Midtown Lunch

• Shake Shack is opening at 11am at 2000 Sansom St!
• From 6:30 to 9:30 food writer John T Edge will be having a little fiesta for his Truck Food Cookbook at Yards Brewery. There will be a cheesesteak competition between 2 local food trucks (Lil Dan’s and Spot). Cheesesteaks will be $5 and Yards Brawlers are $4
• And Center City Sips begins today to wash it all down

While deciding where to take my roommate for her final lunch in Philly before moving back to Hawaii, we remembered that Mercato recently started lunch service. The promise of fancy pasta, outdoor seating, and the BYO policy was too good to resist and certainly worth the few dollars more per dish than the typical Midtown Lunch. With 235 reviews on Yelp, Mercato is a popular dinner spot. Reservations are only taken for early bird seating so the wait can sometimes be painful. This makes lunch the perfect time to go.

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• Get ready friends, Shake Shack opens next week. Actually, no it doesn’t…. ignore that, forget you know. I don’t want to wait in a longer line [Foobooz]
• Rittenhouse Tavern has opened for lunch with $15 burgers and $20 salads [Meal Ticket]
• Cheap Date Philly has an awesome round up of summer festivals [Cheap Date Philadelphia]
• Quince offers great baguette sandwiches and stuffed grape leaves [Philly Phoodie]