Last night I was walking down Georgia (going to Mama Chuy’s, which is delicious) and noticed there was a new place open, Salt and Pepper Grill, and Indian and Pakistani restaurant that advertises Halal food. The space used to be the GII Lounge.
I stopped in to check it out and one of the owners, Farukh (I didn’t get the spelling) offered me a couple of samples, chicken tikka masala and chicken curry. The chicken tikka was really tasty, a little sweet and spicy, and the chicken curry was nice and tender. He said they had been open five days and that he was from Kashmir and his co-owner was from Pakistan.
Farukh mentioned that they also run a food truck with the same name in Arlington. It only has three reviews on Yelp, but what I had was quite good. They do delivery as well, and he mentioned a $7.95 special.
By my count, this is the third food truck that has set up a brick-and-mortar restaurant in our area in the past couple of weeks. Before that, the PORC food truck said they’d be opening on 11th just up from Meridian Pint, and El Floridiano was coming to Georgia and Lamont. There’s really starting to be a lot of restaurants in the area.
I got a copy of the menu, which has a lot on it, including vegetarian options and party trays for catering. You can see it below (and click for bigger versions.) Salt and Pepper Grill is located at 2632 Georgia Avenue NW.
