Sahara Halal Cart

This place is good and unlike the other food carts there is a whole section of vegan/​vegetarian food on the menu: felafel platter, eggplant pita, knishes etc. The thing is that they actually do have several authentic foods on hand but will only give them to you if you ask. Maybe they think most people prefer the yellow Goya style rice? Anyway if you ask them they have tahini sauce, basmati rice, dolma, etc.
The rusty lettuce? It’s a bummer they will indeed give you a kind of wimpy salad if they don’t recognize you or a new guy is working. But if you come around a for while they will give you pickles, peppers, roasted eggplant, lots of chickpeas. Basically a real salad. So try to become a regular and be friendly with the guys manning the cart if you are looking for vegetarian or healthy food at the Junction AKA Fast Food Bermuda Triangle.

I came here today after leaving Target and they got beef kabob for only 3 bucks a piece! Considering that they charge 8 dollars a piece in the city, this is a great price. The beef kabob was really good too.
I’ve had hot dogs from here before and it was pretty good as well. Best part is that they serve halal meat.
Update: I tried the platters today and it was tasty. I got the mix plate (gyro & chicken). Quality is not like halal guys but most carts arn’t. Still good though. Best part it comes with soda & salad for six dollars.
give it a try if your in the neighborhood. Not worth traveling to but try it out if in the neighborhood.

Unlike the other halal cart at the same location (
), Sahara has a few veggie choices (see my pic of the menu). Great for a busy vegan shopping at the Junction.
The falafel platter is an okay deal. Here’s what you get for $ 6:
* 4 nice little falafel
* Handful of chickpeas
* 1 small stuffed grape leaf
* 1 really tiny piece of grilled eggplant
* Seasoned veggie-​rice pilaf
* Salad: lettuce, cucumber slices, 1 pickle slice, 1 pickled cauliflower floret, 1 small hot pepper
* Optional white sauce
* Soda or small bottled water
The falafal was great: crisp outside, moist inside, and tasty. The rest of the platter was just okay or subpar. Of course, what’s most important about a food cart IMO is cleanliness, convenience and price, and not so much the corners cut. So if the chickpeas and grape leaf were right out of the can and the veggies in the pilaf were from frozen, that’s not something to complain about. But rusty lettuce is really annoying. Oh well, I’m just really glad about the non-​meat menu.