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Lunch in the Hallway?
By admins | January 20, 2010
Ok, we really don’t even know how to go about explaining this, so let’s just spit it out. Did you know people eat lunch in hallways? No, not just standing around snacking and gabbing with a co-worker, but actually eating at a restaurant in a hallway? Hmm, that doesn’t really explain it either. More specifically, did you know in some freight/service hallways in the Garment Center people are serving up food? Really!
How did we stumble upon this? Well, frankly we got a bit lost on the way to a sample sale and stumble onto a bizarre sight, right on 39th street (although the address is 550 7th avenue). In a loading dock/service hallway there was a counter and a guy frying up food and serving it to customers. It was one of those odd sights that make you think, only in New York. Now, we did not stop and eat there nor did we have a camera at the moment but as soon as possible we Googled the place. What was found online was even more surprising. It’s called Nick’s Place, and had been reviewed by the renowned Midtown Lunch and actually received decent comments. Plus their lunch special, which sounds yummy, costs $9.25, a bit steep for lunch in a freight hall if you ask us.
As if that was not surprising enough, according to Midtown Lunch, this was only one, of several hallway lunch spots in the Garment Center. Who knew? We spent some time on Midtown Lunch following this mysterious trail and found they highly recommend the food at one such spot, called El Sabroso, which serves up delicious Peruvian food. This spot, hidden away on 37th between 7th and 8th Avenues, has a rotating menu and everything is under $7.
So what do you think? Did you know about this? Do you know of any others? Would you eat lunch cooked in a service hallway?
All pictures are from Midtown Lunch
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Topics: food, garment center | 11 Comments » 
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January 20th, 2010 at 2:25 am
This must be the NY version of all the food trucks around LA. Go for it!
January 20th, 2010 at 2:41 am
How interesting! haha the cheap Asian in me would say “hell yes!!” but only if the prices were like, $6 ;)
January 20th, 2010 at 3:18 am
I am glad you posted this. When my agency moved offices over to this part o’ town a year ago, I also started finding weird freight entrance eateries. There is one in the same area between 7th/8th on 37th/38th that’s a good pita counter. When I walked in it was like walking into some secret world – everyone knew to walk in, where the line was in relation to their tiny counter and what to order right away.
Can we petition for Better Burger to deliver past 34th Street?
January 20th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
My question is: during these hallway meals do freight deliveries keep coming? I wouldn’t want to lose my place in line when some guy comes barreling through with a refrigerator delivery or a dumpster or something.
@Alicia – We got food trucks too, c’mon now.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
If the food is good, sure– why not? People eat cart food all the time…
BTW- I was in your nabe this week and will be again tomorrow!
January 20th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Interesting, it does sound like an only in NYC thing, yeah I’d try it. :)
January 20th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
That’s intriguing!
January 21st, 2010 at 1:34 pm
eating in a hallway-is that ok with the health dept?
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
I had no idea, that’s awesome. I’m sending this to co-workers and we’re hitting the docks. But I agree, needs to be under $9!
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:46 pm
i always brought my own lunch…not because of anything other than i’m too lazy to leave the building to eat!
January 30th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Ha! Nicks Place! It’s been there FOREVER and the food has always been good and is much healthier and fresher than most of the horrible storefront fare in the Garment Center. I remember after the first time I went there with a friend years ago – afterwords, having not paid much attention (& friend notoriously hard to reach) spent weeks trying to find it again! They had No signage whatsoever for years!