National Make Lunch Count Day: Grab a scrumptious bite at these Taunton area restaurants
You’re not skipping lunch again, are you?
While you should always take your lunch break, it’s especially important on April 13.
Why?
Because it’s National Make Lunch Count Day.
It might feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done, but neglecting yourself isn’t going to put any more time on the clock.
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and dinner is what’s waiting for us at the end of a long day, lunch is heroically bridging the long gap between those two meals.
So make lunch special.
To honor this normally humble repast, we’ve put together a list of five restaurants from around the Greater Taunton area offering lunch specials that will make your lunch break count:
El Mariachi, Taunton
43 Taunton Green
Hours: Sunday to Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Make lunch count: Make the most of your lunch by creating a combo! The Mariachi #2 and Mariachi #3 come with a choice of two or three, respectively: enchilada, burrito, chimichanga, chile relleno, tostada, tamale, or taco. Choose your filling: ground beef, shredded beef, shredded chicken, pork, or cheese. These all include rice and refried beans, and you can add sour cream or guacamole.
Stoneforge Tavern & Publick House, Raynham
90 Paramount Drive
Hours: Monday to Thursday, from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, from noon to 9 p.m.
Make lunch count: Keep it classic with a turkey club, served with turkey, tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, bacon, mayo, and sharp cheddar cheese, on toasted peasant white bread. Or get the California turkey sandwich, with chipotle mayo and smashed avocado. All sandwiches are served with french fries or potato chips.
Golden Dragon, Taunton
51 Court St. Unit 1
Hours: Tuesday to Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, from noon to 9:30 p.m.; Closed Monday
Make lunch count: The only difficulty you’ll face on this lunch break is narrowing down your choices. The Golden Dragon has 45 different lunch specials. They’re offered Monday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Sunday, from noon to 3:30 p.m. All lunch specials are served with pork fried rice; no substitutions.
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Dave’s Diner, Middleboro
390 W. Grove St.
Hours: Open seven days a week, from 5:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Make lunch count: Don’t wait to pay until Tuesday, but you can enjoy a Wimpy burger today. Dave’s Wimpy burger is a cheeseburger on a bulky roll. All burgers come with a choice of french fries, mashed potatoes, home fries, baked beans, or homemade coleslaw. The lunch menu is available all day too!
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Grilla Greek Kouzina, Taunton
224 Broadway
Hours: Open seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Make lunch count: You can’t go wrong with a gyro for lunch. They all come with tzatziki sauce, tomatoes, onions, and special Grilla sauce. Choose between pork, chicken, steak tips, spinach and shrimp, zucchini fritters, and keftedakia (meatballs). Don’t forget the best part: each gyro is also filled with hand-cut, seasoned potatoes. Wash it all down with a nice Epsa soft drink; there’s no wrong choice, but the blood orange is great.
Taunton Daily Gazette/Herald News copy editor and digital producer Kristina Fontes can be reached at kfontes@heraldnews.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette today.
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