Maya s Kitchen Maya Gurung-Subba and her husband, Suk Subba, had high hopes for 2020. On January 24, 2020, their small restaurant in Burlington s New North End, Maya s Kitchen, celebrated a year in business. They had developed a loyal following for their regional Himalayan dishes, including chicken choila with chickpeas and crispy rice, fried pork-chile momos served in a spicy tomato sauce, and chunky vegetable curry. The couple did everything themselves: sourcing specialty ingredients, cooking, washing the dishes. Maya s Kitchen broke even by the end of its first year, a notable achievement in the notoriously tough restaurant sector. It was really good in 2019. It was really, really busy, Gurung-Subba said. Our big American dream in 2020: We were hoping to buy a house.
The new restaurant took over the space previously occupied by Maya s Kitchen & Bar, which announced it was closing for good on January 16. The former owners of that restaurant,
Maya Gurung-Subba and her husband,
Suk Subba, are working to open
Maya s Mini Mart & Deli at 78 North Street in Burlington (see Pressure Cooker ). Gurung Restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner and offers only takeout for now, the co-owners said. Their broad menu of Nepali and Indian specialties includes Nepali dumplings known as momos, thukpa noodle soup and stir-fried rice noodles, multi-dish vegetarian and meat thali, and a variety of goat or lamb curries.