Dough Re Mi Shooting For Spring Opening

I’m sure many of you working way down in the nether regions of the Financial District have been wondering what’s up with the mysterious coffee cup holding a delicious doughnut in the old Burritoville space. Dough Re Mi will be serving up breakfast carbs including, yes, doughnuts, and possibly a few lunch items, but not for a couple of months. Johnpaul Perrone of Midtown’s Papa Perrone truck is in on the project and has been keeping me posted. He says they’re still working on details and it looks like they’ll open no later than April.

Pork Cutlet Hero On The Twitter Tracker: On the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker...Comme Ci Comme Ca is at Old Slip & Water, Frying Dutchmen is at Varick & King and Sweetery, Schnitzel & Things and Crisp on Wheels are at Hudson & King. Taim Mobile is at Broad & Water, Our Heros is at Wall & Water with a pork cutlet special and Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Vandam.

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Kortako’s Rice Bowl, Mandoo Fail To Wow In More Than One Way

It’s not often that eating lunch actually makes me angry because often that little break where I get to put food in my mouth is the highlight of my day, whether it’s sub par or awesome. After striking out on my lunch idea one day, I happened to walk by Kortako on Nassau (btw. John & Fulton) and realized I hadn’t returned since their much-delayed opening at the beginning of December. I had a burrito on my first visit which I enjoyed for what it was (Kor-Mex fusion), but another person didn’t seem too positive about the place in the comments of that post. So I stepped inside to try something different and it was all downhill from there.

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Downtown Links (The “Sometimes You Want A $15 Burger” Edition)

More burgers should be topped with pastrami. Courtesy of FitR.

Gutbombs Galore On The Twitter Tracker: Most of the usual suspects are downtown on this rainy Friday including Eddie's Pizza is at Hudson & King, Frites N Meats at Hanover Sq. and Bongo Brothers at Varick & Charlton. The Twitter Tracker also tells us that Schnitzel & Things is at Water & Broad, the Real Good Truck is at Water & Coenties Slip, Milk Truck is at Wall & William, Korilla is at Front & Gouverneur and Our Heros is at Wall & Water with that meatloaf sandwich, and GO Burger is at Varick & Vandam. Mike N Willies is also making its first appearance in the FiDi today (location TBA).

Mexicue, Real Good Truck Downtown Today: Today we have Frites N Meats at Church & Walker and Korilla at Varick & Spring. The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker also tells us that Rickshaw Dumplings is at Hudson & Houston and Wall btw. William & Water, the Real Good Truck is at Varick & Vandam, Mexicue is at Water & Broad and Kimchi Taco is at Hudson & Charlton.

Don Halal Puts Together An Interesting Falafel Over Rice Plate

There are a lot of good cart options for falafel in the Financial District, but there’s always room for one more, right? After noticing a new cart called Don Halal right next to the No. 1 Bahn Mi cart at the corner of Hanover Sq. & Pearl, I chatted with the woman manning the window and after I didn’t order anything, she called me “sweetie” and invited me to come back. There are some interesting things on the menu like a falafel platter with Indian marinated vegetables, and chicken curry so I decided to go see if they could compete with the superb falafel across Water St. at Alan’s Halal.

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