Walking tour of Famous Restaurants/street food of North Kolkata

Not Delhi, not Mumbai, but the metropolitan city of foodies- Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, India has made its way to the list of eleven best food destinations in the world for 2023 according to a website called eaters.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kolkata-land-of-aloo-in-biriyani-is-only-indian-city-on-eater-s-list-of-11-best-food-destination-in-the-world-11673625981836.html

For quite some time I planned to document all the famous street foods/Restaurants in and around Bidhan Sarani, College Street. Finally on 04.02.2023 I did it with 2 of my friends.

আমরা যারা দক্ষিণ কলকাতায় থাকি তাদের সব গুলিয়ে যায় ! তাই সবার সুবিধার জন্য লিখে রাখলাম।

Pranajit Bose has been a great help in planning this tour.

Some of these places I tried before, not this time

1. Basanta Cabin - 4/10 (not many people visit these days) - famous for Kabiraji

(https://www.getbengal.com/details/almost-century-old-basanta-cabin-of-college-street-holds-on-to-its-charm)

2. Putiram - 7/10 - - famous for Kachori . Shri Hari opposite Bijoli, near Hazra More is better

(https://www.getbengal.com/details/rajbhog-and-kochuri-at-150-year-old-putiram )

3. Kalika - famous Chop - did not try

(https://www.getbengal.com/details/iconic-kalikar-chop-er-dokan-that-still-sells-prawn-chop-at-just-rs-10)

4. Paramount Sherbats & Syrup - 7/10 -  famous for Daab Sharbat etc. Quite expensive and bit hyped  - Acharya Prafulla Ray used to come here

(https://moha-mushkil.com/sherbet-story-heritage-kolkata-paramount/)

5. Dilkhusha Cabin - 4/10 -  famous for Kabiraji. Kaji Nazrul used to come  (https://www.getbengal.com/details/dilkhusha-cabin-got-prestigious-heritage-eatery-tag-yesterday-110-year-old)

6. Indian Coffee House - 6/10 - famous for Ambience  (food is nothing special and quite expensive) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coffee_House)

7. Kapila Ashram - 8/10 -  famous for Sherbat (Abar Khabo and Malai Sherbat is very good value for money at Rs 30) 

(https://yummraj.com/2014/10/20/kapila-ashram-2042-bidhan-sarani-machuabazar-kolkata/)

8. Adi Kapila Ashram - 7/10 -  famous for Sherbat
(this is the one run apparently by their erstwhile employees, not the original one ) 

9. Niranjan Agar - 6/10 - famous for Dimer (Egg) Devil

 (https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/food/niranjan-agar-is-the-100-year-old-kolkata-cabin-famous-for-its-dimer-devil-or-devilled-duck-eggs-fish-fry-fowl-curry-and-more/cid/1869311)

10. Girish Chandra Dey and Nakur Chandra Nandy - 9/10 - famous for Sandesh

(https://deepsmonologue.blogspot.com/2016/06/GirishChandraDeyNakurChandraNandy.html?m=1)

11. Nalin Chandra Das - 8/10 - famous for Sandesh

12. Lakshminaryan Shaw & Sons - 7/10 - famous for Chop - Netaji used to come here.

You can get better Alur Chop at the one near Lake Mall,  beside Lake Market (towards Rashbehari More)

(https://moha-mushkil.com/lakshmi-narayan-shaw-best-telebhaja/)

13. Mitra Cafe - famous for Chop (Fritters),  Kabiraji and Cutlet - did not try. 

There is one near City College, Golpark too.
(https://goodfoodbro.com/mitra-cafe/)

14. Allens Kitchen - 7/10 -  famous for Prawn Cutlet - quite expensive and bit hyped 

There is one near Hazra More too.

 https://sumitsurai.com/2011/07/allen-kitchen-restaurant-great-food-history-and-the-special-prawn-cutlet/ 

Tour map https://goo.gl/maps/AZPci1H9ambhXA8u5