Midtown Lunch

Free Burger Topping Alert: One more National Burger Day promo on the ML Twitter Tracker this morning... the Frites N Meats Truck is on 48th & 6th and every body gets a free topping for their burger. Also, Schintzel & Wafels are both on 52nd, Rickshaw is on 45th with peking duck dumplings, and Street Sweets is on 50th has decamped to the UWS because Midtown is too quiet.

Celebrate Nat’l Burger Day With A Burger & Beer: Slightly out-of-bounds bar The Parlour (on 30th btw. 7+8th) is celebrating National Burger Day today from 11am to 11pm with a $10 burger and beer deal. Of course they do this on a day almost no one is around, but if you're getting out early,  feel like taking a liquid lunch, or you're heading out of town from Penn Station you really have no excuse to not take advantage.

Win 5 Free Orders of Go Go Curry: If you haven't signed up to win a spot at the Go Go Curry Championship next weekend, we just sweetened the deal. The winner will also get 5 free medium size curry coupons.

4Food is More Insane Than We Ever Imagined: Remember 4Food, the crazy-ass new stuff-a-hole-in-the-middle-of-your-hamburger-with-weird-shit chain that's supposedly opening June 1st on 40th & Madison.  Eater has ton more info about the place, and it is stranger than we ever could have imagined. (Spoiler: A 4Food rep called it "an Apple store meets a Chipotle".  Oh Boy.)

Hip New Bar Snack?: Chris6Sigma has posted his shocking experience at the East Side Social Club (on 51st & 3rd) which included a spotting of multiple cockroaches in the bar area and a nonchalant bartender. Seems unfair that the DOH is shutting down spots with electrical issues or lack of a door when there's bigger offenders out there." This bar in now officially off my happy hour list!

99% Vegetarian Cart Spotted Downtown: Speaking of Street Meat (or... uh... street meat-less?) the 100% 99% Vegetarian Cart that disappeared from 52nd and 6th Ave. has popped up in the Financial District. I guess the hot dog vendors finally got to be too much for them.  Sound familiar?

K! Pizzacone Closed By the DOH: According to Eater, K! Pizzacone (on 5th btw. 32+33rd) was closed by the Department of Health on Monday for electrical issues. They hope to open today or tomorrow at the latest. We can't help but wonder if the DOH reads the New Yorker. (They obviously read the New York Times.)

Movie Forces Papa Perrone to Park: Fun times on the ML Twitter Tracker this morning... snap a photo of the new Cupcake Stop truck today and win free cupcakes. Also, Wafels is on 52nd, Frites N Meats is on 48th, Schnitzel is on 46th, Rickshaw is on 52nd, it's free topping day at Go Go Curry, and Papa Perrone was forced to move to Park Ave btw. 55+56th because a movie is filming in their regular spot.

Plaza Food Hall Opening June 4th: Todd English's food court inside the Plaza Hotel is scheduled to open on Friday June 4th, and Diner's Journal has a ton of new info about what's going to be inside it. The only thing the Plaza is being cagey about are the prices, and you know what that means... it'll probably be outside the Midtown Lunch price range. Oh well.

“Original” Soup Man Returns?: Bloomberg is reporting that investors are trying to force the "Original Soup Man" into bankruptcy, but a spokesperson says the company is not only doing well but will be reopening the original location on 55th St. and 8th Ave. in the next 45 days. Could be good if the real Soup Nazi is there cooking! (And we're not talking frozen soups...) [via Eater]