Mikheil Saakashvili's favorite place in America

saakashviliWe've noted before that Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, currently getting what he gave from the Russians in some place called South Ossetia, earned his letters at our very own school of law. Now City Room fleshes out the picture with some snooping around his former Morningside haunts, learning that he loved the Indian Café on 108th and Broadway, but never set foot in the Hungarian.

We can't help but wonder if Mr. Saakashvili will be make good on his offer to teach Georgian studies after scheduled elections in January — or if PrezBo would ask.

I mean, he's no Vaclav.


Posted by Hmm : #1 · reply · track
August 15, 2008 at 3:22 PM
I was a little skeptical of his judgment in provoking Russia, but his love for Indian Cafe suggests there might be a deeper problem here.
Posted by eww : #2 · reply · track
August 15, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Indian Cafe? Come onnnn.
Posted by what!? : #3 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
August 15, 2008 at 7:15 PM (from campus)
indian cafe rocks my socks
Posted by : #4 · reply · track
August 15, 2008 at 7:18 PM
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Posted by ... : #5 · reply · track
August 15, 2008 at 11:48 PM (from campus)
ok so all the food in this neighborhood sucks donkey balls, but indian cafe is squarely on the "starting to suck less" side of the spectrum.
Posted by okay : #6 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 12:12 AM
if you guys are into indian food, do yourselves a favor and journey down to the thirties & Lex one weekend.
Posted by indians : #7 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 1:00 AM
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Posted by ajanta : #8 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 5:51 AM
122nd and Amsterdam is where it's at.
Posted by OOPS : #9 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 5:57 AM
Totally my bad. I actually like Indian Cafe... I was thinking of Bengal Cafe on Amsterdam. You know, the one you always pass by on your way to 1020 that never seems to have any customers.
Posted by ... : #10 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 7:35 AM (from campus)
haha... funny!
Posted by you are all wrong : #11 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Calcutta cafe is superior...
Posted by blurgh! : #12 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM
the registrar no longer does phone registration. this makes life difficult, since I'll be in a plane (minus a 20 min layover) for most of my registration on the 30th, and I hoped i could use my phone to switch sections of a low-number capped class.

dag-nabbit.
Posted by Aw yeah` : #13 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Ajanta is awesome
Posted by ... : #14 · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 3:10 PM
i want indian chinese.
Posted by ... : #15 (in reply to #14) · reply · track
August 16, 2008 at 9:54 PM
that's an interesting mix that i've only seen at a place called rocksugar in LA
Posted by columbia alum : #16 · reply · track
August 17, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Ajanta hands down for Indian. I only went to Hungarian twice during college. Maybe it's because those grad students decide to fake-do their thesis work on 2/3 of the available tables.
Posted by then : #17 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
August 19, 2008 at 1:32 AM
you live under a rock---indian chinese is pretty common (go to queens or long island) and can be traced back to the fact that there's a significant ethnic crossover in India
Posted by ... : #18 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
August 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM
you suck and rocksugar does too.
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