Midtown Lunch

Half Off Cupcakes and Pies: Weekend is almost here and these sweet deals will get you through the day: Get $30 worth of Buttercup Bake Shop for $15 (973 2nd Ave) and $20 worth of The Little Pie Co. for $10 (424 West 43rd Street, and another location in Grand Central). You have to buy the deals today, so go and get your sugar rush while you can.

Free Krispy Chicken Alert: We can't see choosing chicken over steak (or ordering a salad for that matter) but September is National Chicken Month (who knew?!) and to celebrate Tri Tip Grill will give you complimentary grilled or krispy chicken on top of any salad (just say "National Chicken Month" at the register.)  I suppose "free krispy chicken" does have a nice ring to it...

50% off Atomic Wings: We've never officially written about the out of bounds location of Atomic Wings (on 9th Ave. btw. 39+40th), but they get mentioned a lot in the comments and forums (and there was that time they almost went to war with 2 Bros. Pizza).  Curious about their hot wings?  This coupon gets you $25 worth of wings for just $12.

Another 50% Off Tri Tip Grill: Did you miss out on yesterday's half off coupon for Tri Tip Grill? (Or could you use a second one?) Lunch'er Carl tipped us off to this 2nd deal for the popular fast food steak joint in the concourse of Rock Center. $6 gets you a $12 $7 gets you a $15 gift certificate... and it will be available to purchase for another 5 days.

50% off Tri Tip Grill: Thanks to Lunch'er Chris for passing along this one... get $30 worth of food and drinks at Tri Tip Grill (in the Rock Center Concourse) for just $15. You have to purchase the deal before tonight at Midnight, and you have to use the $30 in one visit... so unless you can eat $30 worth of steak, you should grab a friend or two as well to help you out.

$1 Soft Serve Alert: Thanks to Lunch'er "Miriam" for reminding us about this one... tonight is the last night to snag some $1 soft serve at Bryant Park, courtesy of Time Warner. They'll be there from 4-10pm.  See, not all ice cream trucks are mean!

Get 30% Off At Zengo: In April, we reported that the fried rice at Zengo (on 3rd Ave. btw. 40+41st) is kick-ass. Sadly their other lunch entrees are a bit over the ML lunch limit. Problem solved! Today's Blackboard Eats deal gets you 30% off lunch or dinner at Zengo. No purchase necessary, and the deal is good until Sept, but you have to sign up for it before the end of today.

Half off Bull Rides?: Actually the bull rides are free, but this Groupon will get you $30 worth of food and drinks at Johnny Utah's for $15 (on 51st btw. 5+6th).  I wouldn't be one of our first choice of places to eat, or drink... but half off (plus free bullrides) goes a long way (and apparently they make good top shelf martinis.)

Free Soft Serve and French Fries: On the ML Twitter Tracker today... Rickshaw is on 52nd, Schnitzel is on 46th, Street Sweet is on 46th, Joyride is on 52nd, Steak Truck is on 47th, Mister Softee is on 53rd and Park giving out free soft serve from Noon to 2pm, and Goodburger has twittered a coupon for free french fries.

Get Half Off Ciao Bella Gelato: If you're a fan of the Ciao Bella Gelato shop in Grand Central Terminal, you'll want to get in on this deal.  Get a punch card good for 6 scoops of Ciao Bella gelato for just $10 from Scoop St. (It's also good at the location Downtown, and on the UES.) The punch card is good through November, but you have to buy the deal before the end of this weekend.