New African-Caribbean Restaurant In Columbia: Nigerian Food, B'fast, BBQ, Sounds Interesting

New Kuramo restaurant in Columbia

It looks like a new African-Caribbean restaurant is coming to the Long Reach village center in Columbia.

There is a sign in the window advertising the Kuramo African-Caribbean restaurant.  I nosed around the Web, and I found a site that says Kuramo will offer a broad menu -- with a bunch of Nigerian dishes.  The menu on that site talks about pepper soup, efo, jollof rice, and more.

Look through the window

The site seems half-made, which makes sense for a half-built restaurant, but the photos look delicious if they're really dishes that this restaurant will serve.  They certainly look like nothing else that I have seen around here.

(Update:  People say this sign has been on that restaurant for more than a year.  That's a bummer.  I don't know the situation.  Anyone know if this will happen?)

Kuramo fills the spot that used to be the Dog House Pub & Grill.  There is a sign in another window for Os, which says "breakfast, barbeque & more."  That may be connected with a place with a similar name in Baltimore.  A broad menu with some comfort barbecue and some unique Nigerian food?  This could be good.

Anyone know details?  Background of the places?  Timeline to open?  Looking through the window, there was clearly work still to be done.  But it looks like a restaurant, not a construction site.  Are we close?

Thanks to Jesse for the tip.  David Greisman had previously reported that a Caribbean restaurant was coming to Long Reach.  Wouldn't a profile of the new owners be a great story idea?  Nigerian food in Columbia?  When are they opening, David?  When?


Kuramo Restaurant
8775 Cloudleap Court 
Columbia, MD 21045
443-570-9724

NEAR:  This is in the Long Reach Village Center -- north of Rte 175 off Tamar Drive.   There is a new supermarket coming to Long Reach called Family Market.  There is also a nice takeout fried chicken place called Chick N' Friends.