BLOCHO'S TACOS

I work in Times Square.  Beyond the tourists, the Elmo/Cookie Monster/Spider Man/Topless Ladies asking for photographs and tips, it's also a bit of a dead zone for delicious easy going lunch options. There are some gems nearby -- Le Pain Quotidien near Bryant Park, City Kitchen (the Smorgasburg of Midtown/Theater District Eats), and if you're down to take a walk to 11th Avenue, you can always indulge at Gotham West Market. I typically eat a salad for lunch and will run out to grab something and bring it back to my office. However, the $8 salad from the place across the street is getting old. Out of laziness and a desire to walk out of the office with only my cell phone, I looked on LevelUp to see where I could go and pay with my phone. [Much more can be said about "mobile wallets" and loyalty programs and how are phones are changing our behaviors.  Another time.] So, I open the app and see what's around and BAM. Lenwich (the new Lenny's) is on Lev...

You know when you're slightly hungry but really not sure what you want to eat and would love a little variety plate to nibble on? Enter La Picada . I'm relying a lot on Google and Wikipedia to help me explain these new dishes to the masses (by masses I mean my handful of readers.  Thank you, readers), so according to Wikipedia a picada is a Colombian dish with various meats that are usually fried  and accompanied by yucca and plantain and maybe potato. I know a picada to be essentially a meat and cheese platter in Argentina with olives and maybe some other antipasti type accouterments that are not fried.  The name picada  comes from the verb picar  which means to sting, to bite, to nibble on . During my week in Buenos Aires, I dined on many picadas and always loved how satisfying it was to have many different options in front of me. My favorite picada was at El Nono Amigo   Almacén .  This small neighborhood restaurant has ample outdoor...