Over the summer, Houston’s only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant found a second home in NYC. Translating to traveler from the Hindi and Urdu word, Musaafer is a culmination of corporate executive chef Mayank Istwal’s 100-day journey across India, where he picked up techniques, stories and subsequently dishes along the way. His resulting 72-hour cooked Dal married with its grand “labyrinth-like layout” of a space housed within a Houston shopping mall earned the restaurant a Michelin Star on Houston's inaugural listing.

This August, the restaurant continued the journey, but up north, opening a second location right here in Tribeca. Bringing its opulence with it, the resulting 10,000 square-foot, bi-level space is a sight to see, from a soaring dining room that mimics t

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