For the seventeenth episode of Adventures of Cheap Beer, podcasters Suyash Barve, Karan Agarwal and Siddhant Mehta visited Hotel Vrandavan, a dive bar off Colaba Causeway. They were taken there by guest podcaster Abhimanyu Meer, a writer turned DJ who is one-half of the Mumbai-based electronica playing duo 2Sensitive. They discuss Colaba’s drinking scene, Vrandavan’s all-male clientele and the importance of having a ‘doctor friend’ on the episode that also features new segments ‘Overheard At The Bar’, ‘I Have A Theory’ and ‘Best Bar Stories’. Here, in Mehta’s words, is a preview of the podcast:
“Our guest for this episode Abhimanyu Meer is a bit of Colaba snob so it was no surprise that he picked a bar that’s right off the Causeway. We were surprised by how quietly efficient Vrandavan was especially when it came to service. The khichiya papad was lovely as was the Chinese bhel.”
Hotel Vrandavan Permit Room, 23, Rustom Manzil, Naoroji Furdoonji Road, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Tel: 022 2204 4847. Open daily, from 11am to 12.30am. Get directions here.