43rd Street Planters Get Taken Away, But Will El Rey Del Sabor Return?
If there was any doubt the building had nothing to do with the shoddily installed planters that blocked the El Rey Del Sabor cart from parking on 43rd and 6th the other day, they were erased yesterday. Lunch’er Jeff sends in this update:
Walked real fast near where the El Sabor/Greek Hotdog Lady battle went down… bad news, didn’t see the El Sabor cart but good news some maintenance men were out there working hard to move the planters. Can’t be 100% what the situation was but they definitely were chopping off and cracking the cement that glued them down… and they were definitely lifting the planter boxes to move them around a bit.
Another comment confirmed that they were completely gone by 3pm. So… one would think that would clear the way for the return of the El Rey Del Sabor cart today! If you’re on the scene, let us know if they’re there serving up tacos and enchiladas.
UPDATE: From the comments… “They’re back again today!” The cart, not the planters…
Related:
The Latest Weapon in the Vendor Wars is… Sidewalk Planters!?
Posted: 9:30 am, September 3rd, 2009 under El Rey Del Sabor, Street Vendor Issues.
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Yep! They’re back again today!
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I’m glad they back. that whole planter drama infuriates me more than it should! How low!
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If El Sabor is back @ that spot, then they will be expecting a visit from me today. I need to see what all this fighting is about.
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theyre back back today, and they are there to stay.
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Is the crazy Greek hot dog lady flippin the shit right now? LOL
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Tacos for lunch, baby! May I suggest waiting on line for a chicken/gyro next door then at the last minute going ‘ooo! tacos!’
Or is that going against the unwritten law of the street?
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Glad you liked the pic.. when i saw what was happening, i was like “oh snap, I better get all Peter Parker on this s#!%”
But let’s forget the Vendor Wars for a second… the real battle with be the upcoming Fred vs. DocChuck UFC Championship.. that smack is dope!!
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The more these guys fight El Sabor, the more I want El Sabor’s food.
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I think I’m going to have to go for a long walk today. :)
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I’m going there for lunch with two coworkers today :)
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I just took a look at Google Maps. The hot dog lady AND the planters have been there some time. Maybe they were moved and glued?
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I went for lunch early, around 11:45am and took 4 co-workers with me. There was already a line. They are back and said they were there to stay. No Chorizo today though.
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Not many choices today. No tamales. Tacos, burittos, quesadillas are definites.
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Just got back from El Rey. Mean looks from vendor next door. Kind of disappointing lunch. No sopes. No Al pastor. Only chicken and beef. Chicken was dry, not seasoned. Beef was better but overall very average. Is this standard for them?
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Thats the power of midtownlunch.com!!! By the time I got there (1:10) they had only Chicken. I got the last of it. Jeff AKA Peter Parker got there just after me and they had no meat left so he had to pass. They better stock better for the midtownlunch crowd.
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Around 1:30, all they had left was cheese. They did say that someone was supposed to be bringing more food but wasn’t there yet.
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Thank goodness they are back.
Hey hot dog lady, how bout instead of putting up illegal obstacles you simply provide better food?
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I had a torta and enchiladas for lunch. Yum. But yea, slightly disappointing since they were out of so much :(
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I’m going to boldly give props to the community building this website generates… even if Adamprato and his bud were laughing at me for being left with nothing but veggie options at the El Ray cart (how humilating!!) it was really a blast to talk face-to-face with Midtown Lunch’ers.. plus even the El Ray cart workers were having a blast.. they loved hearing about the website and seemed so appreciative that crowds came out to order today (don’t worry, supposedly they were waiting for a restocking shipment to comeby within a few minutes.. but i couldn’t wait). They even pointed out the Red Hatted Mexican Warrior, as i call him (although not to his face) and said they loved teasing him with the “Mucha Lucha” tag now.
By the way, next week’s profiled Lunch’er should be the Greek Hotdog Lady.. she actually has a bit of style to her look. :>
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@Jeff what you call style I call terrifying. Seriously. Looked like the crypt keeper had sex with lindsay lohan. :shudder:
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Ah yes, my dear ol’ Formz, it doesn’t get much hotter than that :>
@Harry, did you have a search warrant for that google investigation you conducted?? Nice work soldier
I feel like i am watching an animal channel.