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	'''Indigo''' was a restaurant founded by the Indian chef [[Rahul Akerkar]] in 1999 in [[Mumbai]], India, which was in a restored colonial bungalow behind the [[Taj Mahal Palace Hotel]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203611404577045382958853706\|title=An Indian Chef Questions Whether 'Indian' Food Exists\|first=Perry\|last=Garfinkel\|date=November 24, 2011\|via=www.wsj.com}}; {{cite web\|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/a-plateful-of-problems/articleshow/71356141.cms \|title=A plateful of problems \|publisher=Mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com \|date=2019-09-30 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The restaurant gained iconic status as it was one of the first standalone fine-dining restaurants in the country to serve quality European cuisine, while functioning independently outside the luxury hotels industry.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/mumbai-colabas-iconic-eatery-indigo-to-shut-down-on-april-30\|title=Mumbai: Colaba's iconic eatery Indigo to shut down on April 30\|website=Free Press Journal}}; {{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/chef-rahul-akerkar-and-investor-degustibus-go-their-separate-ways-sources/articleshow/46452311.cms?from=mdr \|title=Chef Rahul Akerkar and investor deGustibus go their separate ways: Sources - The Economic Times \|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com \|date=2015-03-04 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref><ref name="mid-day1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/colabas-iconic-fine-dine-restaurant-indigo-to-shut-down-on-april-30/19341191 \|title=Mumbai: Colaba's iconic fine-dine restaurant Indigo to shut down on April 30 - news \|publisher=Mid-day.com \|date=2018-04-21 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> It is credited with influencing the Indian restaurant industry in the country's [[Economic liberalisation in India\|post-liberalisation era]].~~<ref>~~{{~~harvnb~~\|Vishal\|2019\|page=34}}; {{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/ritu-dalmia-conquering-italy-with-kadhi/article29408374.ece\|title=Ritu Dalmia: Conquering Italy with kadhi\|first=Anoothi\|last=Vishal\|date=September 13, ~~2019~~\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Food critic [[Vir Sanghvi]] called the restaurant "one of the most important establishments in Indian restaurant history".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/rude-food-by-vir-sanghvi-the-new-wave-in-restaurants/story-XvFl3Dy2I5nGEaZ5Bidz7N.html \|title=Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: The new wave of restaurants - brunch columns \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2019-07-06 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> It was included in the top 60 restaurants in the world by ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]''.<ref>{{harvnb\|Lyons\|2010\|page=186}}: "Indigo's chef, Rahul Akerkar, is a superstar throughout India and beyond. In his kitchen, amid the pots and pans, hang the many awards he's been given over the years by international food critics and publications, among them Conde Nast Traveler, who named Indigo as one of the 60 finest restaurants in the world."; {{cite web\|author=Sudha Menon \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDFRaFRNjv6PNwEwxBbu9K/Indigo8217s-Akerkar-talking-to-VCs-others-to-raise-Rs20.html ~~\|title=Indigo's Akerkar talking to VCs, others to raise Rs20 cr \|publisher=Livemint.com \|date=2007-11-07~~ \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>		'''Indigo''' was a restaurant founded by the Indian chef [[Rahul Akerkar]] in 1999 in [[Mumbai]], India, which was in a restored colonial bungalow behind the [[Taj Mahal Palace Hotel]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203611404577045382958853706\|title=An Indian Chef Questions Whether 'Indian' Food Exists\|first=Perry\|last=Garfinkel\|date=November 24, 2011\|via=www.wsj.com}}; {{cite web \|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/a-plateful-of-problems/articleshow/71356141.cms \|title=A plateful of problems \|publisher=Mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com \|date=2019-09-30 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The restaurant gained iconic status as it was one of the first standalone fine-dining restaurants in the country to serve quality European cuisine, while functioning independently outside the luxury hotels industry.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/mumbai-colabas-iconic-eatery-indigo-to-shut-down-on-april-30\|title=Mumbai: Colaba's iconic eatery Indigo to shut down on April 30\|website=Free Press Journal}}; {{cite web \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/chef-rahul-akerkar-and-investor-degustibus-go-their-separate-ways-sources/articleshow/46452311.cms?from=mdr \|title=Chef Rahul Akerkar and investor deGustibus go their separate ways: Sources - The Economic Times \|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com \|date=2015-03-04 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref><ref name="mid-day1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/colabas-iconic-fine-dine-restaurant-indigo-to-shut-down-on-april-30/19341191 \|title=Mumbai: Colaba's iconic fine-dine restaurant Indigo to shut down on April 30 - news \|publisher=Mid-day.com \|date=2018-04-21 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> It is credited with influencing the Indian restaurant industry in the country's [[Economic liberalisation in India\|post-liberalisation era]].{{sfn\|Vishal\|2019\|page=34}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/ritu-dalmia-conquering-italy-with-kadhi/article29408374.ece\|title=Ritu Dalmia: Conquering Italy with kadhi\|first=Anoothi\|last=Vishal\|date=September 13, 2019a\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Food critic [[Vir Sanghvi]] called the restaurant "one of the most important establishments in Indian restaurant history".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/rude-food-by-vir-sanghvi-the-new-wave-in-restaurants/story-XvFl3Dy2I5nGEaZ5Bidz7N.html \|title=Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: The new wave of restaurants - brunch columns \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2019-07-06 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> It was included in the top 60 restaurants in the world by ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]''.<ref>{{harvnb\|Lyons\|2010\|page=186}}: "Indigo's chef, Rahul Akerkar, is a superstar throughout India and beyond. In his kitchen, amid the pots and pans, hang the many awards he's been given over the years by international food critics and publications, among them Conde Nast Traveler, who named Indigo as one of the 60 finest restaurants in the world."</ref><ref>{{cite web\|author=Sudha Menon \|title=Indigo's Akerkar talking to VCs, others to raise Rs20 cr \|website=Livemint.com \|date=2007-11-07 \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDFRaFRNjv6PNwEwxBbu9K/Indigo8217s-Akerkar-talking-to-VCs-others-to-raise-Rs20.html \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

	The restaurant closed on 29 April 2018, following the expiration of the property's lease and failed renegotiations.<ref name="mid-day1"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/restaurant-man-ad-singh-talks-about-25-years-in-the-industry-plans-to-expand-overseas/story-C7TRkQMh0Ya5Jj4zOBZnkL.html \|title=Restaurant Man: AD Singh talks about 25 years in the industry, plans to expand overseas - more lifestyle \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2015-11-19 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>		The restaurant closed on 29 April 2018, following the expiration of the property's lease and failed renegotiations.<ref name="mid-day1"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/restaurant-man-ad-singh-talks-about-25-years-in-the-industry-plans-to-expand-overseas/story-C7TRkQMh0Ya5Jj4zOBZnkL.html \|title=Restaurant Man: AD Singh talks about 25 years in the industry, plans to expand overseas - more lifestyle \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2015-11-19 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>
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	[[File:Mumbai (Bombay), RTW 2012 (8404901788).jpg\|thumb\|Fig tart at Indigo]]		[[File:Mumbai (Bombay), RTW 2012 (8404901788).jpg\|thumb\|Fig tart at Indigo]]

	Akerkar worked in restaurants in the [[United States]] for a decade before returning to India in 1989.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-food-love-and-15-years-of-indigo-1980132 \|title=Food, love and 15 years of Indigo \|publisher=Dnaindia.com \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> He ran two influential eateries, Just Desserts and Under the Over, in the 1990s before founding deGustibus Hospitality and opening Indigo in 1999.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/qualia-is-all-you-d-expect-from-the-original-masterchef-says-kunal-vijayakar/story-443mTxxeNl5ZlzLjUQMs4H.html \|title=Qualia is all you'd expect from the original masterchef, says Kunal Vijayakar - mumbai news \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|access-date=2020-05-24}}; {{cite web\|author=Prerna Makhija \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDGxR7QoEeXXCTNXeaGJgK/QA-Rahul-Akerkar.html \|title=Q&A: Rahul Akerkar \|publisher=Livemint.com \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> At a time when it was difficult to find high quality [[Continental food]] outside five-star hotels, the restaurant came to be noted for its innovation in the industry, by relying on carefully sourced ingredients and ever-changing menus.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/travel-and-spaces/whats-cooking-by-rahul-akerkar \|title=Chef Rahul Akerkar Looks Back On The Milestones That Made Him A Household Name {{pipe}} Verve Magazine \|publisher=~~Vervemagazine.in~~ \|date=2019-07-24 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The restaurant often had a waiting list of more than three months and was frequented by noted personalities.<ref name="dnaindia1"/> [[The Rolling Stones]] dined at the restaurant after playing in Mumbai, and the restaurant played host to [[David Cameron]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Brad Pitt]], [[Angelina Jolie]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/indigo-turns-15-founder-rahul-akerkar-on-the-journey-so-far/articleshow/34095587.cms \|title=Indigo turns 15: Founder Rahul Akerkar on the journey so far - The Economic Times \|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com \|date=2014-04-23 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}; {{cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-it-s-been-a-decade-of-fun-akerkars-1245365 \|title=It's been a decade of fun: Akerkars' \|publisher=Dnaindia.com \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>		Akerkar worked in restaurants in the [[United States]] for a decade before returning to India in 1989.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-food-love-and-15-years-of-indigo-1980132 \|title=Food, love and 15 years of Indigo \|publisher=Dnaindia.com \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> He ran two influential eateries, Just Desserts and Under the Over, in the 1990s before founding deGustibus Hospitality and opening Indigo in 1999.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/qualia-is-all-you-d-expect-from-the-original-masterchef-says-kunal-vijayakar/story-443mTxxeNl5ZlzLjUQMs4H.html \|title=Qualia is all you'd expect from the original masterchef, says Kunal Vijayakar - mumbai news \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|access-date=2020-05-24}}; {{cite web\|author=Prerna Makhija \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDGxR7QoEeXXCTNXeaGJgK/QA-Rahul-Akerkar.html \|title=Q&A: Rahul Akerkar \|publisher=Livemint.com \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> At a time when it was difficult to find high quality [[Continental food]] outside five-star hotels, the restaurant came to be noted for its innovation in the industry, by relying on carefully sourced ingredients and ever-changing menus.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/travel-and-spaces/whats-cooking-by-rahul-akerkar \|title=Chef Rahul Akerkar Looks Back On The Milestones That Made Him A Household Name {{pipe}} Verve Magazine \|publisher=[[Verve (Indian magazine)]] \|date=2019-07-24 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The restaurant often had a waiting list of more than three months and was frequented by noted personalities.<ref name="dnaindia1"/> [[The Rolling Stones]] dined at the restaurant after playing in Mumbai, and the restaurant played host to [[David Cameron]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Brad Pitt]], [[Angelina Jolie]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/indigo-turns-15-founder-rahul-akerkar-on-the-journey-so-far/articleshow/34095587.cms \|title=Indigo turns 15: Founder Rahul Akerkar on the journey so far - The Economic Times \|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com \|date=2014-04-23 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}; {{cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-it-s-been-a-decade-of-fun-akerkars-1245365 \|title=It's been a decade of fun: Akerkars' \|publisher=Dnaindia.com \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

	In her 2019 book that surveyed the Indian restaurant industry, ''Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out'', food writer Anoothi Vishal wrote: "Indigo...ushered in a new type of restaurant in India. These can be defined as experiential restaurants, where a younger lot of diners went not just to satisfy a basic need for food, but to meet an aspiration for a certain lifestyle the restaurant symbolized."~~<ref>~~{{~~harvnb~~\|Vishal\|2019\|page=79}}~~</ref>~~		In her 2019 book that surveyed the Indian restaurant industry, ''Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out'', food writer Anoothi Vishal wrote: "Indigo...ushered in a new type of restaurant in India. These can be defined as experiential restaurants, where a younger lot of diners went not just to satisfy a basic need for food, but to meet an aspiration for a certain lifestyle the restaurant symbolized."{{sfn\|Vishal\|2019\|page=79}}

	==Closure==		==Closure==
	The lease of the colonial bungalow, where the restaurant was housed, expired in April 2018. After the extension negotiations with the landlord failed, the holding company, deGustibus, decided to close the restaurant, and the last customers were served on 29 April, 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/startup/chef-rahul-akerkar-how-i-started-all-over-again-3611541.htm \|title=Chef Rahul Akerkar: How I started all over again \|publisher=cnbctv18.com \|date=2019-06-07 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>		The lease of the colonial bungalow, where the restaurant was housed, expired in April 2018. After the extension negotiations with the landlord failed, the holding company, deGustibus, decided to close the restaurant, and the last customers were served on 29 April, 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/startup/chef-rahul-akerkar-how-i-started-all-over-again-3611541.htm \|title=Chef Rahul Akerkar: How I started all over again \|publisher=cnbctv18.com \|date=2019-06-07 \|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	*{{cite book \|last=Lyons \|first=Nan \|date=2010 \|title=Around the World in Eighty Meals \|publisher=Red Rock Press \|isbn=9781933176444}}		*{{cite book \|last=Lyons \|first=Nan \|date=2010 \|title=Around the World in Eighty Meals \|publisher=Red Rock Press \|isbn=9781933176444}}
	*{{cite book \|last=Vishal \|first=Anoothi \|date=2019 \|title=Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out \|publisher=Hachette UK \|isbn=9789350095911}}		*{{cite book \|last=Vishal \|first=Anoothi \|date=2019 \|title=Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out \|publisher=Hachette UK \|isbn=9789350095911}}

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	==External links==		==External links==

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{{Infobox Restaurant
| name = Indigo
| logo = [[File:Indigo Mumbai logo.png|90px]]
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| head-chef = [[Rahul Akerkar]]
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'''Indigo''' was a restaurant founded by the Indian chef [[Rahul Akerkar]] in 1999 in [[Mumbai]], India, which was in a restored colonial bungalow behind the [[Taj Mahal Palace Hotel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203611404577045382958853706|title=An Indian Chef Questions Whether 'Indian' Food Exists|first=Perry|last=Garfinkel|date=November 24, 2011|via=www.wsj.com}}; {{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/a-plateful-of-problems/articleshow/71356141.cms |title=A plateful of problems |publisher=Mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com |date=2019-09-30 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The restaurant gained iconic status as it was one of the first standalone fine-dining restaurants in the country to serve quality European cuisine, while functioning independently outside the luxury hotels industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/mumbai-colabas-iconic-eatery-indigo-to-shut-down-on-april-30|title=Mumbai: Colaba's iconic eatery Indigo to shut down on April 30|website=Free Press Journal}}; {{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/chef-rahul-akerkar-and-investor-degustibus-go-their-separate-ways-sources/articleshow/46452311.cms?from=mdr |title=Chef Rahul Akerkar and investor deGustibus go their separate ways: Sources - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2015-03-04 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref><ref name="mid-day1">{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/colabas-iconic-fine-dine-restaurant-indigo-to-shut-down-on-april-30/19341191 |title=Mumbai: Colaba's iconic fine-dine restaurant Indigo to shut down on April 30 - news |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=2018-04-21 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> It is credited with influencing the Indian restaurant industry in the country's [[Economic liberalisation in India|post-liberalisation era]].<ref>{{harvnb|Vishal|2019|page=34}}; {{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/ritu-dalmia-conquering-italy-with-kadhi/article29408374.ece|title=Ritu Dalmia: Conquering Italy with kadhi|first=Anoothi|last=Vishal|date=September 13, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Food critic [[Vir Sanghvi]] called the restaurant "one of the most important establishments in Indian restaurant history".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/rude-food-by-vir-sanghvi-the-new-wave-in-restaurants/story-XvFl3Dy2I5nGEaZ5Bidz7N.html |title=Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: The new wave of restaurants - brunch columns |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2019-07-06 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> It was included in the top 60 restaurants in the world by ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Lyons|2010|page=186}}: "Indigo's chef, Rahul Akerkar, is a superstar throughout India and beyond. In his kitchen, amid the pots and pans, hang the many awards he's been given over the years by international food critics and publications, among them Conde Nast Traveler, who named Indigo as one of the 60 finest restaurants in the world."; {{cite web|author=Sudha Menon |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDFRaFRNjv6PNwEwxBbu9K/Indigo8217s-Akerkar-talking-to-VCs-others-to-raise-Rs20.html |title=Indigo's Akerkar talking to VCs, others to raise Rs20 cr |publisher=Livemint.com |date=2007-11-07 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

The restaurant closed on 29 April 2018, following the expiration of the property's lease and failed renegotiations.<ref name="mid-day1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/restaurant-man-ad-singh-talks-about-25-years-in-the-industry-plans-to-expand-overseas/story-C7TRkQMh0Ya5Jj4zOBZnkL.html |title=Restaurant Man: AD Singh talks about 25 years in the industry, plans to expand overseas - more lifestyle |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2015-11-19 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

==History and significance==
[[File:Mumbai (Bombay), RTW 2012 (8404901788).jpg|thumb|Fig tart at Indigo]]

Akerkar worked in restaurants in the [[United States]] for a decade before returning to India in 1989.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-food-love-and-15-years-of-indigo-1980132 |title=Food, love and 15 years of Indigo |publisher=Dnaindia.com |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> He ran two influential eateries, Just Desserts and Under the Over, in the 1990s before founding deGustibus Hospitality and opening Indigo in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/qualia-is-all-you-d-expect-from-the-original-masterchef-says-kunal-vijayakar/story-443mTxxeNl5ZlzLjUQMs4H.html |title=Qualia is all you'd expect from the original masterchef, says Kunal Vijayakar - mumbai news |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=2020-05-24}}; {{cite web|author=Prerna Makhija |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDGxR7QoEeXXCTNXeaGJgK/QA-Rahul-Akerkar.html |title=Q&A: Rahul Akerkar |publisher=Livemint.com |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> At a time when it was difficult to find high quality [[Continental food]] outside five-star hotels, the restaurant came to be noted for its innovation in the industry, by relying on carefully sourced ingredients and ever-changing menus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/travel-and-spaces/whats-cooking-by-rahul-akerkar |title=Chef Rahul Akerkar Looks Back On The Milestones That Made Him A Household Name {{pipe}} Verve Magazine |publisher=Vervemagazine.in |date=2019-07-24 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> The restaurant often had a waiting list of more than three months and was frequented by noted personalities.<ref name="dnaindia1"/> [[The Rolling Stones]] dined at the restaurant after playing in Mumbai, and the restaurant played host to [[David Cameron]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Brad Pitt]], [[Angelina Jolie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/indigo-turns-15-founder-rahul-akerkar-on-the-journey-so-far/articleshow/34095587.cms |title=Indigo turns 15: Founder Rahul Akerkar on the journey so far - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2014-04-23 |access-date=2020-05-24}}; {{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-it-s-been-a-decade-of-fun-akerkars-1245365 |title=It's been a decade of fun: Akerkars' |publisher=Dnaindia.com |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

In her 2019 book that surveyed the Indian restaurant industry, ''Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out'', food writer Anoothi Vishal wrote: "Indigo...ushered in a new type of restaurant in India. These can be defined as experiential restaurants, where a younger lot of diners went not just to satisfy a basic need for food, but to meet an aspiration for a certain lifestyle the restaurant symbolized."<ref>{{harvnb|Vishal|2019|page=79}}</ref>

==Closure==
The lease of the colonial bungalow, where the restaurant was housed, expired in April 2018. After the extension negotiations with the landlord failed, the holding company, deGustibus, decided to close the restaurant, and the last customers were served on 29 April, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/startup/chef-rahul-akerkar-how-i-started-all-over-again-3611541.htm |title=Chef Rahul Akerkar: How I started all over again |publisher=cnbctv18.com |date=2019-06-07 |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Lyons |first=Nan |date=2010 |title=Around the World in Eighty Meals |publisher=Red Rock Press |isbn=9781933176444}}
*{{cite book |last=Vishal |first=Anoothi |date=2019 |title=Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out |publisher=Hachette UK |isbn=9789350095911}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://foodindigo.com/mumbai/}}

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