CHAI PANI DC

PROJECTED OPENING: Summer 2025 

1325 5th Street NE 

Chef Meherwan Irani will bring his James Beard Award–winning Indian street food to DC’s Union Market District later this summer. In Asheville, Meherwan and Molly Irani created a totally new genre of Indian restaurant in America, by showcasing everyday Indian culture and its underestimated street food with their downtown chaat house, Chai Pani. Later this summer, it debuts in the nation's capital helmed by two of the South’s most influential chefs: Chef Vishwesh Bhatt, will helm the kitchen at Chai Pani DC. At Chai Pani DC, guests can expect exclusive menu items, inspired by Vish’s upbringing in Gujarat and decorated tenure at Snackbar, as well as "mindblasting" Chai Pani greatest hits including chaats like Okra Fries, Sev Potato Dahi Puri (SPDP), Bhel Puri, and Kale Pakoras, as well as Meherwan's signature Sloppy Jai, Vada Pav, and homestyle thalis. For more information, click here.