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| current-owner = Iranis, Sherezad Dastur, New York City, Pers and Company.<ref> | | current-owner = Iranis, Sherezad Dastur, New York City, Pers and Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20130711003620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-29/news-and-interviews/36615786_1_leopold-cafe-terror-attacks-mumbai-attacks|title = RGV to launch song at Leopold Cafe - Times of India}}</ref> | ||
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The cafe defiantly reopened four days after the attack,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clHqtrDtB54 Mumbai Terror Attack Leopold's Cafe reopens after four days - Skynews Report, Dec 1, 2008]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5260641.ece |title=Defiant Leopold café shows that Mumbai is not afraid |author=Blakely, Rhys and Jeremy Pag |date=1 December 2008 |accessdate=30 November 2008 |work=The Times |location=London}}</ref> but was reclosed on the recommendation of the police as a safety measure after two hours, due to the unexpectedly large size of crowds gathering there.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-12-01-india_N.htm |title=Cafe in India reopens; Taj hotel vows to 'rebuild every inch' |author=Siddharth Philip |work=USA Today |date=1 December 2008 |accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> | The cafe defiantly reopened four days after the attack,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clHqtrDtB54 Mumbai Terror Attack Leopold's Cafe reopens after four days - Skynews Report, Dec 1, 2008]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5260641.ece |title=Defiant Leopold café shows that Mumbai is not afraid |author=Blakely, Rhys and Jeremy Pag |date=1 December 2008 |accessdate=30 November 2008 |work=The Times |location=London}}</ref> but was reclosed on the recommendation of the police as a safety measure after two hours, due to the unexpectedly large size of crowds gathering there.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-12-01-india_N.htm |title=Cafe in India reopens; Taj hotel vows to 'rebuild every inch' |author=Siddharth Philip |work=USA Today |date=1 December 2008 |accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> | ||
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The cafe was also mentioned extensively in the novel ''[[Shantaram (novel)|Shantaram]]'' and its sequel The Mountain Shadow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080075144&type=News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221233436/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080075144&type=News |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-02-21 |title=A week later, Patrons back to Mumbai's Leopold Cafe}}</ref> Shantaram is about an Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escapes from jail and flees to Bombay, as Mumbai was formerly called. Of all the very typical "Bombay" things and places mentioned in the book is the Leopold Café. The novel was the reason many patrons returned after the attack.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/tourists-back-at-leopold-with-shantaram/story-g7fMKdCgE0dgKEW2KA2aeL.html Tourists back at Leopold with Shantaram, Azera Rahman, IANS, Mumbai, Dec 11, 2008]</ref> | The cafe was also mentioned extensively in the novel ''[[Shantaram (novel)|Shantaram]]'' and its sequel The Mountain Shadow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080075144&type=News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221233436/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080075144&type=News |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-02-21 |title=A week later, Patrons back to Mumbai's Leopold Cafe}}</ref> Shantaram is about an Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escapes from jail and flees to Bombay, as Mumbai was formerly called. Of all the very typical "Bombay" things and places mentioned in the book is the Leopold Café. The novel was the reason many patrons returned after the attack.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/tourists-back-at-leopold-with-shantaram/story-g7fMKdCgE0dgKEW2KA2aeL.html Tourists back at Leopold with Shantaram, Azera Rahman, IANS, Mumbai, Dec 11, 2008]</ref> | ||
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