A Flushing Restaurant Kid Just Brought Regional Street Food to Park Slope
Abhishek Sharma opens Badshah Social on Flatbush Avenue after months on the road in India, with Mangalorean branzino and lamb shank nihari on the share list.
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Badshah Social opened July 7, 2026, at 212 Flatbush Avenue at Dean Street in Park Slope. Chef-owner Abhishek Sharma, 38, grew up in Flushing in a restaurant family whose New York lineage includes Surya in the West Village; his own résumé includes Swagat NYC, MadamJi, A13 Events, and an earlier Hell’s Kitchen Badshah. The Brooklyn room is billed as reimagined Indian street food with cocktails, not a single-region concept.
Before opening, Sharma spent about six months traveling across India for regional markets and street kitchens. The menu moves around the map: pani puri, Old Delhi chicken tikka, Lahori seekh kebab, Kerala-style mutton irachi, Mangalorean branzino with curry leaf oil, plus modern plates such as Guntur chili chicken bao, coconut fried chicken, paneer and fig tikki with roasted tomato chutney, and lamb shank nihari. An open kitchen keeps the tandoors in view. The dining room pairs portraits of The Notorious B.I.G. with royal imagery; the name Badshah means king.
Reservations run through Resy. Confirm hours and the current menu on the restaurant site before you go; this is opening-week reporting, not a review. For diners who already track Brooklyn’s South Asian openings, the useful detail is the street-food brief with a full bar, from a Queens-raised chef whose family has been in New York kitchens for decades.