Famous Halal Guys Have Raised Their Prices!
We got a tip a few weeks ago from Luncher Chris who noticed the prices at The Famous Halal Guys have increased from $6 to $7. Sure enough, all of their carts in the vicinity of 53rd and 6th now have menus that read $7 for any rice dish. One of the guys at the cart on the SE corner told me it has been that way for about two weeks now.
No matter because the price increase has not seemed to affect the lunch line – even the days after New Year’s. I guess they didn’t see much money when they sued the Imposter Cart last year. Either that or they need more capital now that they’ve gone national...
Posted by brianhoffman at 10:13 am, January 5th, 2015 under Famous Halal Guys on 53rd & 6th.
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I figure they hadn’t raised prices in around 4 years, so raising it a buck right before the tourist hordes descended on Midtown probably yielded a nice five-figure revenue bump over the past few weeks.
They also stopped putting on the sauce themselves, which saves time. Though if you ask for excessive amounts of hot sauce, they still add that via bottle rather than load the bag with containers.