Produced By: Hitansh Gaur
There have been a few bizarre chaiwalas in the recent past but here is one which is over seven decades old. A 72-year old tea shop in Lal Darwaja region of Ahmedabad is a restaurant built on a graveyard
Lucky Restaurant is a place where you can enjoy a cup of tea and bun maska while sitting next to a grave as the tea shop has actual graves inside it. A vlogger duo on Instagram called ‘hungrycruisers’ shared the story of this restaurant.
The place runs with the motto - “respect the dead, as you respect the living”. Every morning the staff cleans the graves and then adorns them with fresh flowers.
As per the vlogger duo, the owner of the restaurant, Krishnan Kutty, bought the place without knowing that it’s a graveyard. But, he decided to go ahead with his plan of turning the place into a food joint. So, he installed iron bars around the graves to protect them from any tampering. He then built the sitting areas around the graves.
Lucky Restaurant was reportedly a frequent hangout place for the legendary artist MF Hussain. He even gifted one of his own hand-made paintings to the owner in 1994. The painting still hangs in the shop.
The story of this bizarre restaurant has garnered mixed reactions on Instagram. One user wrote about how one should respect the dead and not make a commercial place on top of their dead bodies and put their graves on display. Another user supported this criticism, “I know people are getting weird day by day but not this much️.”
Some users found the idea to be funny. A user commented, “People are eating in such a chill way like *yeah, that's my grandad babe.” Another user wrote, “Bun maska is "outworldly" here️.” Another comment read, “The cuisine here is definitely to “die” for hehe.”
Audi Chaiwala is another such bizarre tea stall where two guys sell tea from the trunk of their luxury Audi car. The duo named their stall ‘On Drive Tea’.
Clip of Audi Chaiwala was also shared a lot on social media garnering various comments like, “No business is a small business, respect the hard work, best of luck brother” while one user accused the duo of doing such a thing only to get famous. Another user joked, "When father refuses to fill EMI, what will he do?"