Friday, March 28, 2008

The Pump Energy Food

If you exercise and eat healthy, then you should know about The Pump. This place has become the Yuppie fast-food chain and it's incredibly popular with young and middle-aged New Yorkers a like (Howard Stern orders his lunch from here sometimes).

Like Howard, I used to work near one of these places and got lunch there every day (sadly my office moved to another neighborhood two years ago but I had a chance to eat there today and it was great as always). Fortunately for the rest of you, The Pump has five locations: East 21st Street (between Park Avenue and Broadway), West 38th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Broadway), 50th street and 3rd Avenue, East 31 street (between Park Avenue and Lexington), and West 55th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). If you work or are near one sometime, check it out.

All of The Pump's food is fresh, preservative free, and low-in fat. Best of all, it's really tasty. My favorites are the lemon chicken or tuna salad sandwiches served in pita bread with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and onion. Among their myriad choices, they also have egg-white omelettes, turkey burgers, nonfat pizza, vegetarian dishes and a wide variety of healthy shakes and drinks (no soda or coffee!). Also really good is the Diesel, a grilled chicken breast with vegetarian chili over brown rice. A lot of their "Supercharged" plates have names like The Rock, Diesel, Lean Body, Marathon -- you get the idea. This is NOT food for the weak!

When you walk into one of these places, you'll notice lots of signed celebrity photos (ranging from Cindy Adams to Jessica Simpson to body-builders and athletes, naturally). One downside of the food being prepared fresh is that it can take a while to get your order and the wait can get tiresome. A lot of people call ahead and then go to pick their food up. I would definitely recommend that.

Mr NYC ... he aims to keep New Yorkers healthy and well-fed.

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