Comments on: Famous Halal Cart on 53rd & 6th, Adds Another Cart on 7th

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:23 +0000

Is the cart at 53rd st and 7th Ave still there during the daytime?

By: Boo

Boo — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:11:18 +0000

To anon … Thanks for the heads-up on the SW day cart. Yeah, the SE cart really wasn’t very good today. I think I’d rather brave the lines during the nighttime because the high turnover seems to be key.

But if you’re just in the mood for chicken, the Trini-Pak cart on 43rd and 6th beats 53rd and 6th cart by a mile. It is a lot more flavorful.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:52:20 +0000

@boo – I took that white sauce photo yesterday, and it is definitely the same cart. You may be right about the line, and how it effects freshness… but eating at the daytime cart on the SW corner is not a good solution. I’ve eaten them both at the same time, and still think the SE corner is superior.

By: Boo

Boo — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:37:08 +0000

I just had the combo with rice on the SE corner of 53rd and 6th today for lunch. Yellow bags and yellow sweatshirts. But yellow sweatshirts didn’t have the logo on it.

I’m not sure if it’s the same cart as it is during the night because the food didn’t taste the same, especially the lamb. And the hot sauce was much hotter than it usually is. So I think it is one of several possibilities:

1. SE Cart is same, but because there isn’t the same long line, food isn’t fresh and quality suffers. You may be better off getting it at the copycat cart on the SW corner of 53rd and 6th during the day because there always seems to be a long line.

2. SE Cart is a copycat, which explains the different hot sauce.

3. SE Cart is the same but was having an off-day.

By: Aali Ladak

Aali Ladak — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:07:48 +0000

these guys are a disgrace to halal culture they should be taken off the corner indefinitely

By: kevin lacap

kevin lacap — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:05:24 +0000

this food is amazing i love it

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By: samwich

samwich — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:15:13 +0000

go back and complain…that will go over real well …lol

i remember one time i think i asked for more pita…he looked at me like i killed his first born child….

By: jbravo

jbravo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:03:12 +0000

just came from the new location…wasn’t i supposed to get a pita?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:32:27 +0000

ok, time to start making their way east.