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Nothing Says Thursday Like Homemade Chorizo: There's no crap weather today to scare off the food trucks and carts! On today's ML Downtown Twitter Tracker we have Mexicue on Water, both Calexico carts are open and the one on Prince has chorizo. Rickshaw is on both Houston and Hanover Sq. and Sweetery is on Hudson.

Free Pizza In Soho Today: You might want to be a really late lunch'er if you work in Soho: Italian restaurant Tresanti on Watts (nr. Thompson) is giving away a free 12 inch pizza from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. Since nearly everything on their menu is out of ML price range, this is an extremely good deal.

Go Get Some Lemon Waffles: A lot of trucks are taking this icy day off but there are a couple of options for us southern workers on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...Wafels & Dinges is on Hanover with a lemon essence waffle and Frites N Meats is on Hudson. You can also get a free side if you order the porterhouse burger at the Burger Shoppe.

Soho Is Where It’s At: There are a couple of mobile eating options in our neck of the woods today for your eating pleasure. On the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker we have Schnitzel & Things and Sweetery on Hudson, while Rickshaw is on both Wall St. and Hudson. Basically, you can do a mini-food truck crawl on Hudson today.

Eddie’s Pizza Truck, By Popular Demand: The weather has cooperated enough for Eddie's Pizza Truck to keep their promise to park on Hudson. Also on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, Frites N Meats is on Water, and you can get free food at the Burger Shoppe through the glories of social networking.

Free Frites N Meats: Right now on Tenka you can get a free angus burger from the Frites N Meats truck. Some of you think the food there isn't that great, but free always tastes better!

Trudge Through The Snow For Korilla, Dumplings:  Show some love to the mobile eats today, since a lot of them are braving the increasingly gross weather according to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...Korilla is on Front St., Rickshaw is on Hudson in Soho and Hanover Sq. in the FiDi and Frites N Meats is on Hudson. Calexico is taking the day off due to the snow. Also some exciting news from Eddie's Pizza Truck: They're heading to Soho on Friday after several requests (and barring bad weather).