Fresco On The Go
“This is definitely the best grab and go lunch place in Midtown East.”
“We have only ordered delivery from Fresco, but several times we did, it was absolutely amazing.”
“Great portion size and great flavor.”
Fresco On The Go
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
7 reviews
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Haven't been to this place for at least two years and today dropped by quickly for its salad. For a small salad (6 toppings) priced at around 10 bucks, I would say it is at about the average price level in this area. You also have no limitation in terms of choice, protein or veggie. The only complain I had is their limited option of dressing.
Plenty of seating space inside, even during busy hours at noon. If you have nowhere to turn to after grabbing the food, Fresco is your ideal spot!
Coffee tastes like ass. If you drink it black. No wonder they gave me a look when I told them I don't want milk.
Anyhoo, after the lactaid and sugar were added, 'twas a decent cup o' joe.
Will try their soup/sandwich combo next week and update.
This is a good lunch spot in midtown. It's crowded and noisy but the food is good and the price is quite reasonable. There are prepared food and salad/pizza/pasta that's made to order. A good variety of food for everyone to choose from!
I rarely change my weekday lunch spots, but today I wanted something new and exciting! So my friend recommended this place because there are places to sit. The place was pretty crowded, but orders were taken relatively quickly and the line to pay was quick as well. Most people did takeout so we were able to snag a table for a little bit.
The menu is very extensive. They have everything from fish to salads to sandwiches etc. So picking what I wanted was difficult until I saw there was a meatball sandwich on the menu (YES, DECISION MADE). The sandwich was $8.50+tax and had 2 meatballs about 3 inches in diameter on a roll with some extra sauce and parm cheese. And I got an iced tea (which is included with a meal). I have to say, the meatballs were very good, but the price seems a bit steep.
This place was good with a good variety but is nothing amazing.
*FYI – Prices on their website were different than what was charged in store
"Yeah, whanna ya what?!"
"Erh?"
I would like one order of tomato base penne pasta, please.
"What?!"
"Ya, erh here you go!
Erh!!"
The servers belong to a deli as this gourmet restaurant do not suit their extreme lack of communication skills as they are crass of having no education in civilized etiquette. Customer service is of the unfathomably nasty who are the vulgar and complete lack of etiquette for callous attitude. For an utter shocking $8.50 for a small hot entree of penne pasta I was still famished both in my stomach and my bank account. It completely drained my food allowance for the month. Avoid Fresco On the Go as you'll be wasting your money for little food quanity at bankrupt prices of crappy gourmet quality!
This gourmet deli restaurant sits opposite of the BlackRock open atrium.
As time goes by this place has become a
More frequent place to order lunch.
They have a decent size menu but what seems to be the best are the Salads & Roll ups.
Salads that have constantly been good are the Chicken caesar ,love the croutons The Chicken Milanese salad is great , nice tasting chicken & dressing better when they don't drown it in dressing.
Both Chef & Cobb salads are always good as well.
Another good salad is the Mediterranean , add chicken makes it better good dressing.
Not a big fan of the Asian salad they add way too many bean sprouts , good dressing tho.
Roll ups best is still the Chicken Caesar, The Steak Roll up is pretty decent as well.
The Tuna Roll up is actually pretty good, good tasting tuna a bit too many onions but still not bad.
Roast beef sandwich ok & The Meatball Parm hero is not bad.
They also have a pretty decent Fresh roast turkey sandwich.
We tried the Calamari & it was ok , think they over fried it a bit dipping it in the sauce makes it taste better good sauce.
finally still enjoy the Margarita pizza super thin crust not bad.
Over all they have decent prices , quick service & delivery if u order in.
Good lunch place.
This is a very strange place for a gourmet restaurant to open. Its basically one of those lunch places that has a bunch of options which largely overlap. I came here because Fresco was the first place in NYC to offer grilled pizza, was on the NYMag pizza list, I was in the area for an interview, and I enjoy grilled pizza in general.
First off, the staff here is not that bad. They seem a bit moody, but seeing the kind of people they have to deal with, thats to be expected. They're the kind of people who are working in food service because its their job, not because they love what they do. There's also too many of them, and it seems like this place might have some management problems in that they have so many extra people around, but I digress. Regardless, they aren't that bad, and they were actually quite friendly to me.
However, the majority of the people who go here are yuppies. They walk around like they're better than everyone else, sneer at each other, get their overpriced lunch, and then go back to work. I held the door when I was coming in for about 10 people, and didn't get one thank you, for example. Fucking yuppies.
Regardless, I got a small margarita grilled pizza. Unlike most margaritas, it came with tomato sauce, bel paese, and pecorino romano. This combo was alright, but the real problem was that the guy killed the pie with pecorino romano, leaving it way too strong and salty tasting. The bel paese was mostly neglible because of this, although the tomato sauce helped as it was pretty good. The big problem I had here was the crust. The 'crusts' were premade, but the main problem was that they were much more like the kind of pita bread that you use to make wraps. In fact, thats exactly what they doubled for here. The crusts here are also the same as the main restaurant, as the guy here told me. The crust itself was largely flavorless except for some grill char, and it was also fairly soggy.
I didn't hate the resulting pie as a whole somehow, but this certainly wasn't a good grilled pizza, let alone a good pizza in general. If you want real grilled pizza, try Coals in Morris Park in the Bronx (yes, that borough you are scared of).