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Three Taco Options In The FiDi Today: We should all just forget it's Friday the 13th by having lunch from a truck/cart, and your options include Eddie's Pizza at Hudson & King, Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur, Mike N Willie's is at Front & Wall, Frites & Meats is at Hanover Sq., Domo Taco's at Water & Broad, Our Heros has cheese & parsley sausage at Wall & Water and Milk Truck's at Wall & William. The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker also has Big D's Grub, Mexicue, Rickshaw Dumplings, Schnitzel & Things and Treats Truck at the WFC food truck lot.

Andy’s Italian Ices Debuts At WFC!: There's a nice roster of food trucks downtown today, including Phil's Steaks at Water & John, Desi Food Truck's at Hanover Sq., Bongo Brothers is at Old Slip & Water, Mexicue's at Water & Broad and Our Heros is at Wall & Water with a meatloaf melt, all according to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker. The WFC lot has Red Hook Lobster, Palenque Colombian, Frites N Meats, Milk Truck and a new one, Andy's Italian Ices.

Two Kinds Of Tacos At The WFC Lot: Today's ML Downtown Twitter Tracker has Milk Truck at Varick & King, Big D's Grub's at Hudson & King along with Frites N Meatswith the Texan burger, Our Heros has BBQ pork at Wall & Water, Gorilla Cheese is at Hanover Sq., Wafels & Dinges has a cart at Greenwich & Murray and truck at 60 Wall, Bian Dang's at Coenties Slip & Water and Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur. The WFC lot has Valducci's, Coolhaus, Mexico Blvd., Wafels & Dinges and Mike N Willie's.

Tacos & Vegan Food In The FiDi: Does the nice weather have you wanting a sandwich stuffed with meat and cheese acquired from a truck? Well, there are options for that on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker including Phil's Steaks at Water & John, Gorilla Cheese and Sweetery are at Hudson & King, Mike N Willie's is at Front & Gouverneur, Korilla's at Varick & Vandam, Cinnamon Snail's at Wall & Water, Big D's Grub's at Front & Old Slip, Our Heros has a turkey burger at Wall & Water and Desi Food Truck's at Hanover Sq. The WFC lot has Cupcake Crew, Frites N Meats, Bongo Brothers, Eddie's Pizza and Rickshaw Dumplings.

Get Half Off At Milady’s Bar: I didn't even know Milady's Bar existed on Prince St. (btw. W. Broadway & Thompson), but there's a deal for $20 worth of food for $10 and it looks like the menu is pretty cheap for the neighborhood anyway. Cheeseburgers and hot wings sound pretty good right now.

Gorilla Cheese Has A Matzo Melt: Your options at the WFC lot today are Gorilla Cheese (with a melt on matzo for Passover. Get it with bacon!), Mexicue, Phil's Steaks and Red Hook Lobster. Elsewhere, the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker says Comme Ci Comme Ca's at Old Slip & Water, Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Vandam and Schnitzel & Things is at Hudson & King.

Want To Be A Profiled Lunch’er?: If you love talking about that one place where you had an amazing cheap lunch, you can clue the rest of us in by being a profiled luncher. We need someone for this Tuesday (yes, tomorrow) and weeks beyond. If you're interested and work downtown below Houston St., e-mail us at downtown@midtownlunch.com to volunteer!