NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 If you find yourself skipping lunch breaks at work, this pop-up is for you.<\/p>\n
Zoom, the company best known as the place for virtual work meetings, has launched a new speakeasy-style pop-up in New York City called the \u201cHard Stop Burger Shop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Discover more stories shaping your neighborhood on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\n Aimed at encouraging New Yorkers to take back their lunch breaks, the pop-up opens from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and invites office workers to enjoy a unique lunch with blue burgers, tater tots and blue sauce. The event runs through Thursday and prospective workers looking to grab a bite can book a time slot online<\/a>.<\/p>\n The pop-up comes as part of Zoom\u2019s Take Bake Lunch campaign that seeks to help workers reclaim time in their day.<\/p>\n More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n Research from the company Morning Consult on behalf of Zoom found that 60% of workers in the United States squeeze in a short lunch between meetings or tasks while 35% skip lunch at Among those surveyed, 63% said heavy workloads were their main reasons for skipping a lunch break, while another 54% blamed meetings scheduled during break time. About 72% of people in the survey said they would rather skip lunch than eat on camera during a meeting.<\/p>\n Things To Do Around NYC <\/a><\/p>\n The survey\u2019s sample size of 1,047 workers was conducted between Feb. 17 and March 3 and included responses from people in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and Denver.<\/p>\n To learn more about the Take Bake Lunch campaign, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n
least once a week. About three in four workers regularly eat at their desks while actively working.<\/p>\n