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Archive for June 2012

Cool Off With Andy’s Italian Ice, Fun Buns on Varick: On your blazing hot ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...Wafels & Dinges is on Wall St. and at the WFC lot, Bistro Truck's at Water & Old Slip, Frites N Meats is at Hudson & King, Bian Dang's at Coenties Slip & Water, Bob & Jo's at Varick & King, Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur and Fun Buns cart's at Varick & Vandam. The Lent Space has Gorilla Cheese, Phil's Steaks, Bongo Brothers, Chinese Mirch, Munchie Mobile and Andy's Italian Ice, while Mexico Blvd., Rickshaw, Valducci's, Mike N Willie's are at the WFC lot.

Posted at 11:19 am, June 20th, 2012 | 0 Comments

A Double From Nio’s Trinidad Roti Makes A Good Snack

Sometimes you’re in search of something to tide you over until dinner, or maybe you just don’t want to eat a giant roti for lunch. In that case, might I suggest a double from Nio’s Trinidad Roti truck? At $2 it’s an economical choice and you’ll get one handed to you in swift fashion with the only question whether you want it spicy or not.

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Posted by Andrea H at 10:00 am, June 20th, 2012 under Caribbean, Nio's Trinidad Roti Truck, Sandwiches, Truck, Vegetarian.

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FiDi Down To Two Ruben’s Empanadas

rubens closed sign

The Nassau St. location of Ruben’s Empanadas between John & Fulton St. was not only closed, but completely gutted when I walked by yesterday. It’s not entirely surprising since it seems to be mostly empty even during prime lunch time. Never fear, though: As the sign says there’s another location on Fulton St. and one on Pearl just off Hanover Sq. to feed your empanada cravings.

Posted by Andrea H at 9:00 am, June 20th, 2012 under Closed, Ruben's Empanadas.

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Basically Every Food Truck’s Downtown Today: Today's food truck lot options are Rickshaw, Milk Truck, Taim, Valducci's, Kelvin Slush and Mexico Blvd. at the Lent Space, and the WFC has Bongo Brothers, Rickshaw, Cupcake Crew, Eddie's Pizza and Phil's Steaks. The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker also has Palenque and Mike N Willie's at Wall & Front, Big D's Grub's at Old Slip & Water, Hibachi Heaven's at Water & Broad, Bistro Truck and Sweetery are at Hudson & King, Wafels & Dinges is at Canal & Broadway, Cinnamon Snail's at Wall & Water with some new menu items, Bob & Jo's at Water & Coenties Slip and Korilla's at Varick & Vandam.

Posted at 11:19 am, June 19th, 2012 | 0 Comments

PROFILE: Downtown Lunch’er “Dan”

As is customary here on Midtown Lunch, every Tuesday we’ll profile a different lunch’er and get their recommendations for places to eat in Downtown NYC. This week, we have Dan who would likes a good banh mi but would shun your vegan chili.

Name: Dan Meltz

Occupation: Product development manager

Where you work: Broadway & Park Place

Age: As young as the mountains, as old as the wind

Favorite kinds of food: Steak, Chinese, Italian, brunch, barbeque

Least favorite foods: Any good food that’s been befouled and ruined with cilantro, cumin, licorice/anise/fennel or mushrooms. And vegan.

Favorite lunches downtown: L41 (aka, beef with crispy fried egg noodles) at Nha Trang (Multiple Locations), the buffet at Salaam Bombay on Greenwich (btw. Duane & Reade), the classic banh mi sandwiches at either Paris Sandwich (Multiple Locations) and Banh Mi Saigon Bakery on Grand (btw. Mulberry & Mott).

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Posted by Andrea H at 10:30 am, June 19th, 2012 under PROFILE: Downtown Lunch'er.

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Coolhaus’ Rain Date For Free Ice Cream Sandwiches Is Today!: There was a fair amount of excitement followed by a big let down last week when the Coolhaus truck planned to give away free ice cream sandwiches through a promo with the W Hotels, but ended up canceling due to the rain that would not stop. They're using today as a make up, and you can get the freebies from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the area of Broadway and Wall St. at Maiden Lane & Water St. They're going to tweet the exact location, and we'll try to post it here, so leave room at lunch for a late day treat.

Posted at 9:00 am, June 19th, 2012 | 0 Comments

First Look: Hibachi Heaven Is The Healthy Version Of Street Meat

As noted on the Midtown site, there’s something of a trend right now with trucks serving Japanese food. Hibachi Heaven debuted last Thursday in the Financial District and this Friday there’s a truck called Okadaman hitting the streets with okanamiyaki and other specialties more commonly found at sake watering holes in the East Village. But this review’s about Hibachi Heaven which serves the protein + vegetables + rice + sauce combo familiar to anyone who’s eaten at a street meat cart. This wasn’t street meat, but it wasn’t exactly Japanese either.

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Posted by Andrea H at 12:00 pm, June 18th, 2012 under Hibachi Heaven Truck, Japanese, Truck.

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