Durbar Opens Second Location on Granville Street in Gahanna

Durbar Nepali and Indian Cuisine has a second dining room, and it sits in Olde Gahanna at 64 Granville St. The restaurant's Gahanna location page now carries that address alongside its own phone line, (380) 777-5761, a separate Gahanna email inbox, and pickup and delivery ordering. Posted hours run from 11:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. seven days a week, matching the original shop.

That first Durbar is at 7621 E. Main St. in Reynoldsburg, where owners Sagar Dhital and Himod Sharma built a following on Himalayan cooking. The menu crosses two borders. On the Nepali side are hand-pleated chicken momo, steamed and served with tomato achar, plus jhol momo in a soupy broth, thukpa noodle soup, and pork sekuwa cooked in the tandoor. The Indian side covers butter chicken, tikka masala, lamb rogan josh, biryani, dal makhani, palak paneer, and garlic naan, with mango lassi and masala chai to drink.

The Granville Street building was home to Blue Agave until that Mexican restaurant closed on May 1. 614NOW first reported the handoff in May, when Durbar announced the expansion on social media and said the bigger space would add patio seating and lean harder into dine-in service. Columbus Business First reported the opening on October 9. The Blue Agave on Johnstown Road in New Albany was not part of that closure.

The owner site lists vegan options, catering, reservations, and a rewards program for online orders. Its delivery map reaches from Blacklick and Bexley to Westerville and New Albany. Reynoldsburg keeps its own number, (614) 986-9621, so pickup callers should make sure they are dialing the right kitchen.

Gahanna has been busy this month. Yogi's opened on Hamilton Road, and a home bakery won a variance for Cinnamon Swirls. Downtown also gained an Indian dining room when Sitara opened on East Main. For more, see the Gahanna and Reynoldsburg pages or the Openings feed.