Restaurants

TGI Fridays opened its first outlet in India in Vasant Vihar, Delhi in November, 1996. TGI Fridays set the casual dining scene in India, serving authentic American food and drinks. Related Article Hospitality Biz – TGI Fridays Celebrates 22 Years in India

The year was 1996. My office those days used to be at Basant Lok, just next to Priya Cinema, in New Delhi. The corner outlet of the market, as you entered from the Vasant Vihar side, was a Nirula’s QSR. Quite popular. Reasonably crowded throughout the day. One day, quite inexplicably, the Nirula’s downed its

The Nirulas chain traces its origins to “Hotel India”, which opened at the L-Block in Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi in 1934, by “Nirula Brothers”, L.C. and M. Nirula. It had 12 rooms, a restaurant and a bar. In 1940, on request of the Indian Coffee Board, they opened the Indian Coffee Shop on Queensway