Inder Saini, who owns two Curry Leaf Indian restaurants in Foxboro, Mass., and Concord, N.H., will add a third location at 28 Main Street in Montpelier this spring. Saini said he paid $70,000 for the kitchen equipment and fixtures to Kamal Sherpa, the owner of KSherpa Dinner House, which occupied the 60-seat space from 2021 until it closed in mid-December.
Meanwhile, Sherpa confirmed he has opened Star Kitchen Indian Nepali in Barre at 237 North Main Street. The restaurant’s Indo-Chinese menu of curries, biryani rice dishes and Nepalese momos resembles that of KSherpa with some additional items, such as hamburgers.
Saini, 38, opened his first Curry Leaf restaurant in Foxboro five years ago and his second in Concord in 2024. He moved from southern India to the U.S. 15 years ago but said his restaurants serve mostly dishes from northern India, his parents’ home region. The menu also includes a few Nepalese specialties, thanks to a Nepali sous chef, plus chicken wings and chicken tenders.
The other Curry Leaf restaurants serve a mix of customers, Saini said, including many originally from India. The kitchen can customize the spiciness of dishes such as curries and tandoor-roasted kebabs. “We make everything from scratch,” Saini said. “We are not just going to add more chile powder.”
Interested in growing his small restaurant group, Saini saw an opportunity in Montpelier when he heard Sherpa wanted to sell, he said. He will add a bigger tandoor oven, a new hood system and other equipment and aims to open in early March.
This article appears in January 21 • 2026.
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