Gongura

08/22/2025

Today's the day!

Come join us this Friday as we kick off Gongura's new special area of our restaurant! We'll be having some new Indian dishes with local lamb and goat curries and more! Open until 7:30 pm.

11/12/2023

Some of the crew having fun with our friends at India night at Southeast Missouri State University! Gongura

11/04/2023

Our online ordering is back! Order online and get some delicious Indian food made with local ingredients in Downtown Cape! Click here ----> https://www.gongura.us/

09/06/2023

We're BACK! We'll be open tomorrow (Thursday) at 9:30 am to 5:30 pm serving dosas for you!

Come see us at our new location on 2 N. Main in downtown Cape.

03/25/2023

https://youtu.be/ER5ZZk5atlE

Eating choices affect so much more than we realize. An older video by Vandana, but so relevant today.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TED...

02/02/2023

New Menu with the new additions!

01/27/2023

Thanks Southeast Missourian for the good review!

This week I explored the taste of India at one of my favorite local restaurants: The Spanish Street Farmacy. I stopped by and spoke to the brains behind the "virtual" operation, Frank Green. Green explained he became interested in the Gongora (Hibiscus sabdariffa) plant while breaking bread with fri...

01/25/2023

New dish!

Chicken Biryani.

Popular South Indian dish made by steaming chicken and rice together with aromatic spices. Delicious comfort food made with locally grown ingredients.

Order now! gongura.us/s/splash

01/12/2023

NEW MENU ITEM!

We're now serving Idli! What's an Idli you ask? It's soft savory steamed rice cakes, made with probiotic yogurt, spices, veggies and peanuts... and served with sambar and coconut chutney.

Made with local rice*, dairy*, and veggies*, along with spices* and peanuts*.
*All organic ingredients

Yum! Order at gongura.us/order or come to Spanish Street Farmacy.

01/12/2023

We use bone-in chicken in our Gongura Chicken and Chicken Curry. Why?

"We are all about the bones. The bones of the meat secure all the good stuff in it, giving the curry the flavor boost that chicken breasts or boneless meat just cannot...A chicken breast is essentially quite a terse piece of meat, rather bland and does not offer much in terms of flavor to transfer into the curry. The flavor from meat on a bone however, is not only within the flesh but you are getting all the big, hidden and glorious flavors from within the bones. As the curry simmers gently on the stove, those flavors that are exuded from the bones is what transforms your curry from a plain tasting curry to an explosive Indian curry"

Craving a curry for dinner perhaps? A hot chicken curry is probably just what you need to tickle those taste buds and nothing beats a plat...