Street Cart, Are You Ready For Your Close-Up?

Some folks were mighty disappointed when a Daisy May's BBQ cart on Park Avenue and 52nd Street turned out to be a tease. According to Midtown Lunch, the cart was set up outside the Seagram Building for the filming of the next Adam Sandler movie, You Don't Mess With Zohan.

The Hollywood Reporter says You Don't Mess With Zohan was written by Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Robert Smigel and it "follows the exploits of a Mossad agent who fakes his death so he can anonymously move to New York and become a hair stylist." That actually sounds pretty funny, but does this mean a Mossad agent might be eating a pulled pork sandwich?

This seems like the third Sandler film in a row to be filmed as least partly in the city: Reign O'er Me and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry were both filmed last year. And Midtown Lunch says that the usual Park-and-52nd cart, Jiannetto's Pizza truck, is now at 48th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues but will move back after the filming.

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By Jen Chung in Food on August 2, 2007 3:43 PM

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guest

#4, don't worry. #5, WRONG. JJ is long gone. It's for the Adam Sandler movie. How you miss the 8000 signs that clearly say so I don't know.

Toby von Meistersinger

Great another high quality Adam Sandler movie.

guest

That mall sign is for the JJ Abrams monster movie that is filming right now.

guest

has anyone seen the huge sign advertising an upcoming "city mall" on the construction site on orchard, between houston and stanton? the thing has a roller coaster for christ's sake... please, please tell me this is also a movie prop. i know they're filming there tonight.

JMH

I'm just SHOCKED to see Rob Schneider listed in the credits for this movie.

guest

By the way, anyone who wants to see why even comedies cost $85 million should stop by 52nd and Park. They have five blocks worth of trailers and equipment and a gigantic rigging on the corner in front of the Seagram's Building. I'm willing to bet this will be for no more than two minutes of screen time that involves nothing but dialogue.