The Halal Guys

53rd and 6th
A typical line at the cart.
Restaurant information
Food type	Halal
Street address	Corner of 53rd and 6th Ave
City	New York City
State	New York

53rd and 6th or Chicken and Rice is a popular halal gyros stand on the corner of 53rd Street and 6th Avenue in New York City. The cart most recognized by its primary dish which is a platter of chicken and/or gyro meat with rice ^[1], while it also serves a gyro wrap. The cart has somewhat unusual hours as it usually opens at around 7:30pm ^[2][3] and does not close until 4:30am.

The menu is somewhat simple, but the two most popular orders are the plate with rice, which is $6 and the sandwich, which is $4. The plate with rice comes with your choice of chicken, lamb or both, rice, salad (lettuce), pita bread and your choice of white/hot/bbq sauce. The sandwich consists of meat, salad and sauce on pita bread.

Additionally, you can get the plate without rice, for $1 less.

There is a sister cart across the street, on the same side of 53rd street. Contrary to popular opinion, that cart is run by the same owner ^[4], and is open from the hours for 10 am - 4 am, with a cook switch at 7 pm. During the day, tomatoes are included with the salad and prices are $1 cheaper, with a sandwich going for $3 and a plate going for $5.

In the past few weeks, the second stand has closed early on some days, leaving only the primary stand across the street from the Hilton to serve customers at night.

Recently the stand has become so popular, the owners have hired bouncers. ^[5]

The stand is famous for their white sauce. They originally catered to the late night taxi/cab driver crowds, but through the immense amount of popularity of the nightlife crowd, the lines grew to 2 hour waits. Currently the line for a plate of food is about 75 minutes on a Friday or Saturday night.

• Unofficial Website of 53rd and Sixth
• Review of 53rd and 6th
• 53rd and 6th profile on Yelp, Inc.
• New York Times Writeup featuring 53rd and 6th