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Half Off At Bluebird Sky: If you can handle wading into Little Italy, there's a 50% off deal at Bluebird Sky on Baxter (btw. Hester & Canal). Apparently they have a good breakfast, but the lunch isn't too shabby either.

Falafel Abounds On The Twitter Tracker: There are a lot of trucks out and about on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, and word is it's also the first day of the BPC food truck lot at 4 WFC apparently that BPC food truck lot's not opening today after all. Frying Dutchmen is at Varick & King, Taim Mobile's at Water & Broad, Sweetery and Crisp are at Hudson & King and Big D's Grub is at Church & Walker. Calexico is out at Prince & Wooster with pulled beef brisket, Comme Ci Comme Ca is at Old Slip & Water and Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Vandam.

Waffle Sandwiches, Grilled Cheese On The Twitter Tracker: Sweetery and Eddie's Pizza are both at Hudson & King today. Elsewhere on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, Korilla is at Front & Gouverneur, Frites N Meats is at Hanover Sq., Rickshaw Dumpling is at Hudson & Houston, Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Charlton with pastel de guayaba and the Real Good Truck has returned to Water & Coenties Slip. Milk Truck is at Wall & William, GO Burgers is at Varick & Vandam, and Calexico has pulled brisket with onion & cilantro on Prince St.

Real Good Truck Pops Up On The Twitter Tracker: The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker (which got more trucks added to it recently!) shows that Frites N Meats is making a rare lunch appearance at Greenwich & Chambers, Korilla is at Varick & Vandam as is a new one called the Real Good Truck with fried chicken and waffle fries. Kimchi Taco is at Hudson & Charlton, Our Heros is at Wall & Water and Bongo Brothers is at Old Slip & Water.

It’s A Very Meaty Twitter Tracker: If you're looking to enjoy lunch on this precipitation-free Wednesday, the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker shows Frites N Meats at Hudson & King with a Cubano burger, Korilla's somewhere in the FiDi, and Sweetery's also on Hudson & King while Big D's Grub is at Hudson & Houston. Our Heros is at Wall & Water with a turkey/stuffing/gravy sandwich, Wafels & Dinges is at 60 Wall,  Bongo Brothers is at Water & John, GO Burgers is at Walker & 6th Ave. and Milk Truck is at Varick & King.

Rain Scares Some Trucks Away: On your not-quite-Monday ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...Eddie's Pizza is on Water at Wall, Big D's Grub is at Hanover Sq. and Gorilla Cheese has an eggplant parm melt at Hudson & King where Sweetery is also parked. Frites N Meats is at Front & Gouverneur, Korilla is at Varick & Vandam while Taim Mobile's at Varick & King.

Wafels & Dinges In Soho: Wafels & Dinges is helping REI celebrate its grand opening today on Broadway btw. Spring & Prince, according to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker. Elsewhere in truck land, Sweetery and Eddie's Pizza are at Hudson & King, Frites N Meats is at Hanover Sq., and Korilla is at Front & Gouverneur. Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Charlton and Schnitzel & Things is at Water & Broad.