39th Street (just off Fifth) 212-719-4173. Two things I usually get - pastrami on rye, and the matzah ball soup (~ $12.00). When I've got a yen for raw fish, I go to Chiyoda Sushi at 16 East 41st (aka Library Way -http://www.grandcentralpartnership.org/\\... ). It's expensive (it usually takes me about $12.00 to get my fill) but no other take out place I've been to in the neighborhood serves anything quite as fresh and brine-kist, though I wish they didn't only offer the soy sauce, ginger, & wasabi in those awful little plastic packages. On the street, I've had excellent chicken and gyro platters ($4.25) from a Rafiqi's Delicious Foods stand on the southside of 40th Street just west of Park Avenue, and decent platters from the guys on the northeast corner of Fifth and 40th, and the southeast corner of Madison and 41st. Ratings for these and other stands can be found via Chowhound and Street Grub among other Websites. There are a number of more distant lunch spots that I don't go to on a regular basis, but are worth an occasional trip, including the Wolf's Bay Diner, the Diamond Dairy, the buffet at Ho Yip, the Cafe Edison (aka the Polish Tea Room), BBQ at Virgil's, and cuban sandwiches at Margon Restaurant. Lastly, a block away from MML, I've been a recent convert to Asia Culture Inc. (aka Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion) at 10 East 39th (halfway btw Fifth and Mad., southside of the street) 212-684-2100. Their kitchen