SC liquor ban to hurt bars and pubs on Bengaluru's M G Road

Nearly a 100 establishments will see business affected around M G Road alone

Koshy’s, the iconic restaurant in the central business district of Bengaluru might pull down its shutters after July 1, if the Supreme Court’s ban on liquor sales along national highways becomes effective.

P O Mathew, a third generation entrepreneur running the 72-year-old family business, says the ban on the sale of liquor in areas surrounding Bengaluru’s most iconic street  — MG Road, is possibly the last straw in pushing the business towards closure. 

The fate of Koshy’s, which is one of the city’s most famous hangouts, now hinges on the state government’s ability to woo the Centre to denotify M