The pandemic has not been a straight line for most of us, so why should our drinks be straight fixes? Two Opera House-based couples, Dr Barkha and Rushabh Tharani and Akanksha and Gaurish Rangnekar, thought so too. They became friends during their strolls on the building terrace and the idea was born from those sessions. "While everyone around us was cooking amazing food, no one was talking about drinks. That is when we decided that we could explore a business idea to create easy mocktails and cocktails," says Gaurish, partner, Toast in Andheri and Hyde in Kala Ghoda.

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