Chawla Dillivala

We are over at 7/17 in Tilak Nagar, Kanpur. Our spot is right near the Raina Market, which is a place many people around here visit for their shopping. It’s a simple neighborhood setting. We’ve been here for a while, and the area has a very local feel to it. We don’t use any of that corporate talk you see in big cities. We’re just a small restaurant trying to do a good job every day. The morning usually starts with us getting the kitchen ready and making sure the supplies from the market are all there. Tilak Nagar is a busy part of Kanpur, and there is always something going on near the 208002 area. We don’t have a fancy mission or a bunch of slogans. We just open the doors and see who comes in. Sometimes it’s people we’ve known for years and other times it’s someone new who just happened to be near Raina Market. The work is hard and the kitchen gets hot, especially in the summer months. But we just keep at it because it’s what we do. We don’t spend much time worrying about how we look to the outside world. We just want to make sure the tables are clean and the food is ready when someone is hungry. It’s a straightforward way to live and work in this part of town. We are just part of the daily life in Tilak Nagar.