New “Mexican” Cart Serving Burritos on Park Ave.
After settling on my “chicken scampi” lunch the other day from the Magdy’s Cheesesteak cart (on Park and 46th), I stumbled across this random sign on what seemed like an otherwise standard street meat cart. I was super curious, but already full- and vowed to return in my obligatory roll as Midtown guinea pig. Luckily Lunch’er “Alan” beat me to the punch, and sent along this mini-review:
This Cart on 53rd & Park has been here for a month or two has recently added burritos to their menu. The cart appears to be run by a Mexican couple. For $3 the decent sized burrito included chicken or ground beef, rice, tomato, onions, cheese, hot sauce and sour cream. It was a pretty good burrito considering the options in the immidiate area. Really a great price for what it is, a nice change from your typical halal cart.
The photo of his burrito is after the jump…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, April 6th, 2009 under 53rd & Park, Cart, Mexican.
When opening a new business, there are two ways of going about finding a location. #1. Find an underserved area, where your presence will fill a niche that is currently not being addressed. Or there is #2. Find a successful business that is similar, open up next door, and either benefit from their overflow, or crush them under the weight of your greatness. (Or fail miserably.) Either way, I’ve seen #2 happen all over Midtown. Kobe Club & Quality Meats, the M&M store & the Hershey Store… and now- Indian Food Carts!
I know not everyone works on 48th st. between 6th & 7th ave., so I’ve been trying to branch out whenever possible, and try places that while out of the way for me- might be your favorite lunch spot. Some of the places that might be close to you- but far from me that I’ll be hitting up in the next few weeks: ‘wichcraft, Burger Joint, Pampano Taqueria, Men Kui Tei, Zip Burger, Jiannetto’s Pizza Cart, & Arang- just to name a few.
Ordering is really simple. You have two choices, the vegetarian meal ($3.99) or the chicken meal ($4.99). Each day, both entrees will change- but the menu doesn’t. It’s either the vegetarian choice, or the chicken choice. Both entrees come with rice, dal (lentils), bread and salad (which is just some lettuce). On the day I was there, the vegetarian entree was mixed vegetables, and the chicken, was Chicken Tikka Masala.
