Over the span of four years, Sheal Patel converted his entire family of lifelong vegetarians into meat eaters.
It was a present in fifth grade that solidified his destiny as a hardcore carnivore. “One of the best gifts I ever got as a child was a grill in the backyard,” he says. “That was my pathway to really discover meat, because my mom still wasn’t thrilled with raw meat in her own kitchen.”
While there’s usually at least one low-and-slow smoked item on each Monday’s menu, Patel offers a few other Indian or Indian-ish street food mashups each week like beef or lamb frankie rolls, the Mumbai street food roti-egg wrap staple; or masala egg sliders, spicy garlic butter scrambles with cilantro, onion, and Amul cheese on pao bread, soft rolls baked by the Hoffman Estates outlet of the south Indian bakery chain Hot Breads.
