Kyani & Co.Mumbai (Dhobi Talao)since 1904
Irani chai, bun maska, mawa cake
One of the small number of surviving Irani cafes, with the original bentwood chairs and marble tops still in use.
North Konkan · Western Coastal Strip
Shops and premises
B. Merwan & Co.Mumbai (Grant Road)since 1914
Mawa cakes, sold until they run out
Announced its closure in 2014 and was kept open by public protest; the mawa cakes still finish by mid-morning.
Britannia & Co.Mumbai (Ballard Estate)since 1923
Berry pulao, sali boti, caramel custard
A Parsi restaurant in a Ballard Estate godown building; the barberries have been imported from Iran for decades.
Yazdani BakeryMumbai (Fort)
Brun pav baked in a wood-fired oven, apple pie, ginger biscuits
One of the last wood-fired bakeries in the old city, and the reason the brun there has a crust worth the name.
Mahesh Lunch HomeMumbai (Fort)since 1977
Coastal seafood — crab, surmai, bombil, sol kadhi
The restaurant that moved coastal Maharashtrian and Mangalorean fish cooking from the koliwada into the business district.
Ashok Vada PavMumbai (Dadar, near the station)
Vada pav
The stall generally credited with putting the vada inside the pav for the station crowd in the late 1960s. The claim is contested and unprovable, which is normal for street food that mattered before anyone wrote about it.
Sassoon Dock morning auctionMumbai (Colaba)
The day's landing, sold by the crate before six in the morning
A working dock, not an attraction — photography of the auction is restricted and permission is worth asking for.
Zaveri BazaarMumbai (Bhuleshwar)
Gold and silver, and the workshops behind the shopfronts
The wholesale end of the national bullion trade, compressed into a few lanes.
Famous shops, markets and workshops in North Konkan, and what each is known for. (8)