Century-old Irani cafe that hosted Nolan, Odyssey stars in spotlight
MUMBAI, July 13 -- When Olympia Coffee House and Stores opened at Colaba, a stone's throw from the Taj Mahal Hotel built in 1903, Bombay was already a cosmopolitan port city bustling with Arabs, Portuguese, the English and the Chinese tradesmen. Olympia, founded by Iranian entrepreneur Syed Mohammed Merab, became part of a wave of Irani cafes that shaped Bombay's social and culinary culture for the next century.
Whoever in their India team booked Christopher Nolan and the Odyssey stars Matt Damon and Tom Holland's meals, had clearly read up their Bombay history. On their 48-hour-long pitstop in Mumbai to promote their film, the A-listers stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel, had at dinner at Trishna at Kala Ghoda, again unsurprisingly given its re...
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