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28th&Mad cart - figment of goats' imagination?
Posted: 10:36 am, November 2nd, 2009 in Eating Outside Midtown
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it is a truck, not a cart. it is usually always there on the SE corner of the street.
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Steve, are you in cahoots with Goats? We are talking about the corner of 28th Street and Madison Ave, right? Each time I've been there (usually mid-late afternoon) there has been no food cart or truck within at least a full block in any direction.
BTW, lunch plans may have changed--I think I'll hold off on Little Morocco and check out the Dos Toros tacqueria, which seems to have opened a few days ago. Little Morocco is in my future though. And, if I can get the intradimensional coordinates just right, the ephemeral 28th&Mad truck.
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search 74 Madison Avenue in google maps. you can see the truck in the street view.
the truck is ok, nothing special.
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You do realize I am talking aboutr Madison ave between 27 and 28th, in the Manhattan borough right? (LOL)
Seriously, that is really really wierd. It is ALWAYS there. In fact, I saw it there Friday afternoon, as I was off and walked by it, nearly stopping for a snack around the same time you said you were there(after I had already eaten my steak, spinach and mashed potatoes!) Try again! IT will be there! During the week, they usually bail around 5, but there is usually the night cart pulling in either right when they bail, or soon after. Like 15 min after. At 4 pm, they are DEFINITELY open for business as that is the time I usually go back to work every day (after my lunch).....
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IT is kind of special! It's no kwik meal, and honestly, Little Morocco gives 28th a run for the money, but it is pretty decent. I would reccomend getting chicken on a hero. IT is hearty for 4 bucks.
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ive been to this truck also...its yellow if im nto mistaken...but i only go after hours. halal is not an option for lunch for me.
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there are 2 trucks that sit share the spot, one is yellow the other is the one shown on google maps
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There is a yellow and a gray. Yellow is the night time (and some weekend days), gray, the daytime (and weekday days (and some weekend days). Daytime, they usually have a big plastic sign hanging, for 4.99 special for platter. You will see the gray if you come by during the week for lunch.
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@goats: chicken on a hero? is that at little morroco? Must have to check that out if so
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Goats--I got the location right. I live diagonally across Madison Park (Shack country), so if I exit the Park at the NE corner and head up Madison two blocks I should see it, right?
OK, I'll give it another try this week, probably during lunchtime proper. I HOPE it's really there!!
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BTW, is either truck (gray/yellow, day/night) better than the other?
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@ No Pickles: Nope, Chicken on a hero is from the 28th st. cart. Not sure if they have heros at Little Morocco, though it'd be cool if they did!
@ Stevenp: We are neighbors! And yes, if you walk up madison, the truck is on the east side of the street, usually between 27th and 28th. However, sometimes later in the day during weekdays (after 4 or 5 but before 6), it is forced to move onto 28th between madison and park. It should def. be there....
As to which is better, I would say the daytime cart is better for chikcen on a hero. Not sure if they have hero in the nightime cart. However, at night, I always go lamb over rice and salad,or falafal platter/sandwich, both of which are ok-- (sadly, the lamb is not as good as little morocco since they never crisp it enough).
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I will also add that the daytime recipe for chicken seems to change periodically. Sometimes it is curry chicken, which as you know, I am not a big fan of...Other times, it has an odd amazing flavor that is not curry I don't think. It is kind of nutty and spicy. Recently, it has been curry, as the guy who was serving me seems to be gone, so I've taken a break until the smell changes as I walk by....
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Goats, we should do a happy hour someday. At my firm, happy hour starts at noon (and at 11am on days that end in "day"), and often runs until the following morning. Any really good dives in your side of the 'hood? (Comparable to, say, 1849's $3 beers and 20-cent wings, or Rudy's, etc. Does Rodeo bar have a decent HH?)
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you guys are a block away form all teh third avenue goodness of cheap drinks.
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I don't know 1849. I used to go to desmonds, but I acted "inappropriately" a while back, so I've avoided it.. Too much messiness with drunken female friends, drunken bar tenders hitting on them etc.
I tend to go to Chef 28 with co-workers (28th between madison and park) but the last time I went there, I started urging the russian bar tender to sing songs...I also ran into an old neighbor 3 times, and each time, apparently, it was as if I hadn't seen him the other times....this, according to my coworkers and girlfriend.
My main haunt is Mccormacks----they know me well there. 3rd ave and 26th. I am definitely up for some happy hour time!
Rodeo Bar does have free peanuts, but AWFUL food....I was there back in the spring, and my brother and his g/f got food poisoning....I just thought the food sucked....
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OK, this truk does actually exist. Could not have missed it before--it really wasn't there. Had a combo over yellow rice. Not bad, but not great. Lamb was a bit tastier, but overchopped into little bits. Chicken could've been cooked a bit better. I asked for extra hot sauce, and it was good but not killer. I'd say this is a slightly above-average streetmeat meal. I'll have to give the night truck a try.
Oh yeah--I also don't like the pricing of $6 with a 'free' soda. I'd rather pay $5 and no soda, thank you.
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I can't attest to the daytime lamb....I only get that from the nightcart. As I said, the chicken recipe seems to have been altered slightly in the last couple of weeks, so I've been avoiding it. Their hot sauce is nothing to write home about either--at least compared to 53rd (its only redeeming quality) or Little Morrocco (whose platter is overall better than 28th st). I thought it was 4.99 for chicken over rice with a soda? did they discontinue the special? Overall, it really depends on who is working....They have a constant changing of the guard it seems during the day, so sometimes it's better than others. Hey, at least now you know I'm not totally crazy (only a little crazy...)
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I had the combo (lamb and chicken) which was $6. My next streetmeat field trip will definitely be Little Morocco, but I had to hit up Dos Toros tacqueria to check it out first. I'll admit, I tend to like the local (and evil?) 6th-Ave Rafiqi's--they put together a hefty platter, lamb isn't cut into tiny bits, generally well-prepared streetmeat.
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i saw the yellow truck there yesterday. i was at Pranna...but they had mad free food so i wasnt hungry for the truck.
by teh way since you guys live pretty close...stop in Pranna for their satay sampler...its liek 5 bucks...and their happy hour they have like beer and naan for 5$ (yes beer and naan) lol
i thought it was good. and for 5$ cant hurt to try it out.
sorry this post sounded mad shillington but i swear just a reccomendation -
sammy, those look like two good options--the rest of the place seems to be a pretentious party scene. Good beer options too. Although I want to make sure--their draft beer is a full pint, right? (I've been to a couple of places where the $6 draft is served in a smaller skinny glass--BS!!)
OTOH, you can still get pitchers at Rudy's for $7/9 (as I did the other day). And they have FREE appetizers of ground meat satay off the stick, served in a North American bread wrapper, with your choice of sauces applied by the server.)
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yeah its a full pint....i think...i don thtink they would jip you at such a place.
i duno how big the satay sampler is though..could be small but for 5$ not bad getting 2. my friend said teh beer/naan was realllly good...they have a few taps...i forget which beers.its very much a boujey pretentious party scene but my friends uncle is the owner so when they opened up i went with him and he ordered MADDD food...lamb sliders(the best) satay platter some other nonsense..and it was all comped and all very good...must say its a very good spot to take a girl or even just go with a friend to splurge on a nice dinner..
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I've been eyeing Pranna for some time....but as you say, it looks so damn pretentious from the outside--especially on the weekends with the ropes, bouncers with ear pieces, long lines etc... that it has kept me far away (and by far away, I mean across the street in my apartment). I see their happy hr billboard specials outside the place every morning, but I've never been tempted....but perhaps this would be a good place to take my coworkers--rather than our usual go to of Chef 28 (28th btwn Mad and Park)....
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stick with the happy hour specials...
regular drinks are not too happythe bali 76 is pretty good...very fruity
the something daquery tastes very strong...but they r both made pretty well
and honestly its just a really nice place on the inside...3 floors..huge
ive been there a million times for friends bdays...yesterday was my first time for happy hour but that wouldnt really count cuz it was a one yr anniversary party so the average age of people was about 45 loleither way...doesnt hurt to try it
Seriously goats--I've gone out of my way 3 times now to check out this great cart that you claim is at 28th and Madison, almost 24/7 except between 5-10 am. (OK, there are supposed to be 2 carts there at different times.) I was there last Friday around 4 pm. Not a cart within at least a block in any direction of that intersection! It wasn't raining or anything either.
Does this cart exist, or is it some kind of inside joke?
I'm heading up to Little Morocco today for lunch. At least *that* cart has been confirmed to exist!