Updated: Asheville’s “Chai Pani” Signs Lease for Old Watershed Space
Decatur Metro | October 17, 2012
UPDATE: No longer a rumor. Chai Pani confirmed it on their Twitter page HERE.
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Michael points out this Atlanta Mag food critic Bill Addison tweet…
Heard that @chaipani, which rocks Mumbai-style street food & thalis in Asheville, just signed a lease on Watershed’s old Decatur space. #yes
Nothing yet on Chai Pani’s Twitter page or website.
Is this Asheville’s trade to Decatur for the recent news that Farm Burger – which is located in the same building as the old Watershed space – would be opening a 4th location in Asheville?
Regardless, great news for the Decatur restaurant scene and the West Ponce streetscape!
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Wow! My stomach just started rumbling.
Holy cow, Decatur and Asheville really are sister cities! This place sounds very cool. Y’all hurry up and get this built.
Indian food we can walk to. Very promising!
This is the best news of the day!
West Ponce rocks!
ooh, so excited!!
Decatur, wearing Cowboy hat, speaking to Asheville:
Asheville, we need you. Hell, I need you. I miss you so damn much . . . I miss being near you. I miss your scent, I miss your musk. When all this gets sorted out, you and me should get an apartment together!
OMG….. yippee
I have been saying I want TDS meets Indian Food and perhaps this will ring the bell.
Meaning clean, efficient, consistent, fresh
this is hilarious, my first thought was there must be a decatur/asheville fantasy restaurant league
Love it. In my league, I have Seven Bones opening up in the old Maddy’s space.
Well, I always fantasize about a Laughing Seed, but this’ll certainly be welcome! Just very glad that the Watershed space is getting a good tenant.
Yes! Laughing Seed pleeease! We love Chai Pani, too. I think it will do very well here.
+1 for Laughing Seed as well. Also – it’s probably time for us to begin preparations for a Decatur to Asheville shuttle..?
sounds delicious
now about that logo’s kerning . . .
There lies crazy town, let it go.
i keed, i keed
If I hold my breath long enough will The Wedge open here, too? And when do we get half price beer like they have every day in Asheville?
No longer a rumor. It’s true…
https://twitter.com/chaipani/status/258705703953379328
Fantastic news! The wife and I both loved Chai Pani on our one visit, and it was definitely on our list of Asheville eateries to return to.
Can’t wait!! How soon can they open?
How about Tupelo Honey?
http://www.tonetoatl.com/2012/10/tupelo-honey-hopes-to-find-sweet-spot.html
We were in Asheville the week before last and loved Chai Pani. So exciting!
will they have a meal plan? i’ll be there five days a week….
Wow! We just ate there for the first time two weeks ago when up in Asheville. Wasn’t “groundbreaking”, and the portions weren’t exactly huge, but it was very delicious, very fresh, and the owner and staff were great. This is fantastic news and Decatur is going to love this.
Awesome. The menu looks tasty, if not particularly darning.
Now all we need is a Chinese restaurant. …one that serves actual Chinese food, and not Kung pao, General whatshisface, and all that gweilo stuff. I gots me a hankering for pork “intestine”, goose uterus soup, and spicy salted shrimp with heads.
Nice!!!! My family and I eat there everytime we get to Asheville. The tandori fish wrap is my go to and there are a ton of really good veggie options too! Very cool concept and really friendly enviroment as well. Excited about this one!!