Good Indian restaurant!

 My wife and I had dinner last night at the Peoples Indian Restaurant
 on Penn Avenue in Garfield friday evening.  The restaurant is on the
 corner of Penn and Eveline (?)--this is the stretch of Penn between
 St. Francis Hospital and East Liberty.  This place is now our favorite
 Indian restaurant in the city by a long shot.

 We ordered Pakora Chat appetizer which was served cool. the pakora were
 at the bottom of the dish with potatoes and chick peas to cover with a
 delicious tamarind sauce.

 I ordered Fish Tandoori. I'm not sure it's traditional (and even if it is I
 imagine Salmon is not the traditional fish) but it was outstanding. Cubes
 of salmon had been marinated in that reddish marinade typical of Tandoor
 prepared dishes and then quick roasted in the Tandoor oven.  It came to
 the table on a sizzling hot metal plate with peppers and onions and a
 couple of lemon slices.  It was light, moist, and delicious. Basmati
 rice and a plate of Dal large enough for both of us accompanied the
 dish.

 My wife ordered Lamb Saag and it was just about the best I've had. There
 was none of the characteristic "heavyness" that some Indian dishes have.
 it was light, full of flavor and very fresh.  In fact, fresh is a
 fine word to describe the quality of everything we were served. Basmati
 rice came with it on a separate plate.

 A mango lassi, a sweet lassi, and an order of garlic nan comprised
 the rest of our dinner.  I was stuffed by the end but enjoyed
 every bite. Total was $25 plus tip.

 There was a guy at another table nursing a beer and no sign of any bar of any
 kind so I think you can bring your own.  The weren't very busy on a
 Friday night and they deserve to be.  Please give it a try.

 BTW:  If you are looking for Southern Indian style food there's Sree's
 in Sharpsburg and the Udipi cafe at the old Dosa Hut location in
 (I think) Monroeville.  I haven't been to Srees in a while but
 I thoroughly enjoyed a lunch I had at the Udipi cafe a couple of weeks
 ago.  It's a very low atmosphere place (i.e. plastic forks, styrofoam plates
 and bowls) but the food is fresh, good, and when we were there
 quickly delivered to the table.  I had a Rasam soup I enjoyed, and
 and Uthappi (sp?) which I understand is the rice batter for a dosa
 cooked into a pancake (rather than a crepe).  It was cooked with
 green chilis and was very good.  My wife had a Dosa (the crepe version)
 stuffed with potatoes and peas and ? ---I think it was a Dosa Masala.
 Both were large and satisfying and very fresh.  My soup could have used a
 litte more finesse (there was a big twig from some herb of some kind in it and
 the tomato core was included) but the taste was very good and at that price I
 didn't really mind.  I just remembered that the Uthappi and the Dosa were
 both served with Sambar as well. Total cost for lunch was about $10 I think.
 It's on Old William Penn Highway right next to this gravel/cement plant. If
 you are out that way it's worth a stop.

 Jeff