Plenty Of Meatless Options On This Ash Wednesday: 
According to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, we have Rickshaw Dumplings and Wafels & Dinges on Wall St., Frites N Meats, Big D's Grub and Sweetery are at Hudson & King, Our Heros is at Wall & Water with a tilapia sandwich, Milk Truck's at Varick & King, Bongo Brothers is at Old Slip & Water with $2 empanadas, both Calexico carts are out in Soho, and Korilla's at Front & Gouverneur. The WFC lot has newbie Mexico Blvd., Mike N Willie's, Rickshaw and Valducci's.
Posted at 11:17 am, February 22nd, 2012 | 0 Comments
Food To Eat Launch Means Free Food: To celebrate its launch, Food to Eat (kind of like a Seamless Web that includes food trucks) has partnered with some places downtown today to bring us freebies. You can get a side of fries at Big D's Grub or zeppoles at Valducci's, and at brick and mortars there's a can of soda at Oliva Gourmet on Broadway btw. Vesey & Barclay or alfajores at Ruben's Empanadas (Multiple Locations). You have to actually sign up for and order with the service to get the free food, so I guess it depends on how cheap you're feeling today.
Posted at 10:48 am, February 22nd, 2012 | 0 Comments
It’s always frustrating when a craving for Thai food hits me because as most of you know our options for that cuisine are mediocre in the Financial District. Bennie’s Thai Cafe is the best of the few options we have, although there was one I had yet to try because it’s off the beaten path and I tend to forget about it. That would be Budtharasa (also known as Bunrasa) on Washington St. (btw. Carlisle & Rector) over in the weird area of Irish bars, tourists and fancy hotels below the World Trade Center site.
Chris had christened it his go-to Thai spot in the FiDi after he had the chicken curry back in 2009. Since then, the scaffolding covering the front has come down and they have a lunch box for $8 that I thought was my ticket to checking this place out.
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Posted by Andrea H at 9:30 am, February 22nd, 2012 under Budtharasa, Financial District, Thai.
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If you’ve been in the prime shopping area of Soho, you’ve probably walked past SoHo Park without even noticing it (or stopped at Hampton Chutney Co. before getting to it). It’s on Prince St. (at Lafayette) and is one of the cheaper lunch spots you’re going to find in the neighborhood, especially if you want a burger. It just so happened that all last week I was intensely craving a burger and fries, but I felt like this site has reviewed many of the options that are $10 or less, of which there aren’t that many. I thought about heading for Brinkley’s for the massive $14 burger that Serious Eats so loved, but instead decided SoHo Park was more in the ML budget and deserving of a look.
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Posted by Andrea H at 12:00 pm, February 21st, 2012 under American, Burger, Soho, SoHo Park.
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Happy Fat Tuesday!: I say we all have free rein to eat a fatty lunch today right? To help us with that, Coolhaus, Bongo Brothers, Frites N Meats and Eddie's Pizza are at the WFC food truck lot, according to the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker. Elsewhere, Our Heros is at Wall & Water, Gorilla Cheese is at Hudson & King, Mike N Willie's is at Front & Wall, Milk Truck's at Wall & William, Big D's is at Hanover Sq., Schnitzel & Things is at Water & Broad, Rickshaw Dumplings is at Hudson & Houston and Taim Mobile's at Varick & King.
Posted at 11:16 am, February 21st, 2012 | 0 Comments
The good new is that the Blue Smoke on Vesey St. in Battery Park City is now offering actual food for takeout and not just cupcakes and other baked goods. The bad news is that you can’t really get lunch there for $10 or less unless you want a salad. Still, this area is pretty barren of and BBQ options and there are a couple of sandwiches that aren’t too expensive. Sneak a peek at some of the menu straight ahead.
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Posted by Andrea H at 10:00 am, February 21st, 2012 under Battery Park City, Blue Smoke.
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I got really excited when I discovered the walk up window at Koko Asian Fusion on Greenwich (btw. Carlisle & Albany) where you could get quality General Tso’s chicken at a rock bottom price. When I walked by recently I noticed they’ve changed things up and are offering a different special over rice for $5.95 at the window every day. If you like restaurant quality Americanized Chinese or Thai food on the cheap, this is the place to get it.
Posted by Andrea H at 8:30 am, February 21st, 2012 under Chinese, Financial District, Koko.
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