Awards
• 2024 Small Business Person of the Year (SBA)
• 2024 Small Business Person of the Year (SBA)
• 2024 JFK Business Leader of the Year
• 2024 Voted Best VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN Times Union
• 2024 Named to the “50 Power List” Albany Business Review
• 2024 Small Business World Trade Award
• 2024 "Essential Capital Region Restaurant" Times Union
• 2023 Woman of Distinction
• Best Kept Secret, Capital Region Living 2021
• Best Mediterranean Restaurant, Capital Region Living 2020
• Chef Josh Gabri named “Rising Star Chef” 2019
• Best Mediterranean Restaurant, Capital Region Living 2019
• Top 75 in Upstate New York 2018
• Named “Women who mean Business”, Albany Business Review 2018
• Best New Restaurant - Troy location, Capital Region Living 2017
• Best in Schenectady County - Capital Region Living 2017
• Best Mediterranean, Capital Region Living 2017
• Top 50 in 50 cities in Upstate New York 2017
• Best Mediterranean, Capital Region Living 2016
• SOFI Award Finalist for Apricot & Prune Sauce.
• Named 40 under 40 by the Albany Business Review 2016
• Named in "Essential Capital Region Restaurant" 2015 Times Union
• Best of the Capital Region, 2015 Capital Region Living Magazine
• Best Vegetarian Cuisine, 2015 Capital Region Living Magazine
• Best-Kept Secret, 2015, Capital Region Living Magazine
• Named Top 5 Restaurant, 2012, Daily Gazette
• Named Best of, 2012, 2013, 2014 Metroland
• Winner of Rising Star Chef Award, 2013
• Rated Number 1 in Schenectady, 2013, 2014, 2015, TripAdvisor
• Rated Number 1 in Schenectady, 2013, 2014, 2015, Yelp
Tara Kitchen in the News
2024:
2023:
Legacy Network Advisor - James Beard Foundation
2022:
2020:
CBS 6: The secret to one local restaurant's success during COVID-19 pandemic
WAMC/NPR: Food Friday
WNYT/News Channel 13: Businesses giving back during coronavirus pandemic
Spectrum News: Schenectady Restaurant Brings Weekly Food to Medical Workers
Albany Business Review: A lesson in how to adapt
Let’s Eat: Kimchi Fried Rice
Edible Capital District: Tara Kitchen
Times Union: Tara Kitchen adapts to new business model
Albany Business Review: Why owner of Tara Kitchen is starting a free mentoring program for minority entrepreneurs
Times Union: Tara Kitchen sponsoring writing contest for kids
Albany Business Review: For decades, this historic Schenectady building sat vacant. The owner of Tara Kitchen sees it as an opportunity
Let’s Eat: Sweet and Sour Chicken
Times Union: Female employers, leaders on bouncing back from COVID
Downtown Troy Podcast: How to Manage Your Time with Aneesa Waheed
Spirit of the Capital Region: Social Distancing Edition Ep: 17 - Tara Kitchen
Asian-American Herald: Tara Kitchen
Let’s Eat: Filipino Fried Fish
2019:
Beat Bobby Flay: Greeking Out
Times Union: Tara Kitchen opening location in Guilderland
Broadway World: What is coming up on Food Network in March
The Record: Troy Chowderfest winners announced
Albany Business Review: What happened after Matt Baumgartner and Aneesa Waheed appeared on national TV shows
Times Union: The Capital Region's 75 Essential Restaurants 2019
Times Union: Local chefs share school lunch tips
Daily Gazette: Tara Kitchen owner set to give landmark Schenectady structure new life as Moroccan-style spa
2018:
Guy’s Grocery Games: Meals from the Middle Madness
WAMC/NPR: Food Friday
Albany Business Review: These are the 2018 Women Who Mean Business
WGNA: Tara Kitchen rated as romantic restaurant in upstate New York
U.S. News and World Report: How and Why to Love Dates – the Fruit, That Is
2017:
Times Union: Straight Talk: Aneesa Waheed started Tara Kitchen from the ground up
WAMC/NPR: Food Friday
Times Union: Capital Region entrepreneur: Aneesa Waheed
Albany Business Review: Inside Tara Kitchen's new downtown Troy restaurant
WAMC/NPR: Food Friday: Indian and Moroccan
Albany Business Review: Why these successful Albany area immigrants are worried
Times Union: Capital Region's 50 Essential Restaurants: A 2017 guide
Spectrum News: Tara Kitchen takes Schenectady to Morocco
2016:
2015:
Times Union: Few women chefs lead Capital Region restaurant
Times Union: Help spotlight rising talent in the kitchen
#theschenectadyproject: Tara Kitchen
Times Union: Opportunity for romance in the Capital Region
2014: