A new Indian food vendor is opening in the University Student Center after months of construction.
Chaat House is opening inside the first floor H Street entrance to the student center on Monday, with regular hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12 to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, according to a GW Dining Instagram post. Community members were able to “taste test” the vendor on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this past week from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
Chaat House offers wraps, bowls and snacks “inspired by the regional flavors of India,” with curries, spices and chutneys taking “center stage,” according to a GW Dining release. The release states that the vendor offers three meal deals for GWorld card holders, including a rice bowl, salad bowl and six-piece samosa chaat deal.
“We make real food that’s full of flavor — serious flavor,” the release states. “A little spice, a touch of heat and a lot of love give flavor to everything we do.”
The opening of Chaat House comes as officials continue to renovate the first floor of the student center with a trio of eateries: Chaat House, a revamped Panera Bread and Absurd Bird, a “throwback chicken shack experience.”
Over the summer, officials renovated Columbian Square, the seating area in front of the first-floor student center vendors, by adding larger tables and couches and removing the raised seating area and carpet. After the renovation, students said they preferred the smaller tables for studying and some said they would start going to other campus locations to study because of the sterilizing renovations.