What’s Behind a $10 Chicken Over Rice From a Cart? An $18,000 Permit.
What’s Behind a $10 Chicken Over Rice From a Cart? An $18,000 Permit. Feb. 4, 2024 Blame rising costs, shrunken crowds and a black-market permit trade. Chicken over rice — a sauce-drenched, workweek staple — costs $10 at the Halal Plates, a cart in Lower Manhattan, up from $6 prepandemic. Nearly everything has surged in […] More
