“Trincas was the undisputed Mecca for musicians from all across the country throughout the 60s up until the early to mid-70s when the centre of gravity shifted to Blue Fox with Louis Banks and Pam Crain,” remembers veteran drummer Nondon Bagchi.

He first played at Trincas for the rock band Chequered Tricycle, which later evolved into Great Bear and then High.

From the house band that supported the popular Eve to The Trojans and The Flintstones, Benny Rozario with his Vay Condios, Molly Myers and Usha with her signature California Dreaming, Trincas was a melting pot of melodies, and the Puris want to make it happen again.

“Next year is our golden jubilee and what better way to mark it than with live music? We are trying to contact as many Trincas old-timers as possible,” says Shashi. In the lead-up to the golden jubilee, the restaurant will continue to have “quality live music”.

Could this trigger a second coming of live rock and jazz across Park Street in a throwback to the heady 60s and 70s when Arthur Gracias played at Magnolia’s, Joe Perreira at Blue Fox, Delailah at Moulin Rouge and Shirley Myers at El Morocco (now Shenaz)? It’s unlikely the trickle would become a flood soon, feels F&B players.

“The entertainment tax still makes live bands commercially non-viable,” points out Charles Mantosh, owner of both Magnolia and Moulin Rouge. Nondon feels the main roadblock to a live music revival across Park Street could be the steady exodus of the Anglo-Indian community.

Architect Monica Khosla Bhargava, steering a Park Street revitalisation scheme, however said: “This is a great step forward and the first stone laid in our programme.”