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First Look at Willow Road’s Lunchtime Sandwiches

Grilled chicken breast sandwich with avocado, romaine, and ginger-apricot aioli.
Grilled chicken breast sandwich with avocado, romaine, and ginger-apricot aioli. Photo: Melissa Hom

Today, the Chelsea restaurant’s opening for daytime meals, offering a good alternative to the nearby meatpacking district’s all-you-can-puke brunch parties. Willow Road’s serving lunch from Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and brunch from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m on weekends. The lunch menu includes healthy fare like the Twenty Greens salads, in which you can add gourmet “toss-ins” such as comté cheese and puffed wild rice (optional extras for any soup or salad). Over in the sandwich section, you’ll find exotic varieties like a sea bass po’ boy, French dip, and spiced lamb burger. For brunch, Willow’s focusing on hangover-numbing classics: brioche French toast and cast-iron-baked eggs with chorizo. Check out the menus and some more sandwiches, straight ahead.

Cauliflower a la planchaPhoto: Melissa Hom

Spiced lamb burgerPhoto: Melissa Hom

Sea bass escabechePhoto: Melissa Hom

Roast beefPhoto: Melissa Hom

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Willow Road, 85 Tenth Ave., nr. 15th St., 646-449-9280

First Look at Willow Road’s Lunchtime Sandwiches