There's an unmistakable sense of deja vu when we walk into Boston Butt's new Bandra address. Rubbing shoulders with Irish House — yet again — the space at Pali Naka ticks all boxes of an old-fashioned southern American diner with its bevelled window panes and Prohibition era signboards.

What's missing, though, is the stiff upper lip that defined the decor of the Kala Ghoda outpost. The atmosphere is a lot more relaxed. "That was South Mumbai and this is Bandra. We knew we could do away with the mirrored chandeliers and nobody would mind," jokes co-owner Sooraj Rao. "What matters is the food."