Midtown Lunch

Over the summer when I first heard that a “sustainable”, “local”, “Latin”, food truck was coming to Center City I couldn’t have been more intrigued. Now the truck is all set up and is serving lunch Wednesday through Sunday at LOVE Park, Norris Square, and Headhouse Market. The menu is ambitious, with things like choripan sandwiches and hanger steak wraps it sets itself apart from other food truck in the city.  When finally making my way to order at the lime green truck, I was greeted by some friendly gentleman who told me that today was a good day- heirloom tomato salad was being served with the meals.

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Photo Courtesy of Drew Lazor

• Sign up and get a free Chik fil a breakfast today and tomorrow [Chik-fil-a via Meal Ticket]
• And Meme is giving out a bit of its fried chicken for their 3rd anniversary on 9/29 [Meal Ticket]
• On 9/15, Square1682 is handing out chicken and fried egg sandwiches to celebrate the season premiere of Its Always Sunny [Phoodie]
• Resurrection Ale House will be selling its fried chicken, not giving it away, on 9/21 but after 5, the restaurant is giving away free snacks [Foobooz]

Yes, I am reporting on chicken for the 2nd day in a row. But for good reason. Last night, while on a food adventure, I stumbled into the Grand Opening celebration for Barbacoa, Upper Darby’s new Peruvian Style Rotisserie Chicken Place.

I really had no idea what was going on, but I walked in and was handed a plate of chicken to try out.

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When Rotisseur opened for lunch this summer, I wondered if it would fall under the ML under $10 budget. The claims of “cage-free, hormone-free, antibiotic-free” chicken and sides made me skeptical it might not. Then I found out that the entire menu, unless I was craving a whole chicken for lunch, would be ML affordable.

On my trip there, I admired the way the small space was decorated with just the right ratio of modern to homeyness. The counter of magazines and newspapers to read while you wait was a nice touch, though I preferred people watching at the big window facing 21st Street.

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I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend. I know I did, thanks to this guy…

Can you top that?

And on another note, Cheap Date Philadelphia reports on fun and cheap local dates, sometimes with tips from fellow bloggers. Recently, she let me take her for a lunch time date in Chinatown and wrote all about it here. Check out dating, Midtown Lunch style!

• 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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