Established 1810 (1810) Street address George Street City London Founded 1810 | Closed 1811 (1811) Country England Founder Sake Dean Mahomed Food type Indian cuisine | |
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The Hindoostane Coffee House was the first Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom. It was opened by Sake Dean Mahomed, a captain in the British East India Company, in George Street, London in 1810. It closed a year later for lack of business. (By way of contrast, the first recorded combined fish-and-chip shop opened in London in 1860 or in 1865, while a Mr Lees pioneered the concept in the North of England, in Mossley, in 1863.)
Its location is marked by a City of Westminster plaque, erected in September 2005.
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