Mumbai's South Indian quarter since the 1930s. Udupi-style pure-veg rooms pour filter coffee at counters that have not changed in eighty years.
Order Two filter coffees, one set of idli, one Mysore masala dosa.
Cafe Madras at Kings Circle has poured Chennai-style filter coffee since 1940. The idli is steamed in cotton batter; the masala dosa is the benchmark.
Order The unlimited thali; come hungry.
A Rama Nayak's Udipi Shri Krishna Boarding has run the unlimited South Indian thali in Matunga since 1942. Banana leaves, ghee roast, sambar refills.
On this list, shown aboveA Rama Nayak Udipi Shri Krishna
On this list, shown aboveCafe Madras
Order Two vada pavs with red garlic chutney and a fried green chilli.
The Vaidya family stall outside Dadar Station has sold vada pav at the same platform since Ashok Vaidya invented the format in 1966. Narendra now runs it.
On this list, shown aboveAshok Vaidya Vada PavCafe MadrasA Rama Nayak Udipi Shri Krishna
