Chai Pani Restaurant Group opened the doors to a tiny Asheville restaurant in 2009, serving bold  street food of India, and promptly ran out of food by midday. Thirteen years later, the James Beard Foundation named Chai Pani “Outstanding Restaurant,” cementing its place among the most influential restaurants in America and igniting a nationwide obsession with Indian street food.

Today, Meherwan, Molly, and the team are bringing the vibrant, everyday flavors of India, the food of more than a billion people, to adventurous eaters in Asheville, Decatur, and Washington, DC.