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  • That image from VK's dhaba is permanently etched in my memory: P

    Keeping the Embers Burning 2006

  • As readers of V.K. Narayanan's blog My Dhaba know, a dhaba is a quick-service roadside restaurant found in Northern India that serves tandoori meats, naan and strong chai to truckers, cabdrivers, and the like.

    In praise of Kashmir: touring the Tandoor-loin 2005

  • Located between Santa Monica Blvd and Massachusets Avenue in West LA, this Indian restaurant has a setting of a "dhaba", or a village-like setting that makes you feel like you are sitting in a small cottage with a thatched roof.

    Ambala Dhaba Restaurant - Los Angeles, CA 2007

  • Located between Santa Monica Blvd and Massachusets Avenue in West LA, this Indian restaurant has a setting of a "dhaba", or a village-like setting that makes you feel like you are sitting in a small cottage with a thatched roof.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • March 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - He may not know the nitty-gritty of recession, but Sriram Prasad, owner of a 'dhaba' in India's Silicon Valley, knows that these are hard times.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Ashutosh Kaushik, the 'dhaba' owner from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh

    rediff.com 2008

  • Mr. Kaushik, who owns a 'dhaba' at Saharanpur, said.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2008

  • In an infrastructure asset like a road, it is very critical to have driven that stretch a couple of times, and stopped at the dhaba, and talked to the truckers and driven at night.

    Morgan Stanley Infra Finds Few Deals Make the Cut Shraddha Nair of Mint 2011

  • Like the millions of us who dread the day the New York Times writes up their favorite pizza place in Brooklyn or Indian Delhi dhaba style joint in Jackson Heights, I want to share some information about the Brooklyn Bridge Park but at the same time I don't, because I don't want the park to get overrun with tourists and the bridge and tunnel crowd.

    Joel Epstein: On the Waterfront: A New Park Rises in Brooklyn 2010

  • Like the millions of us who dread the day the New York Times writes up their favorite pizza place in Brooklyn or Indian Delhi dhaba style joint in Jackson Heights, I want to share some information about the Brooklyn Bridge Park but at the same time I don't, because I don't want the park to get overrun with tourists and the bridge and tunnel crowd.

    Joel Epstein: On the Waterfront: A New Park Rises in Brooklyn 2010

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