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Chai Pani November 2023
Chai Pani November 2023

Chai Pani is an Indian street food restaurant based in Asheville, North Carolina, and the 2022 winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for "Outstanding Restaurant". It was founded in 2009 by chef Meherwan Irani and his wife Molly. They opened a second location in Decatur, Georgia in March 2013, which first copied the original's menu but now focuses on the cuisine of India's Deccan Plateau, where Meherwan spent his childhood.

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Battery Park Avenue, Asheville

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Battery Park Avenue 22
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