Vancouver curry house takes Bitcoin for biryani

You can now exchange your virtual coins for an actual, real world curry.

By John Oates

May 28, 2013 at 8:29 a.m. UTC

Updated Sep 10, 2021 at 10:47 a.m. UTC

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Bitcoin's move to the mainstream just got serious - you can now exchange your virtual coins for an actual, real world curry.

Admittedly you'll need to be in Canada, but it's still epoch-defining news. Indian Gate Restaurant and Bar in Vancouver will host a Bitcoin meet-up this week on Wednesday and becomes the world's first curry house to take the alternative currency.

The curry house gets a respectable 3.5 stars on Urbanspoon and the menu has all the ~~British~~ Indian classics from lamb biryani to chicken tikka massala.

The Vancouver BTC group claims 133 members so it could be a busy night.

There's a full list of bitcoin-accepting businesses on Reddit here.

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