The Coffee House is a historic location in the heart of College Street and has many memories. Years later, the coffee house still accepts hundreds of customers every day and offers coffee and light meals at very reasonable prices. The location is not very clean, but it is still the hub of all Bengali Nostalgia makes it easy to beat CCDs and other new cafes
A historic coffee shop deeply rooted in the social movements of Bengal.
Great Manna Day had a very famous song dedicated to this cafe. This is Kolkata’s oldest cafe and the centre of intellectuals in the city. Artists, poets, writers, thinkers, and political leaders all come together here to brew their intellects with a cup of coffee and delicious food.
The entire cafe was a smoking area, but now it’s a bit restricted. Foodies can try Mutton Afghani and Infusion (a version of black coffee). The waiters still adorn ancient white traditional uniforms with head turbans.
Β If you’re in Kolkata and looking for the spirit of the city, go to the coffee house and experience it once.
nice list – would like to hear your take on some of the newer places to eat in the city..Olypub though very dear to me for the nostalgic feels – yes, as a middle-class Bong kid – I had my first bite of rebellion here..but once you eat a proper steak you would know how bad it actually is!
hey Pritha, thanks for reading it through. We can curate a list on new places. However being in Bangalore, whenever we visit Kolkata, we are drawn towards these nostalgic places.
And yes for so many of us, Oly Pub has very similar memories !! π