A new eatery from the ownership behind New York City’s GupShup has officially begun the buildout of their restaurant as Punjab Meet House is slated to open inside a large space in Downtown Jersey City.
Jersey Digs first reported on the planned restaurant way back in 2023 when a company named Grand Trunk Hospitality LLC applied to Jersey City’s Alcoholic Beverage Control to transfer a liquor license to “space B” at 25 Columbus Drive. The company’s ownership could be traced to Ahtesham Rizvi, who runs GupShup in Manhattan’s Gramercy neighborhood.
GupShup opened in 2018 and serves Bombay-style street food in a more upscale space. Their creative dishes are accompanied by Indian-inspired cocktails like a rum mango lassi or a Goan sunrise with vodka, cucumber, basil, and green chartreuse…