Friedman's Lunch

...is located inside NYC's Chelsea Market at 75 Ninth Avenue. I had a craving for fried chicken, but one of their fryers was being cleaned so the waiter offered me their gluten free fried chicken - using rice flour. I tried it and was pleasantly surprised - it was very crispy and I couldn't tell it was gluten free. The mac n cheese was not.

Neither was the delicious chocolate bread pudding a la mode. This generous serving was served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Bassetts Ice Cream - Philadelphia

...is located inside the Reading Terminal Market at 11th and Arch in Philly.

They have dozens of flavors and I couldn't decide...so I went with an old favorite - Moosetracks!

A single cone was $3.

Lowcountry

...is located in NYC's Greenwich Village at 142 West 10th Street and features Carolina fare.

"M", "S" and I started with fried pickles with Green Goddess dressing ($5). These sweet pickle discs were perfectly fried in cornmeal and the dressing gave them a little zing.

"M" had the skirt steak with creamed brussel sprouts ($22) , "S" had the baby back ribs with pimento macaroni salad ($19) and I had the fried chicken biscuit with gravy ($17). We also shared an order of mac n cheese with bacon and jalapeno ($9).

"S" said her ribs were oversauced, but liked the pimento macaroni salad.

"M" was very happy with her medium rare steak and brussel sprouts.

My fried chicken was not crispy, but it was a juicy chicken breast and the biscuit was good. We all liked the mac n cheese.

We shared the apple pear cobbler with ginger ice cream ($8) for dessert. The homemade ice cream was a unanimous hit!

Markt

...is located at 676 Sixth Avenue in NYC's Chelsea.

"A" and I shared a bottle of Lindeman's Framboise -raspberry flavored ($15), the daily special appetizer of sliced filet with tomatoes and micro greens ($16) and macaroni gratin ($16) - a delicious little casserole of mac n cheese.

And we shared the Dame Blanche ($7) - vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream; and the warm Chocolate Tart with pistachio ice cream ($10) - a warm molten chocolate cake. Delish!

Hung Ry

...is a new restaurant locateded at 55 Bond Street in NYC's East Village that specializes in homemade/handmade noodle soups.

"M" had a Laos beer and I had a ginger Bionade (German all natural soda).

"M" and shared two appetizers: the short rib with daikon and shiso ($6.50) which was enveloped in foam and the squid, guajillo and pumpkin seeds ($6.50).

For soups we both opted for the thin noodles:

"M" had the smoked pork belly with tongue, brussel sprouts and roasted radishes ($16). The pork belly just melted away when you took a bite.

I had the duck breast, gizzard and roasted peppers ($16). The duck was served medium and very good.

And we had to try the dairy/gluten free chocolate and coconut ice cream. It had the same cream flavor and texture as regular ice cream!

Well worth another visit to try some other dishes.

Chop Tank

"E", "J" and I enjoyed a wonderful 3 course prix-fixe dinner at Chop Tank located in NYC's Greenwich Village at 308 Bleecker Street. Also included was a wine tasting with each course.

Each table was served a basket of home made Old Bay potato chips - very addictive.

"E" and I decided to have the white wines and "J" had the red wines.

"E" started with the shrimp taco while "J" and I both had the fried oysters - crisp on the outside and very moist on the inside.

"J" had the fried chicken - which was several pieces of chicken coated with extra crunchy batter.

"E" and I both had the lump crab cake entree.

For dessert "E" had 2 scoops of the homemade cinnamon ice cream and "J" had 2 scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream. I had the Smith Island layer cake - 10 layers of vanilla cake with chocolate frosting - excellent!

The food and service was excellent, but the restaurant was quite noisy.

Molyvos

...is located in NYC's Midtown at 871 Seventh Avenue.

"A" started with an Amaretto Sour ($9) and I had a glass of Rose wine ($10). Then we shared the lamb spare ribs ($8) which were very tender and tasty.

"A" had the Mousaka ($22) and I had the Ravioli stuffed with lamb and eggplant ($21) - both were very good.

We shared the Molyvos Sundae (vanilla ice cream with honey and halva) for dessert ($9).

DQ - Minneapolis

This Dairy Queen is located in the Minneapolis airport.

I had an Oreo Blizzard ($5.35) - what a great treat while waiting for a connecting flight!

Culver's - Milwaukee

Culver's is a chain of fast food restaurants. I visited the one located in the Grand Avenue Shopping District in downtown Milwaukee.

I had a single burger with cheese, fries and a medium soda ($5.45). The fries were good, but the burger was dry and disappointing.

So I topped off lunch with a small cone with vanilla and pumpkin pecan frozen custard ($2.59).