Central Brooklyn
I don’t understand why Anarkali Indian Restaurant, my favorite sit-down Indian spot, is always empty. The waiters are friendly, the menu is extensive, and everything I order comes out with fresh ingredients that retain their color and crunch. Plus, the lunch special until 2:30pm every day, is an
Food & Drink
How new can an old reliable be? (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Everyone has an under-the-radar favorite restaurant. It’s usually a nondescript storefront with not too many seats and a steady delivery business, right? Kitchen Grill Indian Restaurant [http://www.kitchengrillindian.com/] (914a Fulton Street between Washington Avenue
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Mashallah is an Arabic phrase used to express gratitude, joy, and praise, or thankfulness for an event or person — a perfect name for my favorite 24-hour Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi buffet-style restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. On the outside, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by
Food & Drink
Goat curry and naan flatbread at Nasheman Grill & Restaurant. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] More than a few of our readers have lamented the lack of Indian food in Sheepshead Bay. Some of us got excited when Tandoori Restaurant opened [/new-uzbek-restaurant-tandoori-opens-coney-island-avenue/] in the neighborhood earlier
Central Brooklyn
Madina Restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerOne of Coney Island Avenue’s most well known Indian / Pakistani restaurants is launching delicious satellites. The owners of Madina are about to open two new restaurants, one in Kensington, and the other in Borough Park, right next to Maimonides Hospital,
Central Brooklyn
Arsalan Naeem, owner of Taj Mahal Hardware & Building Supplies (Photo: Ben Smith)The stretch of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and/or Indian restaurants on Coney Island Avenue — mostly between Beverley and Cortelyou — can make for hard choices if you’re new to the neighborhood, and even most who have lived here
Business
Dosas and mimosas at Dosa Royale. (Photo via Dosa Royale [https://www.facebook.com/dosaroyale316/photos/pb.402122916558348.-2207520000.1454613784./570874406349864/?type=3&theater] .)Brooklyn Flea favorite Dosa Royale will be opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant this spring at 258 Dekalb Avenue, between Vanderbilt and Clinton Avenue, bringing their famous
330 Myrtle Avenue
Valentine’s Day certainly brought a little more spice into Fort Greene, with the grand opening of Curry Place at 330 Myrtle Avenue (between the park and Clermont Avenue). As mentioned last month [/blog/2015/01/16/curry-place-indian-restaurant-coming-myrtle-avenue/] when the “coming soon” sign went up, Curry Place offers the typical
330 Myrtle Avenue
Let the curry battle begin! Curry Place, a new Indian restaurant with eat-in, take-out, and delivery options, is “coming soon” to 330 Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Park and Clermont Avenue — just two blocks west of Kinara [http://www.kinarasindianfood.com/] (368 Myrtle Avenue) and a few blocks northwest of Amin
1310 Cortelyou Road
Picket Fence [http://picketfencebrooklyn.com/] (1310 Cortelyou Road) officially closed its doors Sunday – and while we haven’t heard an exact opening date for the new Indian restaurant that will soon replace it, employees told us the menu will be very similar to the owner’s other Indian restaurant, Asya
chicken and rice
We’re continuing our love affair with chicken and rice dishes [/blog/food/fall-comfort-food-chicken-and-rice-at-el-viejo-yayo-2] around the Slope [/blog/food/afternoon-bite-5th-ave9th-street-halal-cart], and shinning the spotlight on Kinara [http://kinaraparkslope.com/food-delivery-TW/kinara-park-slope-brooklyn.5501.r?QueryStringValue=u+6pdfxmUy4eYUl3fIhNeg==] (5th Avenue, between 10th and 11th Street). Although just about everything we’ve tasted
dosa
Madina [http://www.madinabrooklyn.com/] (563 Coney Island Ave. on the corner of Beverley Rd.) has been around for 8 years serving really tasty, fresh curries, tandooris, and other typical North Indian/Bangladeshi/Pakistani to a combination of immigrants and Ditmas Park locals. A few weeks ago, they put up