Downtown Links (The “Doesn’t The Weather Know We Need Our Food Trucks?” Edition)

You might want to stick with the pork. Courtesy of Food in Mouth.

  • Steer clear of the cactus tacos at Tacombi, even if you’re on a diet. [Food in Mouth]
  • I don’t think they served food in the ML price range, but it’s still sad to see a classic bastion of skeeviness close. [Grub St.]
  • No more little pies for Tribeca. [Tribeca Citizen]
  • I have eaten none of the 10 best things to eat in Chinatown. [Fork in the Road]

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.

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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!

File Under Oh, Hell Yes!: Picnick Smoked Turning Into Fatty Outpost

 width=Do you all remember the infuriating disappearance of Picnick Smoked last year? Well, according to a post on Grub St. the reason I was never able to find out what happened to it was because the guy behind it, Will Goldfarb, went to Bali and took his BBQ with him. Now it looks like the Picnick kiosks in Battery Park will be turned into something possibly called Fatty Snack, serving soft serve and cold sandwiches. That’s not the most exciting part though: That Picnick Smoked cart will become an outpost of Williamsburg’s Fatty ‘Cue, which warms my heart on this snow-filled day. We can all look forward to eating artery-clogging meats come spring. Photo courtesy of Serious Eats.

Chinatown’s Bo Ky Focuses on Noodles, But They Serve Another Standout

It is definitely hearty, carb-filled food weather but I have grown tired of the options down in the Financial District. Sure, there’s the Hot Soup Cart when something warm sounds good, but I’ve found that hit or miss, and I can only eat the pho at Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches so many times before that too becomes boring. This is when I look for an excuse to head to Chinatown and I found that with a Serious Eats post on the food at Bo Ky on Bayard (btw. Mulberry & Mott). The shrimp rolls looked like something that needed to be consumed (by me), and I am always OK with noodle soup in its many glorious forms. Read more »

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).

In An Effort To Eat Fewer Things That Will Slowly Kill Me, I Try Toloache’s Pozole

As you readers of ML Downtown may have noticed, there aren’t a lot of “lighter” things like soup featured on here. It’s not that I’m purposely trying to omit liquid-based lunches, it’s just that they’re not that exciting (unless they’re pho, which is exempt from this bias). When I first went to Toloache Taqueria on Maiden Lane (btw. William & Gold) to try the tacos I saw they had a couple of interesting soups on the menu. Since it’s been freaking cold outside I figured it was the perfect time to try their version of pozole. Read more »