Midtown Lunch

Photo Courtesy of Colin Keefe

• I really wish Cafe Soho’s Korean Fried Chicken was under ML budget [Phila Weekly]
• Rotisseur started serving lunch this Thursday [Zagat]
• Supper has added a small plate serving of “Jewish Fried Chicken” to the menu [Grub Street]
• And for vegetarians who want to get their fry on, Adam Erace loves the tofu fritters at Circles [Meal Ticket]

Sawatdee, the lime green new Thai restaurant, opened on South St last Friday and both Meal Ticket and Yelp Philly hinted that I needed to check out their lunch menu.

Like Erawan, the lunch menu has you pick 3 courses. Here they do them for $9.95.

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For the 3rd week in a row, I am interrupting our regularly scheduled/centrally located programing to explore Northeast Philly. This week, it’s Pio Pio, a Cuban “deli, grocery, restaurant”.

With a name like Pio Pio, I assumed Peruvian chicken, since there are a whole bunch of Pio Pio’s in NYC who do just that. Further confusing me were the cute little hatching chicks on the awning, how could I not think it was a chicken joint?

While they do actually serve chicken along with American food (sandwiches, pizza, cheesesteaks) from a counter in the front, I was more interested in the Cuban food from the counter in the back.

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As is customary at Philly Lunch, every Tuesday we turn over the site to a different lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Philadelphia. This week it’s Chris, who I hear is quite the home chef. 

Name: Christopher

Age: 27

Occupation: Sales

Where in Philly do you Work?: Mt. Laurel, NJ

Favorite Kind of Food: Asian-y stuff.

Least Favorite Kind of Food: I will eat anything you put in front on me, but (non-fried) chicken is usually pretty boring.

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: The dude at 20th & Market for his falafel; its by far the best in the city. The lemongrass tofu banh mi at Q.T. Vietnamese (10th & Arch), usually supplemented by dessert from K.C. Pastries (10th & Arch-ish) and a couple lamb skewers from Solo (next to Q.T.). If your job is permissive about liquid lunches, Jose Pistola’s (15th & Spruce) frequently has Friday afternoon beer events and Monk’s (16th & Spruce) is way less crowded than during the evening.
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Opa, the new Greek restaurant in Center City, is starting to serve  lunch  next Monday (7/18) and is offering free lunches of their “toast”,  a traditional Greek pressed sandwich, to customers that day. It comes with Lancaster ham, manouri cheese, and honey mustard dressing, plus oregano fries on the side. Yum! I am always down for a fancy grilled cheese. I am also happy to report that practically all of the lunch menu is $10 or less. Burger fans be alerted, they are serving a feta stuffed hamburger.

Full menu after the jump

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