Midtown Lunch

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Today’s Groupon is pretty awesome, $28 worth of Mexican things for $14 at Los Taquitos de Puebla. Half off  carnitas, quesadillas,  and eyeball tacos? Hurray! Don’t forget to enjoy the wall art.

I was running late for something very important and impressive and a quick and easy lunch at Mezze, right in the middle of Reading Terminal, fit the bill.

They have several lunch combo possibilities, with half sandwiches, small salads, etc. For the sake of saving time, carbs, and money, I chose the cheaper combo ($7)- a small salad and a soup.

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• Tomorrow is the annual harvest festival at Reading Terminal
• The guys at Miga are opening up a much larger Korean rice bowl spot on 12th and Walnut [Meal Ticket]
• Federal Donuts (selling donuts and fried chicken) opened on Monday, here is a video checking out the space [The Feast]
• Tashan, the fancy Indian restaurant that recently opened, is now serving lunch with a $15 2 course plus sorbet deal [Foobooz]
• Yumtown Food Truck travels around serving a great pulled pork sandwich [Philly Phoodie]

Zio’s makes great pizza. But my favorite thing about this 13th Street staple comes not as a slice, but in ball form.  For under $5, a Zio’s rice ball is a perfect hot, cheesy, meaty lunch.

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