One of the highlights in my year-and-a-half as your guide through the lunches of downtown Manhattan was discovering a $7 all-you-can-eat buffet at the delightfully-named Sea World in the gross upper reaches of Church St. When word came Friday that the place had closed and was possibly being taken over by pizza shop Saluggi’s, I couldn’t stop a “Nooo!” from escaping my mouth. Read more »
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Waffle Sandwiches, Grilled Cheese On The Twitter Tracker: Sweetery and Eddie's Pizza are both at Hudson & King today. Elsewhere on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker, Korilla is at Front & Gouverneur, Frites N Meats is at Hanover Sq., Rickshaw Dumpling is at Hudson & Houston, Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Charlton with pastel de guayaba and the Real Good Truck has returned to Water & Coenties Slip. Milk Truck is at Wall & William, GO Burgers is at Varick & Vandam, and Calexico has pulled brisket with onion & cilantro on Prince St.
Posted at 11:21 am, January 20th, 2012 | 0 Comments
There aren’t a lot of good sources of Philly cheesesteaks in the Financial District or any part of lower Manhattan other than Carl’s Steaks on Chambers St., and no, those things you get from the halal vendors aren’t the real thing. A new truck called Phil’s Steaks is parking in the FiDi today was supposed to come to the FiDi today, but isn’t on the road at all. Although they haven’t been reviewed yet on the Midtown side of the site, it seems like they’re legit and sourcing bread from Philly, etc. A full sandwich is $8.50 or you can get a half for $5.50, and they offer beef or chicken with all of the fixings. There are also some sort of combo meals offered but I can’t find out online what exactly those are. If any of you check it out for lunch, let us know how it was in the comments!
Photo courtesy of Phil’s Steaks
If you work below Chambers St. and can’t handle another day of ordering from Chipotle or wherever people order food from on a regular basis (can you tell I never use Seamless Web?), there’s a new option out there that only exists in delivery form. It’s called My Belly’s Playlist and operates out of Yorganic on Hanover Square, but you can’t actually get the sandwiches offered if you walk in there. I know because I actually tried that and there’s no sign that this underground sandwich source exists, although I was intrigued by those Bliss Bowls being sold there. Click through for a few more details on how to actually get this mysterious food.
Posted by Andrea H at 12:00 pm, January 19th, 2012 under Financial District, My Belly's Playlist.
Real Good Truck Pops Up On The Twitter Tracker: The ML Downtown Twitter Tracker (which got more trucks added to it recently!) shows that Frites N Meats is making a rare lunch appearance at Greenwich & Chambers, Korilla is at Varick & Vandam as is a new one called the Real Good Truck with fried chicken and waffle fries. Kimchi Taco is at Hudson & Charlton, Our Heros is at Wall & Water and Bongo Brothers is at Old Slip & Water.
Posted at 11:20 am, January 19th, 2012 | 0 Comments
The Eddie’s Pizza Truck has been roaming the streets for a while serving its bar pies with toppings like pulled pork with Maker’s Mark carmelized onions. A while ago they added some sandwiches to the menu and after a mostly positive report on the porchetta variety from Blondie, I decided that someday when I was feeling indecisive come lunch time I’d go back for something that wasn’t pizza. That day happened earlier this week when it was rainy and disgusting and walking more than a few blocks for lunch was out of the question and it just so happened Eddie’s Pizza was parked on Water St. Read more »
Posted by Andrea H at 9:30 am, January 19th, 2012 under Eddie's Pizza Truck, Italian, Sandwiches, Truck.
