Lucknow Chikan Palace

Lucknow Chikan Palace has been at number 24 on Commercial Street for quite a while now. We are located right near the Lababin Masjed, so we always hear everything happening out on the street. The shop is pretty much filled with Chikan work from top to bottom. It gets real busy around here, especially in the late afternoons when everyone is out for a walk or doing their shopping. We spend most of the day just organizing the stacks of cloth or chatting with folks who wander in from the mosque area. Sometimes the tea guy comes by and we take a quick break to sit on the stools. It’s not a fancy place, just a regular shop where we keep the tradition of Lucknow Chikan going in this part of town. The light inside isn't always the brightest, which makes it a bit hard to see the fine threads sometimes, but we make it work. We have a lot of regular faces coming through the door every week. It gets a bit dusty because of all the road work and the traffic nearby, but that’s just life on Commercial Street. I usually open up the shutters early before the crowd gets too thick. My brother helps out on the weekends when it gets extra crowded. We don't really do much advertising or anything like that. People just find us because we've been here for so long. The sign outside is a bit faded but you can still read it fine.