The NY Pizza Burger, expected to debut early next month in midtown, features a gut-busting four broiled Whopper burgers.

It’s topped with pepperoni, mozzarella and marinara sauce, all stacked on a 9-1/2-inch sesame seed bun. The burger is cut into six pizza-style slices, allowing diners to share the agita and the ecstasy.

The massive meal will join the menu at the Whopper Bar in Times Square, the new 24-hour, seven-day-a-week flagship fast food outlet.

– Larry McShane, N.Y. Daily News.

First of all — though the headline doesn’t say it — the URL for that article says, “BEEFER MADNESS,” which is amazing.

Anyway, if that burger came from anyplace else I’d clearly try it, but Burger King grosses me out. I generally think a lot of chain restaurant opinions are colored by particular restaurants rather than the chain as a whole, but I have found Burger King pretty consistently terrible. Though I will say that the Burger King in Farmingdale near where my band used to practice was outrageously bad and definitely fueled my distaste for the restaurant. Sorry, Carl Weathers.

Anyway, what I am on board with is the apparent new trend toward ridiculous flagship food stores in Times Square serving disgusting and over-the-top versions of already garish foodstuffs, since Times Square is itself pretty much garish, disgusting and over-the-top.

I always find Times Square oddly alluring with its weird purple hue and all, until I actually get there and then I’m all, “holy hell get me out of this f@#$ing place.”

Anyway, in conclusion I’m probably going to go there in the coming weeks to visit the new Pop Tarts company store they’ve got. I’ll be sure to let you know how it goes.