{"id":83190,"date":"2024-07-31T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T00:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=83190"},"modified":"2024-07-31T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T00:39:51","slug":"flamin-curry-known-for-flavorful-affordable-indian-food-opens-second-long-beach-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/flamin-curry-known-for-flavorful-affordable-indian-food-opens-second-long-beach-location","title":{"rendered":"Flamin\u2019 Curry \u2014 known for flavorful, affordable Indian food \u2014 opens second Long Beach location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Flamin\u2019 Curry, the popular Belmont Heights Indian food restaurant, has opened a second location near the California Heights neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eatery will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 at the expansion on Atlantic Avenue, just south of Wardlow Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been open since July 16 and owner Naveen Choda said the response from the neighbors has already been incredibly positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey say \u2018the [smell of the] spices are dragging us over here,\u2019\u201d Choda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flamin’ Curry’s new location at 3387 Atlantic Avenue just south of the California Heights neighborhood. The restaurant is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Photo by Jacob Sisneros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For $11 to $14, patrons can choose anywhere from one to three entrees served with a side of rice and naan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popular choices include chicken tikka masala and biryani, a rice-based dish offered with your choice of vegetables, chicken, goat or fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fried options include veggie or chicken samosas as well as paneer pakoras \u2014 a crispy fry filled with Indian cottage cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choda, a longtime Long Beach resident who currently lives in Whittier, said he first tried to open a sports bar after a lengthy career in computer science, but soon switched gears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to do something affordable, I wanted to do something for the students with limited budgets,\u201d Choda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken tikka masala and veggie korma from Flamin’ Curry. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Flamin\u2019 Curry\u2019s first location on Broadway near Redondo Avenue opened in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blair Cohn, executive director of the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association, said neighbors in his area have long wanted an Indian food restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy they chose to come up here and I think they\u2019ve been welcomed immediately,\u201d Cohn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

District 5 Councilmember Megan Kerr even stopped in recently with her daughter to thank Choda for opening a location near Bixby Knolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choda said he spotted the location on Atlantic Avenue while driving by. The space had been vacant for over five years since HashTag Burgers closed in January 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flamin\u2019 Curry also offers several burritos for newcomers to Indian food. The $11 to $12 burritos come with rice and your choice of veggies, chicken tikka masala or goat wrapped in a freshly made spinach tortilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like two meals,\u201d Choda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drink offerings include rose milk, spicy lemonade, Indian-style hot coffee and tea along with the mango lassi \u2014 a mango-flavored yogurt drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chef Sanjeev Kumar, who lives near Fourth Street and Redondo Avenue, previously worked at Bruxie as well as in a kitchen at a five-star hotel in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The restaurant grinds its own spices every day and always uses fresh ingredients free of preservatives, Choda said. It also features two dessert options for $4 each along with vegan food and drink options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flamin\u2019 Curry\u2019s new location at 3387 Atlantic Ave. is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The restaurant grinds its own spices every day. The smell that now wafts through the Cal Heights neighborhood is already drawing in customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":82102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-83190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83190"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83199,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83190\/revisions\/83199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83190"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=83190"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=83190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}