Greenpoint: We recently dined at popular (?) NoGre Mexican restaurant Papacitos. PROS: byob, casual outdoor seating. CONS: Fish in fish tacos not fried, and not even really seasoned; unsalted tortilla chips and no salt on the tables!; the world’s slowest service (over an hour passed between ordering/receiving); Meatloafer Ben’s burrito was an enormous quasi-marinara-esque–covered blob. SADNESS FACTOR: They were robbed last week, so maybe that’s why they sucked. In fairness, we’ll return someday to report on the (unconfirmed) $1.50 lunch tacos. Papacitos, 999 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Midtown: In Bryant Park news, the Harrison Ford (/McAdams/Keaton/Goldblum) comedy Morning Glory was filming this week around 43rd and 6th. We didn’t see any of the stars, but we noticed that Grace Plaza was renamed IBS Plaza for Monday’s filming. Coincidentally, the Trini-Pak cart on the north side of Grace/IBS Plaza has recently expanded their offerings. (pics of today’s Trini-Pak lunch TK)

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By popular demand, we present Meatloafing’s American Idol Season 8 predictions:

Eliminated Tonight:
Lil Rounds, Kris Allen

Meatloafing’s Top 3 Faves:
• ADAM LAMBERT
• Allison Iraheta
• Anoop Desai (meh)

Our Predictions for the Actual Top 3:

• Adam
• Danny Gokey (???)
• Matt Giraud (meh)

Also, looking back at the Top 13, we don’t even remember Jorge Nuñez. At all. Sad.

I predict a bizarre Lambert-Gokey final showdown. Also, aside from ADAM, Scott MacIntyre will have the most successful (least unsuccessful) career.

Tonight on SOAPnet:

Ice Castles is the romantic story of a talented figure skater who must relearn her craft with the support of a handsome young man and her family after a terrible accident takes her sight.

10 p.m. Ice Castles (1978), directed by Donald Wrye. Check your local listings.

• We spotted this slim, bundled fellow and immediately took several covert subway photos, then realized he probably couldn’t see us anyway. GF/Meatloafing artiste Karolina notes the resemblance to Kenny.
• Winter movie recommendation: Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In). This is a “serious” (not cheesy) vampire movie that we really enjoyed. It’s got kids, kid vampires, dreary blue-inflected vistas, and an amazing cat scene that’s not worth spoiling here. See if you can spot the vintage plastic Smurf collection. It’s only onscreen for a few seconds, but we appreciated the attention to detail. With Swedish subtitles. Currently playing at Angelika Film Center.
  
• For the record: Dumont Burger, you’re no longer our friend. I’m not paying $13 plus an extra dollar for cheese just to sit on a backless stool next to a drafty front door. Perhaps if your burger quality was more consistent, we’d reconsider. FU.
• Meatloafers: what are you bringing to the table this year? Still not sure? We dug up these holidayesque recipes from our archives: Susan’s Cornbread, Festive All-Seasons Punch.
• Winter fashion report: H&M offers its worst collection in years. (Continue reading for a photo)

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We’ve been busy: spring cleaning, Netflix, and living at sea for awhile. Anyhoo. Tonight is part one of the 2-night season finale of American Idol, in case you’ve been living under a rock.

Last week, prior to the Top 3 show, we tried to share our predictions, but Meatloafing had apparently been hacked and we were unable to post. Nonetheless, we were right:

Anne: i thought archuleta would win all along, but i honestly think cook has a chance
Anne: syesha better get dumped tonight
Meatloafing: i think america wants the davids to have a face-off
Anne: syesha has clearly not been that popular all along—she’s almost always been in the bottom 2
Meatloafing: she’ll get shat on tonight i think

Tonight, the obvious choice is Archuleta. But here at Meatloafing, we’re partial to Cook. (more…)

Jesse L. Martin’s final episode of Law & Order airs in two weeks. The episode, titled “Burn Card,” isn’t just a bittersweet end to a legendary era of Dick Wolf’s nearly two-decade-old series—it’s also Meatloafing favorite Jeremy Sisto’s time to shine (i.e., excite us the way he did so often on Six Feet Under). JLM final episode spoilers here. (We’re holding out for the real thing.) [All Things Law & Order]

“Burn Card” airs April 23 at 10 p.m. (NBC)

You are a unique and beautiful snowflake.

• Our good friends over at Lunchboxr have started a Flickr group. When you add your photos to the group, your lovely lunch appears on the Lunchboxr home page. See, there’s my grilled cheese sandwich from yesterday. Fun!
• Snow is pretty, but wind and rain? No thanks! Get yourself a Nubrella, the revolutionary umbrella that won’t flip inside-out.
• Jesse L. Martin announces departure from Law & Order; the world cries. So much for my JLM–Jeremy Sisto sandwich. (But he’ll be playing Marvin Gaye in the upcoming biopic, so the world cries again, but the tears are made of joy, not sadness.) [Variety]