Dosa Garden
The sign at 323 Victory Boulevard says Masala Harbor now, and Dosa Garden's own web address forwards there.23 Time Out counted 13 dosas on the card in 2013. Beside them sat chicken khoruma and shrimp thokku, meat dishes most South Indian kitchens here do not cook.1
Why go
The room seated 40 down a narrow corridor of tables, under marigold walls, and a dosa averaged $7 when Time Out wrote it up.1 The city's own listing files it in Little Sri Lanka and calls the kitchen more Indian than Sri Lankan. Vada and a pan-fried tilapia sat beside the dosa. It quotes the house instruction off the menu: Spice up your life: Dip the dosa.
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What I cannot tell you is whether the cooking changed with the sign. Masala Harbor prints a guest line about idly, plain dosa, chutneys and sambar on its own front page. The South Indian half is still there.2 I haven't found a review of this address under either name.
What locals & experts say
- Time Out New York's house write-up, 9 January 2013, on what made the card unusual:
Unlike many of the city's South Indian restaurants, this Staten Island eatery features meat dishes - like chicken khoruma (coconut milk curry) and shrimp thokku (onion-and-tomato stew) - plus 13 dosas (fermented rice crepes).
1 - New York City Tourism + Conventions, filing it in Little Sri Lanka:
Dosa Garden has more Indian influence than Sri Lankan, but this relatively new restaurant in Little Sri Lanka is quickly becoming a favorite.
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Good to know
- The name: the door trades as Masala Harbor. The city's permit at that address is in that name.2
- Where: 323 Victory Boulevard, between Castleton Avenue and Jersey Street, the SIR from the ferry.1
Verdict
listed — Little Sri Lanka is still worth the ferry, and this address is still cooking. Ask at the counter whether they still make the dosa before you order.