Midtown Lunch

Lent Space Has Korean, Burgers & Empanadas: Many trucks seem to be in Midtown today, but we have the Fun Buns cart at Varick & Vandam (now with a chicken variety), Bistro Truck's at Water & Old Slip, Bian Dang's at Coenties Slip & Water, Frites N Meats is at Hudson & King, Bob & Jo is at Varick & King and Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur. The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker also tells us Munchie Mobile, Big D's Grub, Andy's Italian Ice, Nuchas, Chinese Mirch and Gorilla Cheese are at Lent Space and Mexico Blvd., Rickshaw, Valducci's, Mike N Willie's and Wafels & Dinges (also at 60 Wall) are at the WFC lot.

Get Half Off At Pinche On Mott: We have yet to review the goods at Pinche Taqueria, but the location on Mott St. (btw. Prince & Spring) has a deal on Scoutmob today for 50% off, with a maximum discount of $5. It looks like you have to eat there to get the deal, but it might be worth it for a super cheap taco lunch.

Shorty’s In The FiDi With Cheese Steaks Today: On the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker today...Lent Space has Kelvin Slush (with free slushes!), Milk Truck, Mexico Blvd., Rickshaw, Taim and Valducci's, Hibachi Heaven's at Water & Broad, Hibachi Heaven's at Water & Broad, Bob & Jo's at Water & Coenties Slip, Bistro Truck's at Varick & King, a newish truck Shorty's On Wheels is at Front & Maiden Lane, Cinnamon Snail's at Varick & King, Big D's Grub's at Water & Old Slip and Mike N Willie's is at Front & Wall. The WFC lot has Bongo Brothers, Cupcake Crew, Rickshaw, Eddie's Pizza and Phil's Steaks.

We’ve Lost Some Trucks To The Weather Today: The weather has calmed down in time for lunch, which is good because we have Rickshaw on Wall & William, Morris Grilled Cheese at Water & John, Comme Ci Comme Ca's at Old Slip & Water and Crisp is at Hudson & King, while the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker tells us the WFC lot has Kimchi Tacos, Mexicue, Gorilla Cheese, Chinese Mirch and Taim Mobile.

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.

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.

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.