CALCUTTA
Thanks to the Non-Smokers Association of India for information about Calcutta. NOSA encourages youth to stay smokefree, and promotes the rights of nonsmokers. According to NOSA, the Calcutta underground railway is supposed to be nonsmoking. The Tata business center is a nonsmoking building. And, ironically, the Indian Tobacco Company office is supposed to be nonsmoking.
The Rose
P-180 C.I.T. Road, Scheme VI-M 321-7027 or 334-4224
Calcutta 700054
Prem Shome
Sriram Arcade
15A, Jawarlal Nehru Road
Calcutta 700087
SARAF Fast Food Hotel
Sriram Arcade
15A, Jawarlal Nehru Road
Calcutta 700087
K. C. Das Mistanna Vandar
Esplanade
Calcutta 700001
(a sweetshop and restaurant)
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MUMBAI (BOMBAY)
Thanks to Dr. P. C. Gupta for the following witty advice: Smokefree dining is not impossible however, if one goes to one of those
strongly ethnic eating houses that are run with assembly-line efficiency.
One gets into queue (very often), takes a vacant chair (often in bench
formation), is attended by an array of waiters with a dozen or more items
ready to replenish before one finishes a served portion (almost no choice),
can eat to the hearts content but get out immediately thereafter.
Non-Indians are rarely seen at such places.
Cafe Churchill
103B Colaba Causeway 2844689
Small cafe serving European food (pasta, chicken, fish and salads).
Daily 11am-4:30pm & 5:30pm-midnight
On Toes
7, Mithila Shopping Center
V. Mehta Road, J.V.P.D. Scheme 6144274, 6153173
Indian, Chinese and Continental restaurant with a non-smoking *section*.
The bar is smoking.
noon-3:30pm & 6:30pm-midnight
Thai Me Up
203 A Lamington Road 3077980, 3093388
Actor Sunil Shetty's Thai restaurant and bar with separate smoking and non-smoking floors.
(The bar is smoking.)
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