Paneer on Bombay Pizza

Back inside the restaurant, the sole delivery man was running himself ragged on a bicycle, zipping in and out for one load of pizza deliveries after another. My sole issue with Bombay Pizza is that its thin, crispy crust doesn't hold up well to delivery or takeout, but the volume of his deliveries that Tuesday night would seem to render my opinion moot. A few couples cozied up to one another in booths toward the back, while some young men caught up over beers from Bombay's surprisingly excellent selection (which includes everything from Kingfisher to Celis White to local brews like Southern Star's Pine Belt Pale, which is perfect paired with Indian food).

On this particular stretch of Main Street, the light rail has done its job effectively: Businesses such as Bombay Pizza and the Payless shoe store next door are thriving in the wake of all the pedestrian traffic, while people have made their homes in the lofts and fancy apartments high above the street. Colorful light installations flashed disco colors from their perch above the fountains that occupy part of Main between McKinney and Lamar, while the fountains themselves danced each time a train rattled by on the line.

Troy Fields

Saag paneer pizza just works.

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Bombay Pizza Co.

914 Main St., Suite 105
Houston, TX 77002

Category: Restaurant > Eclectic

Region: Downtown/ Midtown

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Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays, noon to 11 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 9 p.m. Sundays
Personal pizza: $8.50
12-inch pizza: $15
Chicken kati roll: $4.50
Veggie masala sliders: $6
Lasagna: $8
Gulab jamun: $3.50

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For that evening, at least, downtown Houston felt vibrant and alive. It was a thrilling scene to someone who grew up knowing downtown as a ghostland by night — the kind of place where a bomb could go off past 6 p.m. without harming a soul. It's going to be an uphill climb in such a spread-out metropolis as Houston, but I still think that serious urban density can happen here and that downtown can be the beating heart of the city that it was when Houston was first founded.

Restaurants such as Bombay Pizza are essential to that kind of growth. We need more spots like this that are comfortable, reliable and inexpensive yet also as unique as Houston itself; that will draw in people from all over the city; and that are willing to tough out the heat, the construction and the waning crowds in the evenings. Let's hope Bombay Pizza is an exciting glimpse of what's to come.

katharine.shilcutt@houstonpress.com