BTM Rocks

The once listless BTM main road is now hot and happening. The place is thronged with unisex parlors, eateries, coffee shops, gyms, boutiques, and a variety of other stores. But we are only interested in places that serve food :-)

Welcome to BTM’s 18^th main road! The once desolate and despondent place that only boasted of Udupi Garden (today a famous landmark) that served their most crispy tasty dosas is passé but still doing roaring business. But if you are looking for a place to chill, go further down and you’ll find a nondescript restaurant called Leos, which serves hot rolls for Rs15-25. Opposite is Fooddays, where folks can shop for provisions while youngsters can hang around with a softie and popcorn to drool at the hunks coming out of the gym!

Diagonally opposite is another darshini-cum-chaat joint called Swadisht Sagar. Now take a right and welcome to BTMville where all the action is. On to your right is Laddoos, a small place that serves nearly 30 varieties of chaats (where else can you hear of a Rasagolla Chaat) and sweets and mooli/gobi/aalu parathas. Another place that serves good chaat is Nandhi Bhandar. Beside it is a Chinese eatery (sadly this is the only place where I have never seen customers).

Further down you’ll find some more darshinis famous for South Indian delicacies. For those craving for some North Indian food, there’s Mirch Masala, a restaurant for the economical class.

For saccharine lovers, there’s Sweet Chariot, K. C. Das and Bake Magic. Those wishing to just hang out with a cold coffee or a salad and a sandwich, just drop by at By The Way Coffee.

That completes our grand tour of BTM!