Global Mix

ix years ago, when Mumbai native Rashmi Bhat was attending the University of Houston’s College of Business, the entrepreneurial-minded student first visualized what has recently become a reality—7 Monks Café, the first Indian restaurant in New Braunfels. Her small-business plan for an Indian eatery was so well thought out that it won a $1,000 university pitch contest. Although Rashmi used the funds to open a French-inspired deli called Bonjour, Texas in New Braunfels in 2014, the dream of an Indian restaurant never faded. While