What: 6 Ballygunge Place and The Wall
Where: Ecosuite Business Park, first floor, Action Area II, New Town, near Shrachi bus stop
Timings: 12.30pm to 3.30pm, 7pm to 10.30pm
Parking: Yes
Buffet: Both 6BP and The Wall will have regular lunch and dinner buffet alongside the a la carte menu
Did you know that 6 Ballygunge Place would have been named Roybahadur if the owners had their way? The grandfather of Aninda Palit, one of the partners, was a zamindar of Madhupur and also a Roybahadur, a title conferred on him by the British. Since the building that houses the Ballygunge restaurant belonged to him, the owners — Palit and his former colleagues from The Park, S. Ramani and Sushanta Sengupta — had proposed to name their restaurant Roybahadur. “It made sense as we had planned to serve Bengali food,” said Palit. But the family members opposed the idea, leading the trio to name it by its location — 6 Ballygunge Place. And that’s how it became the first retail outlet in India to register its address as a trademark!
The adda had intensified over plates of fish fry, luchi and kosha mangsho, as t2 sat down with Palit and Sengupta (we missed Ramani as he was in London) at their latest serve in the city — Ecosuite, Rajarhat. The last-minute work was on, as they plan to open two restaurants on April 11 — the popular Bengali restaurant
6 Ballygunge Place and The Wall, the Oriental eatery, all under one roof.
“Both the Ballygunge and the Salt Lake outlets have had a great response. So we always felt that Calcutta can take at least two more — one in New Town and the other in north Calcutta. We are still in search of a nice old heritage structure in the northern part of the city to open the fourth 6BP. We instantly liked this place, when showed to us. It was too big a space for one restaurant, so we thought why not open The Wall as well?” said Palit.
The two restaurants have a combined floor space of 6,000sq ft. The restaurants are not cluttered. There are 84 covers in 6BP while The Wall is 52-seater. There’s ample parking space around it. “Our initial endeavour would be to get people from areas like Lake Town, VIP Road and Kaikhali. In Chinar Park, there are no good restaurants apart from a handful of biryani places and the ones inside City Centre. I am sure we should do well and spread the charm of good food and Bangaliana,” said Sengupta.
Text: Sibendu Das
Pictures: Arnab Mondal
