I am an avid Midtown Lunch reader but a downtown luncher. Its a blog dedicated to finding good grub for less than $10 and in these times – I really love reading about all the unique finds they write about. Most of the goods come from carts, aka street meat. And with all this talk about street meat lately, I’m hopping on the street meat wagon. I visit my Chiropractor once a week an always see the XPL truck with a sign that reads too good to be true.

Nothing over $5. And there is always a line. I was intrigued and decided to give them a try today. Granted I had a salad waiting for me at my desk, my coworker wanted to split something with me and I thought that for the sake of research I could have a big lunch.
This truck is located on Pearl and Water Street and operated by two men. They offer 5 or 6 things on their menu.
Chicken and rice – $5 (and other meat and rice combos for $5)
Gyro- $3 (lamb or chicken)
We decided on the lamb gyro. I was a little disappointed that for the size of the truck there was an absence of the lovely rack they slice the lamb off. Of course, that would probably make it cost more. They loaded the gyro up with lettuce, tomato, lamb and a crap load of the white sauce (which might have been tzatziki or something similar to it). We ordered two sodas to go with it and our grand total was $5 (to feed two people, sort of).
The verdict: The lamb was moist, semi chewy. Decent for $3. The sauce was a little minty but after one big sloppy bite, I was pleased with it. My coworker, who is not as picky as I am, was mad that she didnt get her own. And it was a decent size to boot. I honestly thought it would be skimpy – a healthy sized gyro for $3 measly dollars.
Would I go back? Definitely. If I needed to grab lunch on the fly for under $5 – this will surely be my choice… well – one of my choices.

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