What: Afra Tafri — Brew Up the Madness
Where: 9 Camac Street, diagonally opposite British Council Library
When: Opens March 19, noon to midnight
Pocket pinch: Rs 1,000 (without alcohol) for two
In a world that is constantly changing and chaotic, sometimes you need to stop, breathe and be. The sprawling new brew pub on Camac Street named Afra Tafri, lets you do just that… or does it?
The madness levels go up as the day goes by — the lights get brighter, the music louder, the chatter more noisy. For those who don’t know, the name of the 10,000sq ft Camac Street address means madness, mayhem and chaos in Hindi, the words originally derived from Urdu.
Divided into three sections — a large room at the end that can transform into a PDR or conference room, the main seating area that houses the bar, and a spacious and open smoking room — the pub aims to bring the good ol’ Calcutta charm back, in a reinvented, contemporary way.
A joint initiative by business partners Sandeep Goenka, Raajiv Nathany and Sachin Saraff, directors of Orange Food & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the main idea behind Afra Tafri was to create an all-day space. “We want to provide a spot for all kinds of crowd, it can be a family destination as well as a party place depending on the time of the day. Both the bar and food menu have been decided keeping this in mind. At the heart of it is also the craziness, which you can understand when you browse through the menu,” said Raajiv.
Khumb Galauti Pehle Aap, Desi Swag Nachos, Patte Pe Patta are all names of dishes. Oh and did we tell you that the menu has been curated by Ranveer Brar? Now you know where the madness lies and Afra Tafri teaches us that we should all embrace it.
FOOD: Curated by Ranveer Brar, there’s plenty for everybody on the Afra Tafri menu. Serving global food, Chef Brar’s signature style of fusion is very much apparent from the menu. If the dishes are out of the box, the names are quite way out.
Lights made from a drum set, the wood fire oven, quirky comic-style wall decor, the DJ console that is in the shape of a boom box, door handles fashioned out of beer bottles and a string of lights from mics over the bar were some of the things that caught t2’s eye.
Text: Deborima Ganguly
Pictures: Rashbehari Das
