What is your go-to fast lunch, or the dinner you can get on the table in a half-hour flat?
A couple of empanadas, perfectly turned crusts that are crisp around the edges and plump with spicy chicken, savory Argentine sausage or other fillings, make a fine fast lunch.
For an estimated 50,000 workers at the MetroTech Center, Borough Hall, the Brooklyn courthouses and the law offices along Court Street, Montague Street is a convenient half-mile strip along which to grab a fast lunch, run to the bank, get a manicure or buy aspirin.
For a fast lunch, arrive early to grab one of the first spots in line (people start lining up at 10 00 before the 11 00 opening) at Shiki Menya, the brainchild of a father-son team of Japanese chefs that have turned this ramen noodle shop into one of Calgary's most talked-about lunch spots.
The fabric that makes Coney Island the tapestry of the human condition is a sideshow banner that can sum up the place in one word: "Thrills!" Becoming Icarus on a fast lunch break may not be the wisest life choice I've made, but it's the daring spirit of Coney Island that I hope will thrill you, thrill me and make for the meal of a century.
Even a fast lunch is more appealing when served appropriately.
When they met for their super-fast lunches and after-work drinks, they were often joined by Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota, who was defeated last year.
Bookings at Per Se are going fast, though lunch reservations are a last-minute possibility.
The company is experimenting with things like Seaside Express, a fast-serve lunch option from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in two of its Red Lobster restaurants in Orlando.
Ron tells Leslie that he bought himself a greasy fast-food lunch, "in honor of your never-ending quest to personally baby-sit each and every American citizen".
