Koshy's
Restaurant in Bangalore, India
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Koshy's Parade Café, popularly known as Koshy's, is a family-owned restaurant in Bangalore, India.[1][2][3]
| Koshy’s Parade Café | |
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Taken in 2012 - Koshy's Cafe - Bangalore, India - taken from St. Mark's Road | |
  Location in Karnataka, India  Koshy's (India) | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1940 |
| Location | 39, St. Mark's Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560001, India |
| Coordinates | 12.976833604849636°N 77.60158093068758°E |
Jawaharlal Nehru, Queen Elizabeth II and Nikita Khruschev are among those who have dined at Koshy's.[4][5][6]
History
Koshy’s started off as a bakery in 1940, set up by P.O. Koshy, a Syrian Christian from Kerala.[7][8] In 1952, the restaurant was built next to the bakery.[9][10] After the death of P.O. Koshy, his sons took over the establishment. Since the 1990s, third generation Koshys, Prem and Santosh, have managed the eatery.[6][11]
The colonial-era restaurant has maintained its old-world decor which is a draw for its clientele.[12][13] The interior consists of wooden chairs, tables, creaky fans, antique mirrors and shuttered windows.[14][15]
Koshy's regulars include journalists, writers, literati and intellectuals.[16][17]
Gundu Rao, erstwhile Chief Minister of Karnataka, once described Koshy's to Prem Koshy as follows.[18][19]
“I have met your grandfather and father and seen you as a kid. I have travelled across the globe looking for peace and quiet and this is the only place I find it.”
Ramachandra Guha — historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual — has described Koshy's as follows.[4][11]
"As one grows older one has fewer wishes and hopes for oneself. One of mine is this; that I may die before my favourite café does. I can probably (just about) live without music, cricket, and even books, but life without Parade’s is impossible to contemplate."