Chai Pani, which serves affordable Indian street food in North Carolina, is the best restaurant in America. The Asheville eatery was named America's most Outstanding Restaurant at the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago on Monday, topping nominees such as Brennan's in New Orleans.The awards also come as Americans are paying the highest prices for food in four decades amid surging inflation that is threatening the broader economy.
.@meherwanirani of @chaipani, 2022 #jbfa winner of Outstanding Restaurant, talks about the transformative power of restaurants. pic.twitter.com/f7Hi95ZtCx
— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) June 14, 2022
The menu at Chai Pani, whose name literally translates to tea and water, features Indian snacks called "chaat" that are known for a mix of spicy, sweet and tangy flavors. Other winners included the Native American restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis, where the staff is 75% indigenous, as Best New Restaurant.
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