U-M Dearborn, EMU biz grads open Indian restaurant, Curry Up

A group of friends who recently graduated with business degrees from local universities have come together to open their own restaurant in Ann Arbor.

Curry Up bills itself as a restaurant that specializes in Indian street food. Swetang Patel, Hardik Patel and Rutul Patel launched Curry Up last summer at 2711 Plymouth Road after receiving business degrees from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Eastern Michigan University.

"Ann Arbor has always been a very young and welcoming to other foods and cultures," Swetang Patel says. "There really wasn't a place with the food we wanted around here."

Curry Up now employs a dozen people and has just revamped its website to make it more interactive with its customers. Swetang Patel says he and his partners want to continue to build up the restaurant's brand and expand its delivery service.

"I'd like to have a strong delivery service in Ann Arbor, especially to the hospitals," Swetang Patel says. "We would also like to highlight our vegan and gluten-free options."

Source: Swetang Patel, co-owner of Curry Up
Writer: Jon Zemke

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