Food & Cafes

Every city that has a food identity earned it through a specific history. Bangalore’s food culture did not emerge from a single tradition or a single community. It was built, layer by layer, through a sequence of migrations, economic shifts and social changes that brought new people and new food to the city over the […]

Longevity in the restaurant business is difficult under any circumstances. In a city that has changed as rapidly as Bangalore, it is close to remarkable. The famous food places in Bangalore that have been operating for decades have done so not through luck but through a combination of consistent food, a loyal customer base, and […]

Street food in Bangalore operates on its own logic. It does not follow restaurant hours, it does not care about presentation and it does not need a social media presence to survive. The best street food in Bangalore has been feeding people for decades through nothing more than consistent quality and the right location at […]

Bangalore has always been a city that resists easy definitions. It is a place where a software engineer from Chennai shares a lunch table with a garment worker from North Karnataka. A Malayali breakfast joint sits two doors down from a Punjabi dhaba and the food on any given street tells you more about the […]

Biryani is the most argued about food in India, and Bangalore is no exception to that argument. Walk into any group of Bangalorean’s and ask them where to find the best biryani in Bangalore and you will get a different answer from every person in the room, usually delivered with complete confidence. The disagreements are […]

Lunch in Bangalore is a serious matter. The city has a working population of several million people, most of whom need to eat a substantial midday meal within a limited time window and a fixed budget. The restaurants that serve this population well are among the most reliable food establishments in the city, operating at […]