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This Tomato Burger Is One More Dish to Eat Before It’s Too Late

Tomatoes on tomatoes on tomatoes.
Tomatoes on tomatoes on tomatoes. Photo: Courtesy of Birdbath Bakery

Here’s one more food to add to your end-of-summer eat list: Birdbath Bakery has debuted a “topless tomato burger,” with Greenmarket heirloom tomatoes, butterhead lettuce, grilled Sicilian eggplant, homemade olive-oil-based kale mayo, and a classic Orwasher’s potato bun.

So, yes, it’s a tomato sandwich, but it’s a flawless tomato sandwich that manages to feel vaguely healthy-ish, and, in February, something like a perfect tomato sandwich is going to feel like a faraway fantasy.

It’s $8.50, and it’s sold three days a week — Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday — at the Birdbath locations in Soho, Tribeca, and the Upper West Side. It should be available through early October, pending how long summer-tomato season lasts, but you might want to act sooner rather than later: Owner Maury Rubin says that it always sells out.

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This Tomato Burger Is One More Dish to Eat Before It’s Too Late