It’s Macaron Day, And That Means Freebies
Sorry for the late notice on this one, but it’s Macaron Day and you can get free macarons from a bunch of different bakeries downtown. Francois Payard has organized this delightful event, and to exercise your freeloading you need to tell the people at the participating shop that you’re there for Macaron Day NYC. You’re limited to one per person at each location, and some of the bakeries are also donating a portion of the day’s macaron sales to City Harvest if you need a sugar rush. The bakeries in on this deal in the Downtown Lunch coverage area are:
Bisousciao.Macarons – 101 Stanton St.
Dominique Ansel Bakery – 189 Spring St.
Francois Payard Bakery – 210 Murray St. and 116 W. Houston
La Maison du Chocolat – 63 Wall St.
Posted by Andrea H at 10:51 am, March 20th, 2012 under Free Stuff, Sweets.
Sometimes we at Midtown Lunch: Downtown get offered a meal at fancy pants places with lunch outside the $10 price cap. Kutsher’s Tribeca on Franklin St. (btw. Hudson & Greenwich) which has a lovely-looking lunch menu including gems like duck schmaltz fries and a pastrami sandwich recently invited me to lunch. Instead of eating fatty meats and carbs myself, Kutsher’s has allowed me to give away a lunch for two for up to $100 to be used Monday through Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., and by May 31. If all of that sounds like something you could do, let us know in the comments why you and your guest should be the chosen ones. You have until the end of Friday to plead your case and a winner will be chosen and notified by the following Monday. Take a look at the lunch menu after the jump. 
This is the final week for free lunch from MasterCard’s Priceless NY promotion at various food trucks, so freeload while you can! You can find vegan truck Cinnamon Snail and something called Pizza Truck of NY on Varick btw. Houston & King. In slightly out-of-bounds territory, Vendy Awards Cup-winner Solber Pupusas and the Mudtruck will be on Broadway btw. 8th St. & Astor Pl. You probably know the fine print by now, but if not you can 