Comments on: What Did You Have For Lunch Yesterday? I Had Street Meat

By: Street Meat: Wikipedia Deletes Page of Famed Chicken and Rice Cart | GOTHAMER

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:21:18 +0000

[...] Wikipedia certainly doesn’t think so. Though a page keeps popping up for the cart under the name “53rd and 6th” (there was once one for “Chicken and Rice”), it has been deleted five times since March 2006, most recently this month, by Wikipedia’s ever-vigilant civilian editors. Here’a a thread containing editors’ reasons for deletion, where they cite insufficient information, accuse it of being an “extended advertisement for a food vending stand (?),” and simply state, “There is an article about a sidewalk food cart? That is so silly!” Silly? Tell that to the people who stand in line for 40 minutes at 4 AM. Or to the folks who witnessed that falafel-related stabbing. · 53rd and 6th [Wikipedia] [photo credit] [...]

By: year one « The Gritty

year one « The Gritty — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:11:44 +0000

[...] good god I miss the halal carts (When I’m back in August I’m heading straight to the dudes in yellow shirts on 53rd and 6th for my lamb [...]

By: anne

anne — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:03:37 +0000

Update: kofka available daily at the 53rd & 7th cart, though I tried it for the first time today and it was way overcooked. The guy was really proud of it, though, and made a point to tell me it was real Egyptian food (he’s from Cairo).

By: StreetMeasOnsumer3008

StreetMeasOnsumer3008 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:21:49 +0000

Before 3pm sounds reasonable for Halal Guys. It’s their lunchtime price at $5. How many of us MLers eat lunch after 3pm here? Or should I correctly state BUY lunch after 3pm here? After 3pm sounds like a Halal pre-dinner fatass snackdown to me.

Thumbs up for the $5 kofta and chicken combo, if it’s really available to everyone.

By: RockCenter

RockCenter — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:09:51 +0000

@Zach

$5 before 3 PM now, eh? It used to be 4 PM…

Though the green peppers and onions are good to hear about – mmmmm

By: Monique

Monique — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:01:16 +0000

In lower Manhattan if there are 6 people on the line, thats a long line- LOL.
i should count my blessings, huh?

By: adamprato

adamprato — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:12:08 +0000

I always order this way:

(Lamb|Kofta) and chicken combo over salad, no rice, no pita. White sauce / barbecue sauce, and extra hotsauce. 3 felafel (if they’re available).

Next time I’ll order just the meat combo and ask why its $6.

By: Zach Brooks

Zach Brooks — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:54:42 +0000

The guy at the cart assured me the chicken and kofta combo was $5 (and that would be the price for everybody). He also said the chicken and lamb combo is $5 until 3pm. $6 after 3pm.

If he tries to charge you more, just tell him you know the price is only $5! I don’t know how much the falafel platters cost…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:50:50 +0000

Still have never paid more than $5 for any plate, combo or otherwise, at Halal Guys, and I’m hardly a fat man. I got there early yesterday (12:10) so as to avoid the inevitable long line, so must have missed Zach. Saying hi and being friendly goes a long way toward showing you’re a regular at the cart, too.

When they’ve done my kofta from scratch — form raw meat around skewers, grill, remove and chop — it’s been over 10 minutes wait. It’s worth it if you have the extra time, but I wish they’d keep a couple grilling (or sitting over by the lamb and chicken) for those of us who’d like to go more quickly.

By: Shivery.McPickles

Shivery.McPickles — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:38:50 +0000

It was so beautiful outside today that I went all the way up to the Dragon on 62nd. It was my first. Man… that tzatziki really makes the difference.