Popular Uyghur restaurant Marco & Polo is returning to the Route 1 corridor.
Owner Gairatjan Rozi has landed a contract with the Wyndham hotel at 4095 Powder Mill Rd. in Beltsville to reopen the restaurant, which closed its Hyattsville location during the pandemic, now named Marco & Polo Uyghur Kebab and Noodles.
“With its new name, Marco & Polo is back not only with its authentic meals, but with additional new recipes on the menu,” Rozi wrote in an email to customers.
With influences from Central Asia, China and the Middle East — and, famously, influences on Italian cuisine — Uyghur cooking features dishes such as laghman noodles with beef, the dish that Marco Polo brought back to Italy and rebranded as spaghetti.
Another favorite is Big Plate Chicken, a chicken and potato stew served with flat noodles that became trendy in urban China.
Uyghurs (pronounced WEE-grr) are an ethic minority group from western China and Central Asia. Over the last few years, Uyghur immigrants have opened up several restaurants in the D.C. metro area specializing in the cuisine.
The restaurant will open at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 1. You can text 301-549-0786 for a reservation for the opening night kickoff.
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