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The Halal Guys started as a single cart on this corner and somehow turned into a whole movement, but the original spot is still the one people line up for at almost any hour. We went late at night after a show, and even then there was a real line, but it moved fast and the energy of the cart workers chopping and flipping meat in tight coordination was honestly half the fun of waiting.
We got the combo platter, half chicken and half gyro over rice, and the white sauce they pour over everything is genuinely the thing that makes this whole operation work. It's tangy and a little garlicky and ties the meat and rice together perfectly. The red sauce on the side has a real kick to it, worth using sparingly the first time unless you really want some heat. We also tried the falafel, which surprised us, crispy outside and not dry in the middle the way falafel sometimes ends up being from carts like this. The pita that comes alongside the platter is soft and a good vehicle for scooping up whatever sauce is left at the bottom of the container once the rice is gone. Everything gets piled into the same foil container, which sounds messy and kind of is, but in the best way.
There's a second cart just a block away that almost never has a line, but something about the original spot still pulls people in, even at one in the morning.
