Get 60% Off Empanadas: If you're OK with getting dangerously close to the South St. Seaport, there's a deal on InBundles for $15 worth of food for $6 from Ruben's Empanadas on Fulton St. (btw. Gold & Cliff).

Downtown Links (The “You Know What Shouldn’t Be Made Healthy? Pizza.” Edition)

There are meats galore up in here. Courtesy of Fork in the Road.

  • A look at Oxley’s Carvery in Nolita shows you can actually get a sandwich for under $10. [Fork in the Road]
  • The scoop on when all of the titans of finance can expect to be eating at Luke’s Lobster in the FiDi. [Eater]
  • Naked Pizza, the chain that tries to make pizza healthy, is likely coming to Tribeca. [Tribeca Citizen]
  • And here’s a rundown of eateries opening in Tribeca, including that kosher conveyor belt sushi place. [Tribeca Citizen]
  • Kam Hing sports a mean specimen of Chinese sponge cake. [Food in Mouth]
  • I don’t know how much this lamb sandwich costs at Snack, but I want it. [Serious Eats NY]

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Cinnamon Rice Pudding, Hawaiian Pizza Today (Not Together): Frites N Meats is on Water in the FiDi today with a burger called the Italian Job, and cinnamon rice pudding. Elsewhere on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, Eddie's Pizza is on Hudson with Hawaiian pizza, and Sweetery and Rickshaw are on the same street. Bian Dang is running behind schedule, but will be on Vandam today.

It’s SoHo Day On Groupon: There are a bunch of deals on Groupon today for SoHo as part of its Neighborhood Week. They include food deals at Eileen's Cheesecake, Milux Cafe and Pop Yogurt and they're all $10 or less.

Don’t Be Alarmed By The Rain: Most food trucks (although not some carts) are out and about today despite the grossness. Your options, according to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, are Mexicue on Water in the FiDi and Kimchi Taco Truck and Rickshaw on Hudson in SoHo. Also, take note that Sweetery won't be out today because it's in some TV pilot.

Tribeca Taco Truck Is An Elusive Source Of Mexican

This week I became the taco hunter. This role isn’t as exciting as it sounds, and mostly involved trying to catch the Tribeca Taco Truck parked in its spot on Broadway (btw. Prince & Spring) in SoHo. The problem is that the truck isn’t always out and two other times I went up there my mobile source of Mexican was nowhere to be found. Then I saw a Twitter post from the truck and knew that my quest was over.

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Deals On Pasta, Lani Kai: We have a twofer today in the deals department. There are a few different deal options on Blackboard Eats for the Maiden Lane location of Hello Pasta including $10 for $20 worth of food. And the normally out of ML price range Lani Kai in SoHo has a deal on BuyWithMe for $10 worth of food for $20.