Cafe Military 90 year old restaurant frequented by Madhubala M F Husain,still lure Kheema lovers
Cafe Military 90 year old restaurant frequented by
Madhubala M F Husain,still lure Kheema lovers
Notably Cafe Military 90-year-old Irani cafe run by third
generation restauranteur
Sheriar Khosravi still lures people
According to Sheriar Khosravi
restauranteur who now runs the restaurant, It is taste, quantity and quality that keeps them going.
This year marked 90 years of Cafe Military. Started in 1933 by Khodaram B Golabi, an Iranian who moved to India in search of a better livelihood, as a canteen catering to the armed forces, Cafe Military turned into a restaurant after Independence.
She added that initially, it would serve only bakery products, including cakes and puddings with some Parsi dishes like Brun Maska.
She started coming to the cafe to give her father (Behram K Khosravi took over the reins of the eatery in 1970) company and they would return home together.
After he passed away, she continued and has retained the essence of the gone era with wooden cabinets taking over one wall and wooden panelling featuring vintage reverse-painted glass paintings taking another.
The tables adorn the quintessential checkered tablecloths.
Coming to the food, the 2,000-sqft restaurant is parked on the ground floor of Alli Chambers in Fort, is ving it a perfect company are raspberry soda and a variety of chilled beers, from Kangaro and London Pilsner to Kingfisher and Budweiser.
News Edit K.V.Raman
