North east Indian restaurant Abu’s is to open a second venue. Abu Raihan and his chef father Abdul Mannan have operated Abu’s in Darlington since 2019. The pair are launching their second site, in Harrogate. The restaurant will launch in Cheltenham Parade in the former Kinara Tandoori premises. Mannan was also head chef at the site of the restaurant they are taking over, which was then known as Alishaan.
Abu’s will be opening on Cheltenham Crescent, where the Kinara Tandoori restaurant previously stoof.
The family-run restaurant is the home of ‘Apna’ Indian Cuisine, meaning ‘ours’, reflecting the family’ dedication to bringing diners “the most delicious Indian food that celebrates our heritage and culture.”
The menu will feature the regular Indian favourites including tikka, baltis, kormas, tandoori, karahi, plus a wide range of signature dishes.
“The restaurant we are taking over first opened in 1987 called AliShaan and my father was the head chef who opened it.”
Abu said the family are coming to Harrogate as this is where he was born.
Author: George Shaw
Former BBC journalist and founder and CEO of an award-winning London advertising and PR company for 20 years, providing restaurant consultancy services. Spent a decade as the director of communications of the Asian Catering Federation in the UK and lead judge for its various restaurant and chef awards programmes. Now returned to journalism, specialising in food and travel and currently the Editor-in-Chief for Taste London, Taste Asia, the Good Curry Guide and CEO of International Culinary Guides.