With high-end pubs and funky resto-bars preferred options, it’s easy to miss Mumbai’s permit rooms — cosy, dim spaces where drinking culture flourished decades ago. Old-timers will recall the charm of sipping on drinks in such places that still offer VFM rates. This Sunday, Permit & Co will organise a bar crawl across some of these iconic permit rooms.

A view of Café Universal’s interiors. Pic courtesy/Aditya Vijay Hegde