Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Biryani Focused Casual Dining Restaurant Chain |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Founder | Nagasamy Naidu |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India |
Number of locations | 90 (in India), 15 (outside India) |
Area served | Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Sri Lanka, UAE, Malaysia, France, Singapore, United States |
Key people | |
| Services | Casual Dining, Take Away, Home Delivery and Outdoor Catering. |
Number of employees |
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| Website | www.thalappakatti.com |
Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant (also known as Thalappakatti Biriyani)[1] is a restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The first outlet was opened in 1957 at Dindigul. Since then, it operates with over 105+ outlets globally with 90 outlets in India, and 15 outlets overseas.[2] The Thalappakatti restaurants focus on biryani as the core product.[3]
History
[edit]The founder, Nagasamy Naidu, started Dindigul Thalappakatti restaurant by the name of Anandha Vilas Biriyani Hotel in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. In 2013 the chain won a trademark lawsuit about the use of the word "thalappakatti" (meaning "turban" in Tamil).[4][5]
Locations
[edit]Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant has 102 restaurants, with 92 outlets in India & 9 overseas outlets in countries like Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, France, Singapore and the United States.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Soma, Basu (3 August 2013). "In search of Dindigul Biryani". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ Kandavel, Sangeetha (20 October 2019). "Dindigul Thalappakatti raises ₹260 crore from CX Partners". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Muthalaly, Shonali (11 April 2013). "Turban Tales: Dindigul Thalapakatti's recipe to success". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ R. Sivaraman (6 April 2013). "Dindigul 'Thalappakatti' biriyani wins trademark row". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Sanjay Vijayakumar (8 April 2013). "Use of 'Thalappakatti' in Tamil Nadu restaurant names leads to trademark wars – timesofindia-economictimes". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Outlets". Thalappakatti.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.