Restaurants & Bars
Bay Area's 'Curry Up Now' Stars In TV's 'Ugly Delicious'
A San Jose locale of the Indian-phenom restaurant, that started with a food truck in Burlingame, is featured on the upcoming Netflix series.
SAN JOSE, CA — With beginnings as a Burlingame food truck, peddling unique Indian cuisine, and evolving in a decade into a rapid-fire-growing restaurant chain, Curry Up Now clearly is ready for its close-up with an upcoming featured spot on "Ugly Delicious" on Netflix.
The eatery, intent on putting an unconventional spin on conventional Indian cuisine, caught the eye of the Netflix's series, a combo roadie-foodie show, starring James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang.
In the second "Ugly Delicious" season, the upcoming episode "Don't Call It Curry" spotlights Indian food and eateries, including Curry Up Now. The restaurant was approached by the show's production team as they scouted restaurants in the Bay Area, and the scenes were filmed at the San Jose locale on Zanker Road, according to a company spokesperson.
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Curry Up Now, which began as a lone food truck on the Peninsula, was launched in 2009 by husband and wife Akash and Rana Kapoor, and now boasts three food trucks, eight restaurants primarily in California, a craft-cocktail bar concept, Mortar & Pestle, housed within select Curry Up Nows, plus plans for more than 12 locations to open in 2020, including in Sacramento and Utah.
The fast-casual eatery's franchises serve up such zinger dishes as Tikka Masala Burritos, Deconstructed Samosas, Sexy Fries and Naughty Naan, plus tacos, bowls, traditional dishes and street-food snacks.
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The second season of "Ugly Delicious" launches Friday and will follow Chang on his culinary adventures. The exact air date of "Don't Call It Curry" episode was not available, but follow the Netflix series here for information.
See this link for more information on Curry Up Now and its menu. California locations are in San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Jose, Sacramento, Irvine and a new site is planned in San Ramon.
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