Archive for June 2012

Downtown Links (The “Heat Makes Salads Sound Good” Edition)

Herring: It’s the new Filet-O-Fish. Courtesy of Grub St.

  • Who wants a $7.95 herring sandwich? [Grub St.]
  • Lafayette Espresso Bar makes a nice sandwich. [Lunch Studio]
  • A roundup of icy treats and cool drinks to be had in Tribeca. [Tribeca Citizen]
  • A bunch of fancy chefs are vying to run a new WFC food hall. [NYPost]
  • Will Dinkies be the latest lunch craze sweeping the land? [SENY]

Help Trucks Give To Charity Today: If you're not averse to standing in line for lunch in this heat, there's a promo for 5% of sales from food trucks going to God's Love We Deliver today, so order an extra big lunch. Schnitzel & Things, Morris Grilled Cheese, Mexicue, Coolhaus and Big D's Grub are at the WFC lot, according to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, and Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Charlton, the Our Hero's truck's at Wall & Water while the slider cart's at Hanover Sq., Milk Truck's at Wall & William, Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur, Hibachi Heaven's at Water & Old Slip, Frites N Meats is at Hanover Sq., Eddie's Pizza's at Old Slip & Front, GO Burger's at Varick & Vandam, Domo Taco's at Broad & Water and Blend on the Go's at Hudson & King. Calexico's cart at Prince & Wooster is back as well.

Morris Truck Really Knows How To Crisp A Grilled Cheese

I thought this city had reached a threshold for the number of grilled cheese trucks it could support, but I was wrong. Morris Grilled Cheese truck’s been on the streets for a while, but only recently became familiar to Downtown Lunch’ers by making weekly stops in the Financial District on Mondays and the World Financial Center food truck lot Fridays. (The truck happens to be at the Lent Space lot today). They have some interesting concoctions involving cheese, meat and fancy things like ramp butter along with housemade sodas and cold brew coffee. This is probably the most hipster of the grilled cheese trucks.

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The Twitter Tracker Is Sweaty Today: On the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...the Our Hero's slider cart's at Hanover Sq., now with arroz con pollo platters, Hibachi Heaven's at Hudson & Charlton, Korilla's at Varick & Vandam, Rickshaw's on Wall St., Bongo Brothers is at Old Slip & Water and Mexicue's at Water & Broad. The Lent Space has Morris Grilled Cheese, Eddie's Pizza, Kimchi Tacos, Now Eat This, Palenque and a newbie called Nuchas, and the WFC lot has Milk Truck with a $10 sammie and lemonade special, Taim Mobile, Frites N Meats, Andy's Italian Ice and Red Hook Lobster. Also: No Calexico carts due to the heat.

A Cart On Broadway Serves Greek Food, Sweets

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If you’ve walked down Broadway by Trinity Church, you may have noticed a blue cart selling things like baklava and other sweets, along with Greek salad and chicken and gyro sandwiches. Lunch’er blueprintu told us about the cart when answering profiled lunch’er Dan’s question of where he could find Greek food. The cart’s not always there, but they were yesterday when I walked by. Everything seems reasonably priced, and ideal for an afternoon snack or light lunch. A look at the menu is straight ahead. Read more »

Free Ice Pops From Sweetery Tomorrow: The free icy treats keep coming our way this week, but this time it's not ice cream sandwiches. Sweetery truck is doing a promo with Clinique, and what we get out of it is free popsicles in the area of Broadway & Prince St. Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to noon. I think you also get some sort of freebie from Clinique, but we're all about the food here.

The FiDi’s Yushi Has A “Build Your Own Bowl” Bar, And It’s Delicious

I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when walking into the freshly opened Yushi on Pearl St. (btw. Cedar & Maiden Lane), but I certainly didn’t think I’d find a Chipotle-esque setup serving build-your-own rice and noodle bowls. I hesitantly joined the line after bypassing the premade hot food display of noodle dishes, overpriced dumplings, soups and the cold options of sushi rolls and salads. It turned out that deciding to fashion myself a “Yu Bowl” was a surprisingly excellent choice.

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