THE PUMP energy food

The PUMP- energy food
Mult locations including 113 east 31st (and lex)

This place came highly recommended by a lot of girls I know. Its not really a burger spot, however the burger pita looked interesting so I gave it a shot.
The menu (www.menupages.com) lists it as a “Lean Steak Burger: A lean 6oz steak burger” as with the other pitas it was to be served with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and onions stuffed into a whole-wheat pita.
Looking over the description the whole burger in a pita concept didn’t thrill me much…I just flashed back to every time I order falafel and have at least one or two balls roll onto my lap. The 6oz of quality steak sounded good so I went ahead and ordered.
When my burger/pita arrived I was actually surprised at how much I liked having the pita. Whatever brand of pita they used managed to do a great job holding in everything…significantly better than even a hamburger bun would do. Not messey at all. The Pita Pocket also allowed for an extra amount of veggies/salad to be stuffed in which was nice.
The downer of the meal was the “steak” itself. I suppose steak doesn’t guarantee any sort of quality…I mean steak-ums are steak. With the high quality image of this place I was expecting more than the frozen supermarket brand tasting beef patty that was delivered to me.

Overall I don’t recommend the burger. Pump has some great items but this is not one of them.


Price: 6 beans
Type: Health Nut
Recommend: Burger no, other pitas are very good though.