The bigger of the two housed Huertas for a decade: It's where Roni Mazumdar and chef Chintan Pandya, founders of Unapologetic Foods, are opening up a branch of Adda Indian Canteen, the first of which debuted in Long Island City in 2018.
But before Adda opens toward the end of the year, a fast-casual Indian kebab house, Kebabwala, is on track to debut at 82 Second Avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets, around Labor Day.
Adda, with its simple and traditional menu evocative of the duo's childhood, helped the team build momentum to open their next restaurant in 2021, the critically acclaimed Dhamaka, followed by Semma later that same year.
In a New York Times review titled, 'A full-throated defense of Indian cooking,' critic Pete Wells notes that New York was long on Indian food spins but missing traditional examples of regional cuisines.
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