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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Coming soon / Closing soon / Vegetarian Curry in a Hurry to move to Amruth Location

Posted by Cheree Franco on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:05 PM

Cheree Franco

So that dining update I wrote on Amruth about a week ago? Instantly obsolete. According to Sahil Hameerani, owner of Curry in a Hurry, he walked into Amruth two days ago and offered to buy the place. He had no idea if the owners, Ramesh and Sudha Veluvolu, had even considered selling. Lucky for Hameerani, they were willing to consider quickly. "Mr. Veluvolu said it was becoming too much work for his wife to do everything, all the cooking," said Hameerani.

For several weeks, Hameerani had been scouting a new location for Curry in a Hurry, which he opened in November as an offshoot to a convenience store on North Little Rock's Pike Avenue. "It wasn't the kind of location someone could go on a date," he said. Hameerani had concerns about Pike Avenue from the beginning. He had chosen the locale because extended family owned the convenience store, but he'd tried to shield diners from what he considered a seedy neighborhood by pushing take out and offering private dining with thick curtains.

Currently, Hameerani is renovating Amruth, which is closed for lunch but still open as Amruth (with the Amruth menu) for dinner, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Hameerani's father, who cooked for Curry in a Hurry, is running the kitchen alongside Sudha Veluvolu — a situation that may be temporary or permanent. According to Hameerani, the sale happened so quickly that he hasn't had time to work out details. He knows he wants to retain Curry in a Hurry's name and use Curry in a Hurry's menu as a base. "But we want to expand on the menu, because we have a much bigger kitchen and a bigger dining space," he said. He plans to feature plenty of ghee-free, vegan options on his expanded menu.

Hameerani also wants to change the Amruth dining room —"New paint, new tables, new everything," he said. "Maybe something in light purple or orange, Indian colors." He'd like to keep up the take out element of the business, while offering a lunch buffet and evening fine dining. His goal is to have the old Amruth operating as the new Curry in a Hurry by February 15. Hours will be 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. lunch, and 5 p.m. -10 p.m. dinner, seven days a week.

        
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This is the best news I've heard all week. Curry in a Hurry has the best Indian Food (especially the chicken appetizer pictured), but the location kept me from going back.

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Posted by anniek on 02/02/2012 at 9:49 AM

not too sure about all of this, i thought curry in a hurry needed to kick it up a notch. slow slow slow service and too little for your money-just sayin'

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Posted by kiki on 02/02/2012 at 8:07 PM

Ate here last Friday when I'd gone looking for Amruth. 5 out of 10 on my scale and that doesn't merit a return trip.

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Posted by jrb on 04/18/2012 at 3:32 PM

Ate there with a friend in March, and the service was extremely slow, and we were there just after 5pm. I asked for my food to be mild, but it was so hot that it was practically inedible. Perhaps they mixed up my instructions with my friend who asked for hers "extra hot." Hers was like she asked for, however.

Not sure I will be back.

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Posted by CammackLife on 04/19/2012 at 1:35 PM

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