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The Tariff That Rewrote the Tasting Menu
In Colaba, a 150% duty on imported wine and a 60% surge in farm-to-table sourcing are doing what decades of nationalism could not. Fine dining is finally speaking Marathi.
Bigg Small Café Opens Third Outlet in Thane
The all-day café-bar lands in Wagle Industrial Estate
Delhi's 15th Street Food Festival Opens July 24
Three days, regional delicacies, and live performances, India's biggest street food gathering is back.
Pali Bhavan Is Back in South Bombay
The Bandra favourite reopens at Churchgate after over a decade away
The Kitchen Without a Door
In Andheri East, five brands are cooking out of one room. The rent is split. The cuisine is not.
The Village Inside the City Is Cooking for Fewer People
Khotachiwadi still bakes its own bread and its own festivals. The generation that knows how is running out of grandchildren to teach.
Langosteria Brings Seafood to Raffles London
Milan's celebrated seafood restaurant lands in Whitehall
The Clubhouse Became a Restaurant
In Chembur, home-chefs are selling tickets to their own living rooms. The rent is zero. The waitlist is six weeks.
The Sweet Shop Was Older Than the Sidewalk
Bhuleshwar's Gujarati snack vendors survived four generations of Bombay. The QR code is a different kind of test.
Kathmandu's Jimbu Thakali Opens First India Outpost
Nepal's mountain kitchen lands in Gurugram with jimbu lentils and gundruk
One8 Commune Opens Inside Kishore Kumar's Gauri Kunj
Kohli's restaurant brand takes over a Bollywood legend's Juhu home
Nashik to Host India FoodCone Expo 2026
Four-day food industry event targets full value chain, farm to fork
Thane FDA Seals Grocery Warehouse Over Expired Stock
Expired milk, bread found mixed with fresh goods in Naupada basement
K-Food Fair Lands in New Delhi for First Time
Korean government brings gimbap, ginseng wine, and kombucha to South Asian buyers
Aakhad 5.0 Lands at Sayaji Kolhapur This August
Ten days of Mutton Sukka, Tambra Rassa, and full Aakhadi heat
Byculla Baker Brings Chinese-Indonesian Heritage to Bombay Bread
Mantou meets Bombay in a converted warehouse
FOO Opens Ninth Bombay Outpost in Borivali
The pan-Asian chain brings sushi, dim sum, and Nikkei to the western suburbs
The Woman Who Poured First
Forty years ago, a Bombay bar was a room women walked past. Then Shatbhi Basu stepped behind the counter, and the counter never looked the same.
The Almond Flour Costs More Than the Client
In Juhu, the home-chefs feeding the keto crowd are learning that a personalised diet is really a personalised supply chain.
The Boys From Karkala Are Not Coming
For eighty years, Matunga's Udupi kitchens ran on a supply chain of teenagers from coastal Karnataka. That pipeline is quietly closing.