The places that make Bangalore home...
Food scene
Your chill neighbourhood cafe with great ambient music and decent food, a friendly staff - an ideal spot to get your coffee fix, read a book and interact with locals.
Sunny Side Bistro
98/5 Davis RoadYour chill neighbourhood cafe with great ambient music and decent food, a friendly staff - an ideal spot to get your coffee fix, read a book and interact with locals.
Neighbourhoods
Cooke Town is a neighbourhood in Bangalore Cantonment, in Bangalore North-East, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighbourhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government. Cooke Town is named after G H Cooke, President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipality between 1928 and 1934, with the Mayo Hall being constructed during his tenure. The suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment have seen dynamic changes over last few years with large British Raj era bungalows being demolished to build luxury apartments. However, Cooke Town still manages to retain some of its colonial charm, and is called the nicest place in the Cantonment by Bangalore historian Peter Colaco.[1] Cooke Town is a posh neighbourhood with plenty of greenery, parks, educational institutions, hospitals and is at close proximity to the Bangalore East Railway Station and the Bangalore CBD.
Cooke Town
Cooke Town is a neighbourhood in Bangalore Cantonment, in Bangalore North-East, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighbourhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government. Cooke Town is named after G H Cooke, President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipality between 1928 and 1934, with the Mayo Hall being constructed during his tenure. The suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment have seen dynamic changes over last few years with large British Raj era bungalows being demolished to build luxury apartments. However, Cooke Town still manages to retain some of its colonial charm, and is called the nicest place in the Cantonment by Bangalore historian Peter Colaco.[1] Cooke Town is a posh neighbourhood with plenty of greenery, parks, educational institutions, hospitals and is at close proximity to the Bangalore East Railway Station and the Bangalore CBD.
Legendary Book Stores
There’s hardly a Bengalurean bibliophile who doesn’t love Blossom Book House.
The scent of borrowed books tickled my nose before I even had a chance to look around. I responded with an involuntary sneeze, and looked around. There were no ordinary corridors here; each row looked like a vortex for time travel to take you into a world of fiction. Books lined the wall from the tip of my toes to the end of the wall, and if gravity weren’t a concern, they would be haphhazardly stashed on the ceiling as well.
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Blossom Book House
Church StreetThere’s hardly a Bengalurean bibliophile who doesn’t love Blossom Book House.
The scent of borrowed books tickled my nose before I even had a chance to look around. I responded with an involuntary sneeze, and looked around. There were no ordinary corridors here; each row looked like a vortex for time travel to take you into a world of fiction. Books lined the wall from the tip of my toes to the end of the wall, and if gravity weren’t a concern, they would be haphhazardly stashed on the ceiling as well.