It’s been a little over two months since Dadar’s iconic seafood restaurant Chaitanya has opened in Thane, shifting their focus from a western suburb to a completely different neighbourhood. Interestingly, the region has seen many restaurants open since the start of 2026, and the regional Indian food restaurant is the latest addition to it. While many of them are cafes, seeing the restaurant that celebrates Malvani cuisine find its place there has been refreshing, but founder Surekha Walke says it was a long time coming because of locals.

She explains, “For many years, a lot of Thanekars have been coming to dine at Chaitanya in Dadar. It is also why many of them have been telling us to come to Thane and have even started looking for places so that we could set it up and told us about it over the years, and that’s why we decided to set it up there. The second reason has been that a lot of people from the Kokan region live there, and that is why we decided to expand to Thane.”