A cash-only Cuban lunch counter near Times Square known for its cramped, always-jammed weekday lunch rush.
136 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
No camera at Margon yet — these are the closest live lines we cover.
damnlines hasn't pointed a lens at Margon yet. The most-wanted lines get a camera first.
At Margon, the ordering ritual is part of the experience: per The Infatuation's Midtown lunch guide, you 'get in line, point to what you want, and snag one of the dozen orange tables if you're eating in,' a counter-service format that keeps a queue moving through the narrow space during the lunch rush.
With only about a dozen tables and a daily-changing menu, the guide frames Margon as a fixture of the Midtown office-lunch crowd, where the point-and-order line is the default way most people get their food rather than an occasional bottleneck.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: No reservations; counter-service ordering
Walk-ins: Yes, standard walk-in/point-to-order line
No specific wait time is reported, but The Infatuation describes a steady line at the counter during the weekday lunch rush, with only about a dozen tables for dine-in.
Margon is a counter-service spot with no reservation system mentioned by The Infatuation; you order by pointing at what you want after getting in line.
Yes — per The Infatuation, walk-ins get in line, point to their order, and take an open orange table if eating in.