New York City Indian concept reopens with film-quality aesthetics

Chef Floyd Cardoz, a respected Indian chef with a decorated culinary career working with the likes of Gray Kunz and Danny Meyer and opening The Bombay Canteen in Mumbai, India, started Paowalla, a New York City restaurant, in 2016. The concept celebrated modern Indian cuisine, but Cardoz felt that it was a bit too formal and lacked the same warmth and energy of his Indian restaurants. He set out to transform Paowalla into a lively and casual place with authentic Indian soul food —The