Punjab Dressed Chicken

We’ve been running the shop here at 24 Broadway Road in Shivaji Nagar for a while now. If you know this part of the city, you know how crowded it gets, especially on the weekends. Our morning starts very early with the arrival of the birds. We have to get everything ready before the first customers show up. The shop is small and we keep the floors wet and scrubbed to stay clean. There’s always the sound of knives being sharpened or the chopping blocks being used. It’s a very practical environment. We don't have a lot of room for people to stand around, so they usually wait on the pavement outside. We try to work fast because nobody likes to wait in the heat. Our hands are always busy with the cleaning and cutting tasks. We wear these thick aprons all day long. The light inside is a bit blue from the tubes on the ceiling. We keep a small radio playing in the corner, though you can barely hear it over the noise of the traffic on Broadway. People come to us because they know we are here every day. We don't really do any advertising. The sign outside is a bit faded from the sun. At the end of the shift, we spend a lot of time hosing everything down and making sure the hooks are clean. It’s a messy job but it’s an honest way to make a living.