:
“Tough to say. Fast food, thin burger: Five Guys (on 55th btw. 5+6th). Fast food, thicker burger: Burger Joint (on 56th btw. 6+7th). Burger from a Cart: Carnegie John’s (on 56th & 7th). As for the more expensive, sit down burgers, I haven’t had very many. But HB Burger (on 43rd btw. B’way+6th) and Beacon (on 56th btw. 5+6th) are both really good. And the worst burger I’ve ever had in Midtown was at this place called Arome Cafe on 32nd between Broadway and 7th Avenue. Somebody twittered @midtownlunch that their burger was “$5.50 and bangin'”. Against my better judgment (Arome Cafe is one of those terrible generic delis that Midtown is famous for, and Midtown Lunch does its best to fight against) I tried the terrible terrible burger. Bad meat (not unlike what I got in my Jr. High Cafeteria), bad flavor, poorly cooked. Couldn’t even finish it. Damn you, Twitter!”
Check out the worst burger I’ve ever had, after the jump…
Twitter Tracker: Have you checked the ML Twitter Tracker yet this morning? If you had, you'd know this (plus more): La Cense Burger Truck and the Cupcake Stop Truck are both in Midtown today, and the Steak Truck is serving a chicken cheesesteak hero with spinach dip (!?!) for $3.99 today.
Posted at 11:15 am, August 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Fans of Aroma Espresso Bar‘s UWS and Soho locations will be excited to hear that they have a third spot planned for Midtown (on 42nd Street btw. 2+3rd.) In addition to coffee they serve a menu of made to order sandwiches, soups, salads, and pastries. You know how I feel about these generic soup, salad and sandwich places- but I’m a sucker for grilled haloumi. And they’re serving it in one of their signature sandwiches.
Be Careful Ordering a “Snowcone” From Mr. Softee: Y'all thought I was crazy for thinking that you could actually get weed from a roasted nuts vendor!?! That turned out to be an April Fools Day joke, but this certainly isn't: according to the NYDN, a "Mister Softee vendor was scooped up for making deliveries of cocaine while blaring the trademark jingle up and down his Long Island route, cops said yesterday." [via Eater]
Posted at 9:30 am, August 3rd, 2009 | 0 Comments
Just got word that the Smorgaschef on 49th St. & 2nd Ave. has closed. It’s out of bounds and not really a Midtown Lunch (everything is over $10), but if you must partake there is another location on Park Ave. & 38th Street (where the old AQ Cafe used to be.) For my Swedish food fix I prefer the new location of AQ Kafe (on Broadway btw 57+58th), or FIKA Swedish Espresso Bar (on 58th btw. 5+6th), both with lunch options under $10.
Smorgaschef’s goodbye sign is after the jump…
Apparently my kid doesn’t believe in having a go-to lunch
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” will post 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.
A piece of advice: If you plan on a happy hour excursion to Bar Nine do so when the weather is nice. We did and found a very pleasant open storefront cradled by second hand couches that was perfect for al fresco boozing or perhaps while reading a book and enjoying a bite to eat, much like you’d expect at a café.
