Kolkata's College Street Coffee House back in new avatar, nostalgia on menu

Be it Satyajit Ray, Amartya Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee or Sunil Ganguly, many of Kolkata's stalwarts have Coffee House stories associated with them

Nothing sells more than nostalgia in Kolkata. Perhaps a close competitor is fish kabiraji, if the demand for this local version of the coverage cutlet is anything to go by at the recently inaugurated New Town Coffee House.
 

The property, managed by West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO), has tried to re-package the nostalgic elements of the iconic College Street Coffee House.
 

It has retained the menu and its dirt cheap rates, while the interiors — high ceilings, stooping fans — and a similar uniform of the staff are also a tribute to the old Coffee House that was