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Parathas flipped on a black griddle, chicken tikka charring over open flame, ghee poured on a hot paratha, steam rising from a kati roll in its paper wrap, and a pile of rolls under falling cilantro

Kolkata street food. New York since 2002.

Kolkata Calling.

Fillings grilled on a skewer, rolled in hand-made paratha, hot off the iron and wrapped in paper. Seven stores across New York, Texas and New Jersey, and MacDougal Street is open till 3am on weekends.

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Chicken Tikka, Achari Paneer, Unda, Shami Kabab, Aloo Masala, Chana Masala, Steak Tikka, Momos, Mango Lassi

Hot, wrapped, and in your hand in minutes.

A kati roll is Kolkata's answer to lunch on the move. Meat or paneer marinated in spices, grilled on a skewer, folded into a buttery paratha with lime-cilantro chutney, pickled onions and a shake of chaat masala. We have made them by hand, every day, since 2002.

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Five wrapped kati rolls lined up on a wood counter in front of a brick wall

What's in a kati roll

Six layers. One hand.

Kati means skewer. Everything else is what we wrap around it.

Three kati rolls cut open in paper, showing the fillings
  1. 01ParathaLayered and lightly fried on a cast-iron griddle. Ask for roti and it is whole wheat, roasted and vegan.
  2. 02The fillingMarinated daily, grilled on a skewer. Halal, always.
  3. 03Lime-cilantro chutneyLimes squeezed and cilantro chopped by hand, every morning.
  4. 04Onions, three waysSautéed, pickled and fresh.
  5. 05Chaat masalaOur own blend. Up to 30 spices, hand-ground.
  6. 06PaperWrapped hot. Eat it walking.
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The menu

Eight categories, one griddle. Drag through, then order from the store nearest you.

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Only the best

Made fresh every day. Never from a packet.

Our Food
A hand squeezing green chutney over an open paratha loaded with spiced meat and onions
Chutney goes on last, by hand.

Halal, always.

All our meat is halal. Our chicken is antibiotic and hormone free.

Up to30spices, hand-ground
A stack of layered parathas on paper beside a cup of green chutney
Paratha, layered and griddled. Roti if you want it lighter.

We Do Veg Good.

Achari paneer, chana masala, aloo masala, and egg-layered unda rolls. Parathas have butter; the roti is vegan.

Chicken tikka skewers charring over a grill
Kati means skewer. This is why.

Lassi from our own yogurt.

House-made, organic yogurt blended with Alphonso mango.

2002the year the first store opened on MacDougal Street
An achari paneer skewer with peppers and onion on a flatbread, beside a lime
Achari paneer: farmer's cheese in pickling spices.

The rooms

Every store has a wall worth reading.

Peeling Bollywood posters, a Mother India mural, a miniature of a woman with a roll in her hand. Kolkata is in the food, so the rooms get a little cinema too.

Brick wall layered with peeling vintage Bollywood posters and Hindi lettering under a hanging lamp
Greenwich Village
Dining room with wood tables, cage lamps and a painted Mother India mural on brick
The dining room
Indian miniature-style painting of a woman in a veil and jewelry eating a kati roll
Store artwork

Seven stores

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Four in Manhattan, two in Texas, one in New Jersey. Every one of them orders online.

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New York 4

Texas 2

New Jersey 1

Four kati rolls wrapped in paper on a wooden counter beside fresh cilantro and sliced red onion
Opened200299 MacDougal Street

Since 2002

Real Food. Happy People.

Payal Saha missed the street food of Kolkata when she moved to New York, so in 2002 she opened a tiny shop on MacDougal Street and made kati rolls the way she remembered them: spices ground fresh, bread from scratch, fillings straight off the grill. Anil Bathwal joined her that year. The menu is still short, still made by hand, and the shop is still there.

Welcome to a taste of Kolkata.

Our Story
Many open and wrapped kati rolls scattered over a wood table with green chilies

Catering

Rolls for the whole room.

Kati rolls packed hot for the office, the party or the crew, ordered online from our catering menu.

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In the papers

They keep writing about a roll.

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Three kati rolls wrapped in paper, seen from above

Franchise

Own a Kati Roll.

Twenty-four years on MacDougal Street, now opening in new cities with a few great operators. See the investment, the support and the path to opening.

  1. New York2002
  2. Dallas2024
  3. Plano2024
  4. Jersey City2026
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A pyramid of cut kati rolls piled on a wood board against a brick wall
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