Erin Ruffin’s Weblog

I busted out of my office today around 1:30pm to find something for lunch.  I wasn’t sure where I was going – I figured I would have an easier time deciding if I left my computer(s), blackberry, and stacks of paperwork in my office and just started walking.  I turned left directly out of the building doors on 39th Street because my options in that direction were more appealing – Pret and Hale and Hearty – my two usual fall-backs.  THEN I saw the line of people coming out of some hole in the wall restaurant that I had never even noticed despite it’s 4-doors-down-the-street proximity to my office.  What the heck are they lining up for?  I’m not kidding there were 75 people in this line that stretched to the end of the block and threatened to curl around the corner of Broadway.

Cupcakes? No.

1/2 Price Broadway Tickets? No.

They were standing in line to get their $.99 “Recession Burgers” which City Burger (39th Street & Broadway) serves as a Recession Special every Tuesday.  Yes, that’s right.  People ARE lining up for food, even if they’re wearing stilettos and carrying Louis Vuitton bags.  I asked a couple people in line if the burgers are any good and the general consensus is YES.

Recession Burgers are pulling the Mid-town Manhattan community together during these rocky times.  Now that’s what I like to see.