Sherpa Kitchen to close Gilbert restaurant, concentrate on food truck

Sherpa Kitchen will no longer serve out of its restaurant after Nov. 22. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)

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By Tom Blodgett | 3:49 PM Nov 18, 2020 MST | Updated 3:49 PM Nov 18, 2020 MST

Sherpa Kitchen will close its brick-and-mortar location at 1533 W. Elliot Road, Ste. 101, Gilbert, on Nov. 22 and begin serving customers only from its food truck, Everest MoMo. The restaurant was the first in the Valley to serve Nepalese cuisine. The owners also plan to expand their food product line and offer take-and-make meals at farmers’ markets. 480-687-1187. https://sherpakitchenaz.com

By Tom Blodgett

Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent 30 years in journalism in Arizona and is the editor of the Gilbert edition of Community Impact Newspaper. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he now serves as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.

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