This Indian Dessert Shop Is Closing Down Its Restaurant

After the success of Surbhi Sahni’s online sweets shop during the pandemic, in 2021 she opened Tagmo as a full-service Indian restaurant and retail store in the Seaport District. Two years later, Tagmo’s restaurant is closing on December 31. Sahni tells Resy: “It’s been amazing to create some new food, and I’ll miss seeing my neighbors come through the doors regularly, but it’s also not a complete break from the community, and I hope to continue doing the work that I am doing now,” she says. Sahni will move her desserts — like badam narangi; chocolate burfi; pistachio burfi; and besan ladoo — back online. While the restaurant is shutting down, a spokesperson says Sahni plans to keep the space to expand the sweets side of the business and will continue with the Tagmo name.

Update: December 13, 2023 10:22 a.m.: This article was updated to include comments from Tagmo’s spokesperson to clarify that the dessert shop will carry on.

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