Articles & Press Releases

Articles

April 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Neela's was proud to be named to the San Francisco Chronicle Top 100 Best Bay Area Restaurants
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March 14, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Neela Paniz would like to debunk several notions about Indian Cuisine
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October 11, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
Neela's in Napa does Indian with a deft touch.

August 19, 2009
Wine Spectator
Chef Talk: Neela Paniz: California restaurant vet and India native talks food and wine and shares a tasty shrimp recipe.

May 28, 2009
Press Democrat
Savvy Indian café in Napa

March 24, 2009
Napa Valley Register
Home-style Indian cuisine comes to Napa

March 2009
Paul Franson's NapaLife: for those who live in Napa Valley – and those who wish they did…
After a long wait, Neela Paniz‘s Neela‘s restaurant opens…I had a chance to…taste a sample of the food and atmosphere. It‘s an attractive space with art that suggests Indian culture without retreating into the Raj. Read more…

Written in 1994 about Neela’s acclaimed restaurant in Los Angeles…
Los Angeles Magazine
Asia Major – by Jonathan Gold
…Neela Paniz at her Bombay Café may have done for Indian food what Spago did for Mediterranean cuisine; streamlined it, heightened the flavors, introduced California-style ingredient fetishes to a cuisine traditionally more concerned with the complexity of spicing than with the provenance of the vegetables…

Press Releases

May 15, 2009
Open for every day eating—Lunch Thalis • New à la carte dinner menu • Locals’ Thursday Bread Night

March 16, 2009
Renowned chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Neela Paniz will open the doors of her new restaurant, Neela’s, in downtown Napa on March 31.