This 370-sq-ft space at Rosary Chawl, Mahim West, wears a rather desolate look for a Thursday afternoon. “All the workers are fasting for Ramzan and will get back to work in the evening,” says Dr Mansoor Showghi Yezdi, as he leads us into Café Irani Chaii — Mumbai’s first Irani café to come up in five decades.

Dr Mansoor Showghi Yezdi at Matunga’s Koolar & Co Restaurant & Stores. Pic/Shadab Khan