A new restaurant is poised to begin serving customers in downtown Chapel Hill this week.

Momo’s Master, which is described as a Himalayan bistro, is set to operate out of 110 North Columbia Street near Franklin Street. Chef Ramesh Dahal confirmed to Chapelboro it will hold its soft opening to the public on Wednesday, November 24 at 4 p.m.

The restaurant, which will take over a space left empty since the Thai restaurant Sawasdee closed, will serve various types of momos, a style of dumpling popular in places like Tibet and Nepal.

Dahal has cooking experience from the Angus Barn in Raleigh and La Farm Bakery in Cary. He is native to the Nepal region and took culinary courses there before cooking in Iraq, Somalia and the southern United States.

As part of the soft opening on Wednesday, Momo’s Master will have free samples, host a Nepali culture dance and hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro.

In addition to Sawasdee closing, two restaurants in that same stretch of downtown Chapel Hill closed in 2020. Lula’s, a fried chicken restaurant that opened in the space long occupied by Spanky’s, closed in June 2020, while Lotsa Stone-Fired Pizza across the street closed a few months before. In July, the Guilford County-based food truck Seafood Destiny announced plans to open in the space previously housing Lotsa.

Dahal previously told Triangle Business Journal he plans to hire a group of people this fall before expanding to more than a dozen employees next year. To read his full comment’s about the inspiration for the restaurant, click here.

Momo’s Master in Chapel Hill plans be open from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during its soft opening period.

 

Editor’s Note: This article is an updated version of a story originally published on October 19.

 

Photo via Momo’s Master Chapel Hill on Instagram.

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