Somerset County Indian Restaurant Named NY Times Best Restaurant Of 2025

FRANKLIN PARK, NJ — A Somerset County restaurant was named among New York Times 50 Best Restaurants In America.

"We are beyond humbled and grateful to be featured in The New York Times by the legendary food critic Pete Wells. Bringing the authentic flavors of Delhi to New Jersey has been our dream, and to see it recognized on such a platform means the world to us," wrote Chatpati Delhi which opened in June 2023 in Franklin Park.

"A huge thank you to our amazing guests and community who have supported us since day one — this is just the beginning! Come join us at Chatpati Delhi and taste the flavors that made it to the Times," continued the restaurant at 3201 Route 27 in Franklin Park.

To come up with the 50 best restaurants in America, 14 New York Times reporters and editors took 76 flights to eat more than 200 meals in 33 states.

Reporter Pete Wells visited the Somerset County eatery who raved about its great chole bhature.

"When Chatpati Delhi is busy, which is most of the time, almost every table will be working on an order, tearing apart golden balloons of bread the size of cantaloupes and dipping them into bowls of dark and thickly spiced chana masala," according to Wells. "The kitchen, in fact, is adept at a long repertory of chaat from the streets of Delhi, puffs of dough and crisp potato baskets and so on, buried under chutneys and yogurt and little crunchy squiggles of sev. The restaurant also has a subspecialty in snacks from Mumbai, like bun samosa — a samosa on a bun."

For more information on Chatpati Delhi, visit chatpatidelhi.com or instagram.com/cpd_chatpatidelhi.

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