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As we previously mentioned, Crisp On Wheels is no longer affiliated with the Crisp chain of falafel restaurants. The severing of these ties forced the owners of the truck to change their name, menu and look.

While the name and look of the truck changed, the menu is basically the same, but with different names for the dishes. The question is would the food suffer since they were no longer working with Crisp.

To find out, we got a Moroccan sandwich, which used to be called Crisp Africa. The sandwich cost $9.50 after tax, which is on the high side for a falafel sandwich.

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As we told you last week, Taïm Mobile has been creating some new falafel flavors. We stopped by earlier this week to try their newest flavor…sun-dried tomato pesto falafel.

Your options are a falafel sandwich for $7 or a platter for $12.

Taïm is one of the tops in NYC when it comes to falafel, but how would their new falafel flavor stack up to the older ones?

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Yesterday saw the unveiling of Taïm Mobile’s first new falafel flavor in quite some time – kale pesto.

In addition to Taïm’s great regular falafel, they rotate special falafel flavors like red pepper, harissa and green olive.

Now they are upping the ante even more with 4 new falafel flavors – and bringing out new soup specials too!

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In the past few days, there has been a lot of press about how the Mediterranean diet can ward off heart attacks and strokes. Let’s put that to the test.

We haven’t been to Crisp On Wheels in a while, and they have a Mediterranean falafel sandwich, so we headed there for lunch.

Guess it has been a while since we’ve been to the truck. It still looks pretty much the same, but all references to “Crisp” are removed from the truck and the menu.

We spoke with someone at the truck, and they said there was a falling out with the Crisp stores, and they are no longer affiliated. We got a few more pieces of info at the truck, including the name they hope to change to soon.

We don’t care about who owns what or who’s fighting with who. The only question we care about is if the food is good.

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You know the old adage about the 3 most important things in a food business: location, location & location.

Yesterday we were able to walk right up to Taïm Mobile at 1pm with no line. Why? Because there were 3 emergency vehicles there responding to a small fire in a building on the block. It didn’t seem to be too serious, but it was enough to keep people away from the window.

We’ve seen Taïm Mobile tweet about their corn jalapeño soup a few times, and this was perfect weather for giving it a try. But thick soup and a falafel sandwich seemed like too much to eat for lunch, even on a cold, damp day.

Solution: Corn jalapeño soup for $5 and a side order of 6 falafel for $4. Let’s see how that worked out. BTW, this is a good lunch for vegetarians too.

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