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29-07-2025
- Entertainment
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This San Ramon Mall Might Be a New Destination for Indian Cuisine in the East Bay
An East Bay mall is about to be a hot spot for phenomenal, laid-back Indian food. The teams behind tremendously popular mini empire Curry Up Now and Michelin Guide-approved Tiya will open a new restaurant together at City Center Bishop Ranch. Khaki will debut for dinner on Thursday, July 31, at 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon, a former Curry Up Now location. This new restaurant will be much more upscale than the typical Indian burrito outlet, though, says Akash Kapoor, founder of Curry Up Now and co-owner at Khaki. Chefs and brothers Sujan and Pujan Sarkar — the former of whom took Chicago's Indienne to one-Michelin-star status — worked with Kapoor to get a comfort food menu with fine dining approaches ready, while Tiya's Eater Award-winning bartender Izler Thomas came in for drinks. Broadly, the menu and approach reflect all three's memories of eating and living in India. 'The menu isn't just food,' Kapoor says, 'it's a lived experience that I've been through and they've been through.' The Bishop Ranch restaurant — referred to as an Indian bar and canteen by the team — will cover all of the regions of India in various ways. As the country is enormous, that survey will take time, convenient as the restaurant's menu will rotate seasonally. A jackfruit cutlet on the debut menu is a play on the common Calcutta street food, Kapoor says, the home region to both Sujan and Pujan. A dry-aged beef dish nods to coastal Karnataka while a Champaran mutton, cooked in an Indian clay pot, showcases the Bihari region of Kapoor's childhood. Bengali fish paturi stars, too, a lighter affair steamed in banana leaf with heavy mustard flavors. Chaat and all kinds of street snacks will dot the scene, too. Across the board, the idea is to plant a big flag for Indian cuisine; the name is a reclamation of the term given to British colonists and their infamous footmen, but khaki itself — a derivative of the Urdu word for soil — is a color brought to the world from India. Neetu Laddha Neetu Laddha Therefore the menu and ambiance pay homage to the era in which India separated itself from colonial rule, the '60s and '70s. Bright, zany colors and tastes that took charge during that time are center stage. Drinks follow suit, showcased with pride at a 14-seater bar. There'll be a Negroni incorporating truffle and goat cheese, which arrives with a cracker, perhaps topping Thomas's Parmesan and sourdough-infused drink at Tiya. Bengal's panch phoron spice, made for pickling, will star in a grapefruit tequila cocktail, riffing on a paloma. Another drink relies on clarified vanilla ice cream, basil, yuzu, and elderflower. Thomas's brother, Roger Thomas, is joining the team here, while Kapoor pitched in thanks to his experience at Curry Up Now's Mortar & Pestle cocktail curation. Kapoor says this former Curry Up Now outpost did decent, but not the numbers he wanted to hit. COVID cratered Bishop Ranch, the workers in the area drying up. He and Sujan were already pals, and he broached the idea of collaborating in 2024. Indian design firm Curry Fwd, the same team behind Tiya's build out, handled the aesthetic which includes three different kinds of hand-drawn wallpapers. They hope the restaurant will be a familiar member of the community, not a place just for anniversaries. Kapoor says while he loves many of the upscale Indian restaurants in town, his favorite San Francisco restaurant is Ernest. He feels it is a restaurant well worth the price, pointing to the reliable $95 tasting menu; Besharam and Heena Patel's cooking shine as well-made and affordable, too. 'We are not in the education business. We're not trying to educate people on how to eat Indian food,' Kapoor says. 'But it's very important to look back and say, 'Okay, this is what we set out to do.' The food's not just for people who make $200,000. The food's got to be honest, man.' Khaki (6000 Bollinger Canyon Road) will open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with lunch hours to follow. Neetu Laddha Eater SF All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Eater
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- Eater
Southwest Detroit Is Getting a New Cocktail Spot With Filipino Snacks
Four years after opening Shelby in the Financial District, Tarun Kajeepeta has unveiled expansion plans for his Piquette Partners, the group that includes the former Coffee Down Under and Eater Award-winning Spanish restaurant Leña. A new Filipino bar, called Calamansi, is set to replace PizzaPlex at 4458 W. Vernor Highway by the end of the year along West Vernor in Southwest Detroit, with a menu from Shelby beverage director Tyler Olivier and his wife, Marcee Sobredilla, according to Kajeepeta. Sobredilla works for Ann Arbor-based Katherine's Catering, and the menu will tap into her Filipino roots, according to a release. The release didn't reveal details about the cocktails, other than the desire to keep them affordable. But the bar's name may provide a clue. Calamansi is a popular citrus fruit used in marinades and drinks in Pinoy cuisine. Perhaps there could be a splash of purple as ube flavors are currently very popular in the United States and in Detroit where the Filipino diaspora has powered a small but growing contingent of restaurants and cafes including New Center's JP Makes and Bakes, Isla in Sterling Heights, and the suburban outpost of beloved chain Jollibee. PizzaPlex, itself briefly offered a handful of Filipino dishes and a monthly Baon subscription service, prior to its closure in 2023 — a program brought to the restaurant by co-founder Alessandra Carreon, who is of Filipina and Italian descent. The addition of a bar employing Filipino flavors feels like a full-circle moment. Shelby made the 2022 James Beard Award semifinalist list for Outstanding Bar, gaining a national reputation for quality drinks. Olivier will leverage that experience while taking on new responsibilities at Calamansi. Meanwhile, a menu of small bites will deliver 'traditional Filipino flavors through a contemporary lens.' In other news, Coffee Down Under, which closed in March 2025 has been renamed Streetside @ Shelby. The space at 607 Shelby Street will now serve cocktails from Shelby from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and also announced that Shelby will start hosting pop-ups and hosting local chefs (Shelby shared a call for chefs and pop-ups on its Instagram account on Sunday, June 29). The Calamansi team will preview their spot first, appearing from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursdays and 5 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays between Wednesday, July 9, and Saturday, August 2. Calamansi, 4458 W. Vernor Highway, planned to open by the end of 2025 See More:
Eater
23-06-2025
- Business
- Eater
Eggslut Switched Up Its Controversial Window Coverings
Earlier this month, Eater Seattle reported on the construction of the new Eggslut at Melrose Market. The saucily named breakfast chain is taking over the former Homegrown location, and had placed window coverings up while it renovated the space — coverings that the other tenants at Melrose Market claimed made the whole market appear closed, hurting their businesses. Eggslut is trying to make things right, according to Taylor Tang, the Eggslut licensee partner in Seattle. Tang wrote an email thanking Eater Seattle for 'flagging the concerns' with the window coverings. 'With the landlord's approval, we went ahead and at our own cost redesigned, printed, and installed new window panels coverings. Instead of promoting Eggslut, we chose to highlight the other amazing tenants in the market and added signs to let people know the market is still open during construction.' Is it a perfect solution? Not quite — the Eater Award-winning lunch and dinner counter Cafe Suliman was left off the list of businesses on the window coverings. But we assure you, they are open. Dumpling mega-chain Din Tai Fung has agreed to pay more than $560,000 to over 1,200 employees who had worked at the restaurant's two Seattle locations and its commissary kitchen from 2020 to 2023, reports the Seattle Times . This follows a Seattle Office of Labor Standards investigation into whether Din Tai Fung 'interfered with workers' use of paid sick time and allegations that the restaurant failed to provide employees with meals and rest breaks,' according to the paper. In a blow to the Capitol Hill grocery landscape, the Whole Foods on Broadway closed last week. Capitol Hill Seattle Blog has more on the closure: The massive apartment building that contained the Whole Foods was changing owners, and the grocery store chain 'apparently decided to seize the opportunity to exit its lease.' Earlier this month, Eater Seattle reported that Renee Erickson's celebrated steakhouse Bateau was temporarily closing in part because chef de cuisine Taylor Thornhill and general manager Jamie Irene were leaving, making it a good chance to 'reimagine' the restaurant. Well it turns out that Thornhill and Irene both left to take jobs at Sugar Shack, the restaurant group owned by do-it-all entrepreneur Marcus Lalario (Lil Woody's, Fat's Chicken and Waffles, Darkolino's, etc.). According to a press release, Irene will oversee several restaurants as director of operations, and Thornhill will take over the kitchen at the Georgetown Mexican restaurant Ciudad. See More:
Eater
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
Most Exciting Dallas-Fort Worth Restaurant Openings, Summer 2025
Skip to main content Current eater city: Dallas Summer days are here, and the living is easy in the Metroplex. This season will bring some big, exciting restaurants to life, from well-known and deeply respected hospitality groups, including new projects from the owners of Namo and James Beard-nominated Bar Collette, Duro Hospitality, an outpost of an Eater Award-winning Dallas restaurant in Fort Worth, and a famous New York eatery coming to our suburbs. On top of that, we'll get a fine dining Mediterranean restaurant, which will be peerless in the city. Here's what is coming to Dallas this summer. This fine dining restaurant from Namo and Bar Colette owners Brandon and Henry Cohanim, in collaboration with chef Christophe De Lellis of the Michelin-starred Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas, will open at the increasingly popular Uptown building, the Quad. The menu will feature a French style with a touch of Italian influence. The collaboration is arguably the most anticipated opening for Dallas of the entire year and was expected to open at the end of May. Construction delays have pushed it to the end of June or early July. After opening Chumley House in Fort Worth at the end of 2024, Duro Hospitality Group's Chas Martin assured Eater Dallas that its next project, which will open in the former Homewood space on Oak Lawn Avenue, would not be a rush job. It turns out they've needed less time than even Martin imagined, and the group will open a Japanese-influenced restaurant in mid- to late summer. Duro was not ready to share the name yet, but we do know the menu will feature sushi, among other dishes. The top Palestinian restaurant in New York City will open an outpost in Richardson sometime this summer. Owner Abdul Elenani told Eater Dallas he came to the suburban city to help a friend open a restaurant, saw a piece of real estate he liked, and snapped it up. His plans should have Ayat's Texas location open by August, where it will serve dishes like msakhan (fresh taboon bread with sauteed onions, sumac, pine nuts, and a half chicken), fattat jaj (six-layer dish with roasted chicken, rice, chickpeas, mint yogurt, crispy pita, garlic sauce, and slivered almonds), Mansaf (bone-in lamb chunks in a stew with fermented yogurt sauce served over a bed of fresh sajj bread and rice), and more. Restaurateur Yaser Khalaf, known for Darna in Legacy West and Baboush in West Village, and his son, Mak, are teaming up to open a fine dining Mediterranean restaurant in Far North Dallas. Zon Zon is a nickname for Khalaf's youngest daughter, Zaina. A press agent tells Eater Dallas to expect an intimate space with an open kitchen, with a menu offering refined Mediterranean dishes. In Fort Worth, Headington Companies will open an outpost of Mirador, a 2024 Eater Awards Winner in Dallas for Best Tea Service, as Café Mirador inside a new Forty Five Ten boutique, mirroring the Downtown Dallas setup. It will be smaller, at 1,000 square feet — that's one-third the size of the already intimate Dallas space. It will serve some guest favorites from Dallas, including ahi tuna cornettes, a lobster roll, farro bowl, and chicken bites, along with weekend brunch when the menu swings to dishes like salmon gravlax with caviar, quiche Florentine, and eggs Benny. Executive chef Travis Wyatt will oversee the menu at both locations. Another note of interest: this location will feature artwork by German fashion photographer Juergen Teller. See More: Dallas Restaurant News Dallas Restaurant Openings
