Till about a couple of years ago, the spot next to Plenty restaurant outside Bombay Stock Exchange housed The Lazy Dog, a watering hole that offered annual membership cards for discounts on its premium liquor. Many would head to the bar to wash away the day's fatigue. It's ironical then that The Fork Tale, restaurateur trio Marzy Parakh, Parth Dalal and Sarthak Oza's latest venture, which now stands in its place, has no alcohol on the menu. "We might be one of those rare species who managed to get a liquor license but might just return it," laughs Parakh. But the 33-year-old and his cronies, who also run the Bombay Haveli at Charni Road, have good reason to not focus on the tipple.

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Housed in Raja Bahadur Mansion, The Fork Tale is an upcoming 90-seater all vegetarian and vegan fine-dining restaurant that has introduced the concept of a table buffet. Conventionally, guests are expected to serve themselves from a variety of dishes set out on a table or a sideboard, but in this case, everything comes to your table.