Bombay Cricket Club
Bombay Cricket Club was an Indian and Middle Eastern restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood, in the United States. Description. Bombay Cricket Club was an Indian and Middle Eastern restaurant on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood, owned by Karim and Sherri Ammad. According to "The Oregonian" Michael Russell, "Like its predecessor, Masala Grove, the Bombay Cricket Club combined decadent Indian dishes with a handful of Middle Eastern specialties." The menu included coconut curry with prawns, lamb vindaloo, samosas, tandoori lamb, and mango margaritas. The restaurant aired cricket matches on televisions. History. In August  2016, owners confirmed plans to retire and close the restaurant on August 31, after operating for 21 years. The vegetarian Indian restaurant Maruti began operating in the space in November. Reception. In 2003, "Willamette Week" Kelly Clarke said, "Saburo's, along with places like Bombay Cricket Club and Escape from New York Pizza shake up routine meals by challenging our notion of what makes great restaurants tick." Bombay Cricket Club was named Best Indian Restaurant by "Portland Monthly" in 2004. In 2016, the magazine's Michelle Porter said the restaurant had "[maintained] its reputation (and long lines) through several food  revolutions—including the rise of Bollywood Theater". In 2016, Michael Russell of "The Oregonian" said the tandoori lamb was a "standout" and wrote, "In the days before Bollywood Theater introduced Portland to Indian street snacks and Hillsboro's Indian food scene had blossomed, Bombay Cricket Club was considered among the best Indian restaurants in Portland. Judging from recent comments on the restaurant's Facebook page, it remained a favorite for many both inside and outside of Portland." The newspaper's Grant Butler included Bombay Cricket Club in a 2016 list of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still  around", writing, "For years, one of the happiest places along lower Southeast Hawthorne Avenue was a seat at the bar at this popular Northern Indian spot."