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Downtown Dallas Indian restaurant to open spinoff on Greenville Ave.
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An Indian restaurant that opened in downtown Dallas in 2023 in branching out to Greenville Avenue: Called Namak Indian Cuisine, it'll take over the former Texadelphia cheesesteak space (which closed in 2023) at 5500 Greenville Ave. #600, in the Old Town shopping center.
According to owner Govardhann Boricha, they aim to open by December.
The original is located in the 1700 Pacific Ave. building where it serves Indian classics in an inviting atmosphere.
Their menu features traditional Indian dishes like butter chicken and chicken tikka masala, both $18. Boricha says their variety of biryani, including chicken, mutton, and vegetable, are popular. Desserts include rice pudding, and gulab jamun, which are syrupy fried doughnut balls.
They also serve alcohol including beer on tap as well as Indian-influenced cocktails, like the We Love Namak, containing mango puree, strawberry puree, and agave syrup.
They expanded after hearing feedback from customers who wanted to order their food but not deal with after work traffic to get their hands on it. As a result, they chose a spot that was further up north, near more residential areas.
“It’s about five or six miles from the original location,” he says. “We got a lot of feedback from customers saying it was difficult for them to drive all the way to downtown because of heavy traffic, and they really love the food, but it wasn’t easy for them to access.”
The Greenville Avenue location will have a few features that are absent from the original, including a bigger bar, patio with seating for 15 and indoor dining with a bit more room than the first spot, enough to seat about 75.
“It’s in a prime location near big brands, like Tom Thumb, and LA Fitness, and SMU is also near by," Boricha says.
This would make the second Indian restaurant to open in the same basic area of Greenville Avenue: Tikka Shack, the cosmopolitan fast-casual Indian concept from the founders of Masala Wok, just opened its first location in Dallas at 5927 Greenville Ave. — although the two concepts take slightly different approaches. Nonetheless, it's a bounty for inner-city fans of Indian food, who've mostly had to head to the 'burbs to find it.
