Mexico Blvd. Proves That Sometimes A Straight Up, Non-Fusion Taco Is Best

There’s been no shortage of food trucks serving tacos appearing over the last couple of years, but nearly all of them have been fused with some other cuisine. We now have tacos mixed with BBQ, Korean, Japanese and tofu edamame falafel, but sometimes you just need a taco filled with deliciously-spiced pork. The Mexico Blvd. truck is where to go when you want a straightforward taco that you might encounter in Mexico, and as I found on a recent visit, they’re representing just fine.

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Multiple Burger Options On The Twitter Tracker: On your mid-week ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...Red Hook Lobster, Sweetery and Frites N Meats are at Hudson/Houston & King, Mexico Blvd., Valducci's, Mike N Willie's, Milk Truck and Coolhaus are at the WFC lot, while the Lent Space has Gorilla Cheese, Phil's Steaks, Andy's Italian Ice, Bongo Brothers, Munchie Mobile and Chinese Mirch. Wafels & Dinges has a cart at Greenwich & Murray and a truck at 60 Wall, Our Heros has hot pastrami at Wall & Water,  Cupcake Crew's at Hanover Sq., Bistro Truck's at Old Slip & Water, Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur, GO Burger's at Maiden Ln. & Water, Bian Dang's at Coenties Slip & Water and Bob & Jo's at Varick & King.

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Free Ice Cream Sandwich Alert!: There's a promotion today with the Coolhaus truck from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the WFC food truck lot where you can get a free ice cream sandwich thanks to a promo with Google Wallet. You have to demo the tap-and-pay app to get your free treat, but it's well worth it on a steamy day.

Okadaman Is Bringing Japanese Food To The Streets

If you’ve ever been to a Japanese bar, you’ve probably encountered some of the snacks that a new truck called Okadaman is going to be serving when it hits the streets in mid-June. The main draw is two kinds of okonomiyaki, or the pancakes that look like they’re moving when they’re not, but they’ll also have yakisoba and takoyaki. If you never thought you’d see the day that a truck served fried octopus balls, that day is about to arrive. Sneak a peek at the truck’s full menu after the jump.

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It’s An Ice Cream & Slushy Kind Of Day: Both food truck lots are up and running today on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker with Phil's Steaks, Frites N Meats, Cupcake Crew, Bongo Brothers and Eddie's Pizza at the WFC lot and Kelvin Slush,  Mexico Blvd., Taim, Rickshaw Dumplings, Milk Truck and Valducci's at the Lent Space. Also, Cinnamon Snail's at Varick & King, Wafels & Dinges is at Canal & Broadway, Our Heros is at Wall & Water with BBQ pulled pork, Big D's Grub's at Old Slip & Water and Bistro Truck's at Hudson & King.

PROFILE: Downtown Lunch’er “Richard”

As is customary here on Midtown Lunch, every Tuesday we’ll profile a different lunch’er and get their recommendations for places to eat in Downtown NYC. This week we have Richard who works a little out of bounds, but really loves BonChon Chicken.

Name: Richard Chen

Occupation: Web developer

Where you work: Bleecker and Broadway

Age: 31

Favorite kinds of food: Asian! Specifically, Korean, because I can eat it all day and still not get fat or unhealthy.

Least favorite foods: Diner food. It’s very tasty but blasé on creativity, on the unhealthy side of things, high in oils and salts & also because they’re an N.J. invention, though their desserts are typically good.

Favorite lunches downtown: BonChon Chicken – I first heard about “Korean chicken” four years ago when a friend took me to its former location on Chambers St. Even though it was later spurned for being a fraud, I still loved the idea and now visit both its Leonia, N.J. location (closer to where I live) and the one on John St. Beware of imitators though, there are a few using similar signage. I usually get the six piece with bone and with soy and fresh garlic sauce; I subway down from wherever I am in the city for Bian Dang, especially if they’re in Soho, just to get this lovely food despite how they have a fixed location in the Food Gallery 32 in Midtown. I usually get the snack platter which, despite its name, is actually a full meal with an unpictured side of clear broth soup. (Favorite lunches continued after the jump!) Read more »

Downtown Links (The “Enjoy The Long Weekend!” Edition)

Have $2? This could be yours. Courtesy of SENY.

  • I think we’ve all had a crack-like pizza situation happen to us. [Lunch Studio]
  • A run down of what’s opening soon in Tribeca, lunch options included. [Tribeca Citizen]
  • Mission Chinese is open, and serving lunch/takeout starting next week. [Grub St.]
  • Sweet House brings us ridiculously cheap fried chicken sandwiches. [SENY]