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No matter what city you live in, you have probably heard of Dishoom, the world-famous Indian restaurant from London that hosted a sold-out pop-up at Pastis in New York last summer.
Basically a British institution, the eatery is reportedly “closing in on” a New York site, according to The Caterer. Needless to say, the supposed 2026 opening would be a really big deal, effectively constituting the restaurant group’s first-ever overseas launch.
“I was in New York last week looking at the site, and we’re very much hoping to get an offer in pretty soon,” chief executive Brian Trollip said to the website. “I don’t think we’ll be opening until the end of next year, if we were to get it, but we’re really keen to do that.”
He went on saying that the team had “been spending a lot of time” in Boston, Chicago, New York and D.C. looking at potential locations.
“All of us really, really love New York, and I think we sort of settled on that, so if we can get that off the ground, we’ll be really excited,” he noted.
Clearly, nothing is settled just yet but, given the popularity of the 10 Dishoom restaurants currently in operation all across London and New Yorkers’ predilection for Indian food and international eateries, we can’t help but get excited about the potential veracity of the reports.
“Dishoom is pretty much everyone’s idealised local curry house,” Jordan Bassett wrote about the Covent Garden location of the restaurant in Time Out London last year, specifically praising the outpost’s breakfast and vegetarian-friendly options. “The atmosphere is guaranteed to be buzzy, the menu authentic but varied enough to suit almost all tastes and it’s a great experience whether you’re alone or with the whole family. It’s styled after a post-colonial Bombay café—think retro Bollywood-style posters and homely framed photos—and the service is suitably relaxed, but always attentive.”
Sounds just like the type of place New Yorkers would love. Here’s to hoping!