02/06/2022
This place was the before. Long before all the other brands moved into this lane, this was an abandoned and dilapidated parking lot / banquet hall. The lane largely belonged to a local who owns 200+ rickshaws. They'd all be parked in the narrow street - drivers switching between shifts, money collection and daily wages happening over an abandoned 800. Abuses smelling of pan and to***co for all the drivers who've damaged the masters vehicles. At night the rickshaws would convert to a seedy motel scene with couples making out, drunks making their bed in em and in some, the cute little dogs that own the street.
Post Hoppi, this place really livened up and a lot of new bars opened. So when we were told to redo the space, we knew this whole lane inside out. We knew about the rains, the drains, the leakages, the cops, the BMC and the goons. We also knew what lay behind the plaster on these walls, this wall in particular. While Hoppi didn't age gracefully out of this location, we know the wall did.
