Have Indian Food Carts Left the Steam Table Joints In the Dust?
A couple of days ago I went and tried the slightly out of bounds location of Minar (on 31st btw. 5+6th). It’s never been featured on ML before, but the food is pretty much identical to the more famous Midtown location on 46th btw. 6+7th. The original Minar was actually one of Zach’s earliest Midtown Lunches and amazingly enough, the post still resonates today, FOUR years later. Back in ‘06 Zach wrote, “I went with the Chicken Tikka Masala (for sake of comparison with other places), the Lamb curry, and the Saag Paneer… but the curry was too watery.” I had the exact same order and the same qualities could be found in Minar today. I guess you’ve gotta hand it to them for consistency!
Posted by Danny at 11:45 am, September 22nd, 2010 under Minar.
In the mood for Indian food today? 
The complaints against eating in Midtown are many… but the one thing you can’t complain about is a lack of good Indian food. There are tons of Indian places for every appetite and price range. Expensive sit down restaurants, expensive buffets, cheap buffets, cheap take out, and even an Indian food cart. When you look at the cheap options, it seems as if there is one for every neighborhood. If you work on Park in the 50s, there’s the super cheap 
