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809 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306

201-222-3883

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Critics'
Pick
Best Indian (South)
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Indian, Pakistani

Hours: Sun,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Sat 10:30am-10pm

Price: $
Payment Types: cash

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Not Necessary

Parking: No Parking

Description

While most southern Indian spots offer only a handful of dosas, at Sri Ganesh's-named after the handsome Hindu elephant god-the roster runs to 66. That means you can freak out and order pessaratu, its wrapper turned verdant green with herbs, or spring dosa, filled with sautéed onions and peppers but enfolding zero potatoes. Another strong point is the porridges, including upma (cream of wheat studded with toasted cashews) and pongal (lentils and mung beans with pungent spices). The accompanying coconut and peanut chutneys are made from scratch, and the free sambar is all you can eat.

2011 | Best Indian (South)

Newark Avenue in Jersey City is lined with vegetarian Indian restaurants, but which one to choose Sapthagiri is wonderful, but it has food from other regions. Better for our purposes is Sri Ganesh's Dosa House, where the elephant-headed god presides on an altar just inside the front door, and your choice of dosas, uttapams, iddlies, and their ilk runs to dozens upon dozens. The numbered-table ordering system is a thrill in itself, but only if you can dash up to the register at just the... More »
2007 | Martin Luther King's Last Meal

The civil-rights activist and Nobel Prize winner espoused a doctrine of civil disobedience inspired by Mohandas Gandhi. He also suffered imprisonment as a result of his activities and lifelong hectoring by the FBI, who suspected he was a communist. In observance of his Indian inspiration, we're serving the American saint a comforting meal at Sri Ganesh's Dosa House, where he'll feast on upma, a supremely delicious wheat porridge studded with peanuts, cilantro, curry leaves, and black... More »
2006 | Best deadly dosas

My favorite vegetarian cuisine is southern India's, and there's no better place to dig it than Newark Avenue, just north of Journal Square, where a dozen places make the stuffed crepes called dosas. Best so far are found at Sri Ganesh's Dosa House, which is a little like calling a hot-dog place Jesus' Weenie Hut. There are over 50 dosa choices, instead of the three or four usually offered, including innovative new-world versions that include Velveeta, and regional variations like pesarattu,... More »

Trunk Show

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, April 25, 2006

If you haven't been to Jersey City's Newark Avenue lately, get on over. This strip of Indian businesses four blocks north of Journal Square has long been a source of bulk spices, cheap nuts, and surreal vegetables, but competition among restaurant... More »

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Sri Ganesh's Dosa House

809 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306

201-222-3883

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2011 | Best Indian (South)

2007 | Martin Luther King's Last Meal

2006 | Best deadly dosas

Trunk Show

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, April 25, 2006

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