Midtown Lunch

• The doner kebob at Brauhaus has “way too much meat,”is that a bad thing? [Foodzings]
• Shank’s Original (the one still open after the Enzo’s replacement) is serving roast pork sandwiches for 79 cents after 2pm for the month of September  [Foobooz]
• Chicken.org has opened on South St, and it’s both organic and kosher [Meal Ticket]
• Mexican Cokes might not actually be more delicious! I am very shocked by this news, I guess the glass bottle tricked me too [Serious Eats]
• QT banh mi dissapoint Philly Phoodie [Philly Phoodie]

Right across from Los Taquitos de Puebla is  “El Pueblo,” a shop selling homemade Mexican Ice Cream (helado), juice (agua fresca), and popsicles (paletas). I had never even heard of this place before and the day’s heat gave me more of an excuse to pop in. I found out that El Pueblo is open open during the hotter months and will probably shut down for the season at the end of the September. Though the brightly colored paletas looked tempting, inside I zero-ed in on that ice cream.

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