Halal cart

A halal cart is a food cart which serves primarily halal Mediterranean cuisine, particularly in New York City, but also in other metropolitan areas in the United States.

A halal cart platter consists of chicken shawarma or lamb gyro, yellow rice, and salad, with optional red and/or white sauce on top.

Although they originally served Mediterranean food, they have since expanded to other cuisines.

A Queens College study showed that there were 306 street vendors who immigrated from Germany and Italy to New York City in 1990, and none in 2005; over the same period, those from Egypt, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan had risen from 69 to 563.

[4] The ubiquity of halal carts in New York City has been compared to that of taco trucks in Los Angeles.