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{{Short description|Restaurant in Bangalore, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox restaurant
|image = Koshys.jpg
|image_caption = Taken in 2012 - Koshy's Cafe - Bangalore, India - taken from St. Mark's Road
|city=[[Bangalore]]
|state=[[Karnataka]]
|county=
|country=[[India]]
|coordinates={{coord|12.976833604849636|N|77.60158093068758|E|display=inline,title}}
|street_address=39, St. Mark's Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar
|postcode=560001
|pushpin_map=India Karnataka#India3
|map_caption=Location in Karnataka, India
|name=Koshy’s Parade Café
|established=1940
}}

'''Koshy's Parade Café''', popularly known as Koshy's, is a family-owned restaurant in [[Bangalore]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=Visiting Bengaluru? 7 Oldest Cafes To Visit In The City |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/food/news/visiting-bengaluru-7-oldest-cafes-to-visit-in-the-city-article-108047800 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Times Now |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Varma |first=Nikhil |date=2017-03-23 |title=A Koshy's state of mind |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/a-koshys-state-of-mind/article17606885.ece |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Sondhi |first=Aditya |date=2020-12-12 |title=What is it about Bengaluru's iconic Koshy's that keeps drawing patrons back? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/what-is-it-about-bengalurus-iconic-koshys-that-keeps-drawing-patrons-back/article33305731.ece |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

[[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev|Nikita Khruschev]] are among those who have dined at Koshy's.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=Koshy's: Why a colonial-era space draws modern-day Bangalore diners in scores |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/dining/food/koshys-in-bangalore-all-about-the-colonial-era-eatery/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Lifestyle Asia India |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ravi |first=Anusha |date=2018-04-09 |title=Rahul Gandhi in Bengaluru: Metro ride and Koshy's lunch |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/Apr/09/rahul-gandhi-in-bengaluru-metro-ride-and-koshys-lunch-1798937.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

==History==
Koshy’s started off as a bakery in 1940, set up by P.O. Koshy, a Syrian Christian from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latest in entertainment, lifestyle, fashion {{!}} t2ONLINE - Vibe With The tRIBE |url=https://www.t2online.in/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.t2online.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sudevan |first=Praveen |date=2021-09-24 |title=How Bengaluru's iconic restaurants have stood the test of time and survived a pandemic |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/mtr-koshys-vidyarthi-bhavan-lakeview-bangalore/article36645398.ece |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 1952, the restaurant was built next to the bakery'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venugopal |first=Nikhita |date=2020-07-22 |title=Iconic Bengaluru eatery Koshy's closes temporarily amidst pandemic |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/iconic-bengaluru-eatery-koshy-s-closes-temporarily-amidst-pandemic-129197 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=This Iconic Bengaluru Restaurant Is Over 70 Years Old |url=https://www.slurrp.com/article/this-iconic-bengaluru-restaurant-is-over-70-years-old-1652620297528 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Slurrp |language=en}}</ref> After the death of P.O. Koshy, his sons took over the establishment. Since the 1990s, third generation Koshys, Prem and Santosh, have managed the eatery.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ranganna |first=Akhila |date=2017-08-25 |title=The owner of Bengaluru's iconic restaurant Prem Koshy explains why his food is literally to die for |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/843499/the-owner-of-bengalurus-iconic-restaurant-prem-koshy-explains-why-his-food-is-literally-to-die-for |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |date=2020-10-11 |title=Ramachandra Guha: At Koshy's Parade Café, memories of lime juice – and an owl on a moonlit night |url=https://scroll.in/article/975462/ramachandra-guha-at-koshys-parade-cafe-memories-of-lime-juice-and-an-owl-on-a-moonlit-night |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref>

The colonial-era restaurant has maintained its old-world decor which is a draw for its clientele.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunil |first=Samyukhtha |date=2022-04-08 |title=The 70-Year-Old Allure Of Bengaluru's Iconic Koshy's Restaurant |url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/the-70-year-old-allure-of-bengalurus-iconic-koshys-restaurant |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Homegrown |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Bangalore break |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/a-bangalore-break/cid/1538022 |website=Telegraph India}}</ref> The interior consists of wooden chairs, tables, creaky fans, antique mirrors and shuttered windows.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Sivakumar, DHNS |first=Anushka |title=Where time has stood still |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/where-time-has-stood-still-2107267 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |title=Bengaluru's iconic Koshy's eatery shuts amid Covid-19 blues |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bengalurus-iconic-koshys-eatery-shuts-amid-covid-19-blues/articleshow/77149875.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>

Koshy's regulars include journalists, writers, literati and intellectuals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Boshika |date=2016-04-14 |title=10 Legendary Eating Places in Bengaluru You Can Never Get Enough Of |url=https://thebetterindia.com/52076/restaurants-in-bengaluru/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

[[Gundu Rao]], erstwhile [[Chief Minister]] of Karnataka, once described Koshy's to Prem Koshy as follows.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ganapathy |first=Anurag Mallick, Priya |date=2021-12-28 |title=Timeless Tables: For old and new Bangaloreans, Koshy's is an emotion |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/timeless-tables-for-old-and-new-bangaloreans-koshys-is-an-emotion-parade-cafe/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Condé Nast Traveller India |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |title=Five generations of food |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/you/vivek-madan-arundhati-jagdish-raja-prem-koshy-koshy-kerala-pork-kozhi-curry-kerala-fried-fish-kerala-fried-chicken/articleshow/31226319.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=“I have met your grandfather and father and seen you as a kid. I have travelled across the globe looking for peace and quiet and this is the only place I find it.”}}

[[Ramachandra Guha]] — historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual — has described Koshy's as follows.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":1" />

{{Blockquote|text="As one grows older one has fewer wishes and hopes for oneself. One of mine is this; that I may die before my favourite café does. I can probably (just about) live without music, cricket, and even books, but life without Parade’s is impossible to contemplate."}}

==Food==

Koshy’s menu has about thousand dishes.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6" /> They include roast chicken, Kerala pork, fish biryani, cutlets, chicken puffs, steak, apam and stew, and potato smileys (french fries shaped like smiling faces).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharya |first=Kaustav |date=2022-11-12 |title=KOSHY'S PARADE, THE MYSTIC CAFÉ OF BENGALURU |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/culture/koshys-parade-mystic-cafe-bengaluru |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |language=en-US}}</ref> Koshy's also serves filter coffee and Danish pastries.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parameswarappa |first=Vinay |date=2023-12-28 |title=Bengaluru see and do: If you love filter coffee |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/bengaluru-see-and-do-if-you-love-filter-coffee/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Condé Nast Traveller India |language=en-IN}}</ref>

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[[Category:Restaurants in Bengaluru]]

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