Best eats within 10 minute walk of Empire State Bldg?

[kelvin8r]

Recently transplanted office from Penn Station to Empire State tourist trap. Any chowey places for lunch in the area would be deeply and heartily appreciated!

[Miss Needle]

Pio Pio -- Peruvian chicken
Artisanal -- bistro
Minar -- Indian
Koreatown -- tons of stuff there -- Woo Ri Jip for cheap and fast, but not as good as the restaurants, Won Jo, etc.
Olympic Pita
Szechuan Gourmet
Ali Baba

And if you're a fast walker, the Japanese places on 41st Street between Madison and 5th Ave.

[summerUWS2008]

Is Mandoo Bar still open (32 and Fifth)?

[TongoRad]

I'm at Madison/32nd, close enough to the ESB to have an overlapping 'territory'. You've listed a number places in my regular rotation, but I'll throw a few more out there.

Not too far from Minar is Famous Curry and Kebab- there was a bit of a discussion about it not too long ago:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/493466#3438298
Also in that thread are other recs for Curry Hill if kelvin8r is interested.

Tina's (Cuban) on Madison near 34th has a passable Cubano (the pickles are sliced paper thin and barely noticable) but they do make a sandwich that is waaay better. It's called the Fried Pork, and it's made with deep fried hunks of pernil, sweet plantains, onion and mayo- it's the thing to get. Their platters are overpriced, imo.

There is also Carl's Cheesesteaks and 2nd Avenue Deli to the east.

kathryn made some excellent suggestions in this thread:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/54187...
The kati rolls outside of Tabla are very good. I still haven't decided whether I prefer them to Roomali but I like 'em just fine.