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Brahmin's Coffee Bar
The Shankarapura idli benchmark since 1965. Four-item menu, stand-and-eat, gone by noon if you sleep in.
why we keep going,
Menu is idli, vada, khara bath, kesari bath, chutney, coffee. That's the entire ledger. Pick two.
No AC, no seating, plates on outdoor ledges. The queue moves; the chutney is the reason you stood in it.
Open 6am to noon and 3 to 7pm. Closed Sundays. Get there by 9 on weekdays, by 8 on Saturdays, or earlier if it's busy.
local context
Opened on 27 January 1965 by K V Nagesh Rao and K N Saraswati; the postal department issued a special cover for its 55th anniversary.
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