Madurai Appu Restaurant Valasarawalkam

Our place is located in the R A Complex right on Arcot Road. If you know Valasaravakkam at all, you’ve probably passed by us many times. We’ve been serving people in the Alwarthirunagar area for a good bit now. It’s a busy part of town, so there is always something going on outside our doors. We open up early to get everything prepped for the day. It’s just a regular restaurant where people come to grab a meal. We don't have fancy decorations or anything like that. The tables are simple and we keep the place clean as best as we can. The staff here are mostly local guys who live nearby. We see a lot of the same faces every week, which is nice. It makes the work feel a bit more personal. Sometimes it gets a bit noisy when the lunch crowd comes in, but that's just how it is on Arcot Road. We don't try to be anything we aren't. Just a local spot for people to eat. Dealing with the traffic out front is probably the hardest part of the day. But once people get inside, it’s a bit calmer. We focus on the daily routine of cooking and serving. It's a lot of repetition, but we enjoy it. There's no big mystery to how we run things. We just show up and do the work. It’s a long day, but we like it. The neighborhood is changing, but we are still here doing the same thing.