{"id":11854,"date":"2025-10-22T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/11854\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:10:07","slug":"new-himalayan-fusion-restaurant-cafe-shangrila-celebrates-grand-opening-on-queens-boulevard-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/11854\/","title":{"rendered":"New Himalayan fusion restaurant Caf\u00e9 Shangrila celebrates grand opening on Queens Boulevard \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elected officials, community members and Caf\u00e9 Shangrila owners at the ribbon-cutting for Sunnyside\u2019s new Himalayan restaurant. Photo: Shane O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

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Caf\u00e9 Shangrila, a new Nepalese and Himalayan fusion caf\u00e9 offering a variety of traditional breakfast and lunch options, has opened its doors on Queens Boulevard.\n<\/p>\n

The restaurant, opened by Suraj Malla and former Newa Chhe co-owner Kunchok Sherpa, celebrated its grand opening at 42-15 Queens Blvd. on Monday, Oct. 20, at the site of the former Zio Luigi Ristorante in Sunnyside<\/a>, which had been left vacant for several years.<\/p>\n

The new location, which celebrated its soft opening ahead of the annual Taste of Sunnyside on Oct. 12, promises to bring authentic Himalayan cuisine to the neighborhood, including momos; thukpa, a traditional Tibetan noodle soup; keema noodles, a popular Nepalese noodle dish; pulao rice, a popular one-pot rice dish; and an array of chillies.<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 Shangrila will open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily and will primarily offer breakfast, lunch and early dinner options, including a traditional \u201cHimalayan breakfast\u201d consisting of a deep-fried bread called puri, scrambled eggs and chickpeas.<\/p>\n

\"Caf\u00e9Caf\u00e9 Shangrila interior. Photo: Shane O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

Sherpa said the new restaurant will accommodate guests with different levels of spice tolerance, while Mulla forecasted that the caf\u00e9 will bring \u201cHimalayan heat\u201d to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will bring Himalayan heat to the city streets and are very eager for you to visit and check out our menu,\u201d Mulla said.\n<\/p>\n

The recent Taste of Sunnyside restaurant crawl provided the new business with an excellent opportunity to meet potential new customers, Mulla added.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so amazing,\u201d Mulla said, stating that the restaurant offered traditional lentil pancakes called bara during the crawl. \u201cWe served more than 500 people and everyone had a good response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherpa, who co-owned Nepalese restaurant Newa Chhe prior to its closure in May this year, said the new restaurant represents a shift toward cuisine from the Himalayan region.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just specific to one culture,\u201d Sherpa said.\n<\/p>\n

Dirk McCall de Palom\u00e1, executive director of the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District,<\/a> described Monday\u2019s grand opening as \u201chuge\u201d for Sunnyside, stating the Caf\u00e9 Shangrila is reactivating a space that has long been vacant on Queens Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaf\u00e9 Shangrila participated in the Taste of Sunnyside and was a huge hit among attendees who delighted in the flavors and the ambiance of the new space,\u201d McCall de Palom\u00e1 said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Elected officials also welcomed the new restaurant, describing it as a \u201cwonderful addition\u201d to the community.
\n\"Photo:Photo: Shane O\u2019Brien\n<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez said Caf\u00e9 Shangrila is representative of the diversity of Sunnyside\u2019s small business community, adding that she looked forward to stopping by in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaf\u00e9 Shangrila will be a wonderful addition to the community, and I look forward to stopping by to enjoy their Himalayan flavors,\u201d Vel\u00e1zquez said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n

Council Member Julie Won said the new restaurant is further evidence that Sunnyside is a \u201cmelting pot\u201d of global flavors.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cA special thank you to Sunnyside Shines for continuing to support local business owners and helping them thrive in our district,\u201d Won said in a statement. \u201cWe are thrilled to be their local partners in the city government.\u00a0 I wish the team many years of success.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Sen. Mike Gianaris said Caf\u00e9 Shangrila is a \u201cfantastic addition\u201d to the neighborhood, while Assembly Member Claire Valdez said the location bolsters Sunnyside\u2019s \u201cdiverse and delicious\u201d food scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo dine out in Sunnyside is to take a culinary trip around the world,\u201d Valdez said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n

Anatole Ashraf, chair of Queens Community Board 2, said the restaurant would bring \u201crich Nepalese food\u201d to the neighborhood.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of Sunnyside\u2019s greatest features is its diversity of cuisine.\u00a0 I am excited for Caf\u00e9 Shangrila to bring even more rich Nepalese food to the neighborhood,\u201d Ashraf said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elected officials, community members and Caf\u00e9 Shangrila owners at the ribbon-cutting for Sunnyside\u2019s new Himalayan restaurant. Photo: Shane…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9438,9439,9440,9441,9442,3947,9,24,63,8004,122,124,123,9443,9444,9445],"class_list":["post-11854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-anatole-ashraf","tag-cafu00e9-shangrila","tag-claire-valdez","tag-himalayan-food","tag-julie-won","tag-mike-gianaris","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nydia-velazquez","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sunnyside-shines","tag-sunnyside-shines-executive-director-dirk-mccall","tag-taste-of-sunnyside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}