Midtown Lunch

No lunch today, in NYC enjoying the Fancy Food Show. If you are lucky enough to be able to get in, don’t miss it! It is an endurance testing marathon getting though the rows of exhibitors. Meats, cheese, olive oil, and chocolate were most prevalent. Check out some pictures of the event from my “photographer” (sister).

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Photo Courtesy of Ethan.K, Narrow Focal Point via Jalopnik

•  Foobooz had a better experience at So Crepe [Foobooz]
• 10 weird food trucks around the world [Jalopnik]
• A new taco place is coming to Brewerytown [The Insider]
• Brian Freedman loves Cheu’s pig tails and brisket soup [Phila Weekly]
• Out in the burbs, Citron and Rose is doing lunch [Eater]

Cousin’s Grubhouse, a luncheonette in South Philly, was revamped under new ownership in March of this year, though I have no idea what the previous Cousin’s was like.   Few luncheonette style places like this are left  in the city; the kind Guy Fieri would visit on Triple D.  The menu includes all the breakfast staples you can think of, plus meat filled sandwiches, and things like hot dogs with peanut butter and bananas, chicken and waffles, and pancakes stuffed with bacon. Its a lot of comfort food to choose from.

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Today, Luncher John is eating giant portable BBQ.

I was very excited when the Guerrilla Ultima Truck appeared on the LOVE Park and City Hall Courtyard schedules this summer. Earlier this year, I spotted this truck in Pennsport, where it had been making occasional appearances. Recently, it expanded its schedule to now include weekly stops in Center City. It was worth the wait.
In its most basic description, Guerrilla is a barbecue truck, but that’s too simplistic to describe what it does. Guerrilla takes basic America barbecue, like pork or chicken, and integrates different cooking styles, such as Asian and Latin flavors.
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Border Springs Farm opened their lamb only stand a few weeks ago in the center of Reading Terminal. Their unnamed sandwich has gotten some recent attention (they can’t call it a gyro because of the limit on gyro stands in RT).

I wasn’t all revved up at the idea of  an undercover gyro, instead I picked something else off the sandwich menu and it ended up being one of the best sandwiches I have had recently.

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Photo Courtesy of Row Home Eats 

• Dews Deli in South Philly has some surprise Lebanese food [Row Home Eats]
• Taco Angeleno will bring tacos to West Philly [Under the Button]
• Don’t eat too much soy sauce or you will have a coma [Huffington Post]
• Cheu Noodle Bar did a lunch menu update [Meal Ticket]
• A Q&A with the new Brazilian BBQ truck [Zagat]
• Dim Sum Garden is moving! No more having to smell pee before you get your soup dumplings [Foobooz]
• Fried chicken coming this fall to U City [The Insider]

I found myself stuck in Liberty Place due to rain and needing something to eat. After surveying chains of the food court, I realized that Cafe Spice, still seemed like the best option.

I enjoyed their greasy Indian appetizers and chicken tikka 3 years ago (wow, time flies) and was happy to see it still sticking around Liberty Place.

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