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title: "Curry Up Now Acquires Tava Kitchen"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7c2cb765-c421-4fbc-a5c0-1d6d1902c6b9
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-curry-up-now-buys-indian-fast-casual-tava-kitchen-12283
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2017-05-22T14:09:35.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:10:18.079Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/bb1d5bf05e1ae9e82d9115614282ce413427.jpg
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# Curry Up Now Acquires Tava Kitchen

**TL;DR:** Curry Up Now has acquired Tava Kitchen, a fast-casual Indian chain with five stores and a craft cocktail bar. The acquisition is a strategic move to expand Curry Up Now's menu and operations.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-05-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-curry-up-now-buys-indian-fast-casual-tava-kitchen-12283).*

## Story

Curry Up Now has acquired the fast-casual Indian chain, Tava Kitchen. According to a recent QSR Magazine article , the buy was a strategic move to continue to expand. The brand has five stores, four food trucks and a craft cocktail bar as part of two locations in San Jose and San Mateo. To start, the Alameda location of Tava Kitchen will be converted and rebranded to Curry Up Now for the company to test and launch new menu items.

“While Curry Up Now has fast and fine-casual formats, as well as craft cocktail bars attached to our fine casual stores, Tava Kitchen was the first, true Indian quick service brand who figured out how to dish out amazing food in a standardized format. With this acquisition, we are confident that we will be able to combine our vision of Indian food and a fantastic guest experience to grow the Curry Up Now brand worldwide,” said Akash Kapoor, Curry Up Now CEO.

Joining forces is part of both brands’ mission to scale across the country and bring Indian food to the masses.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- acquisition (topic)
- menu expansion (topic)
- Curry Up Now (company)
- Akash Kapoor (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-curry-up-now-buys-indian-fast-casual-tava-kitchen-12283). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7c2cb765-c421-4fbc-a5c0-1d6d1902c6b9).