01MustFC Road
Vaishali
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SPDP and a masala dosa
The FC Road rite of passage. SPDP and a crisp masala dosa, since forever. Weekend queues are part of the deal.
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The Pune food run, FC Road to the Peths
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Breakfast
3 spots02FC Road
Roopali
ORDER
SPDP, cold coffee
Vaishali's across-the-road rival, just as loved. The SPDP and thick cold coffee are the student order. Pick a side.
03Sadashiv Peth
Shree Upahar Gruh
ORDER
Sabudana khichdi, thalipeeth
A Peth breakfast counter locals guard: sabudana khichdi and thalipeeth done properly. Early mornings, real Pune.
Street
1 spot01MustNarayan Peth
Bedekar Misal
ORDER
The misal, extra tarri
The misal Pune measures the rest against, since 1948. Fiery tarri, thick usal, ask for extra kat. Not for the timid.
Sweets
2 spots01MustSadashiv Peth
Sujata Mastani
ORDER
Mango or sitaphal mastani
The mastani, a milkshake so thick you eat it with a spoon. Mango or sitaphal. Defines a Pune summer. Get the big one.
02Sadashiv Peth
Chitale Bandhu
ORDER
Bakarwadi, mango barfi
The bakarwadi every Pune household stocks. Sweet, spicy, crunchy. The benchmark, and they know it.
Irani Cafe
2 spots01Deccan
Cafe Goodluck
ORDER
Bun maska, cheese omelette, chai
Pune's last great Irani cafe, since 1935. Bun maska in Irani chai, the cheese omelette, decades of college gossip.
02Sangamwadi
Vohuman Cafe
ORDER
Cheese omelette and chai
A tiny Parsi cafe with a cult cheese omelette and bun maska. Cash only, cramped, worth the wait every time.
Bakery
1 spot01MustCamp
Kayani Bakery
ORDER
Shrewsbury biscuits, mawa cake
The Shrewsbury biscuits people carry out of Pune by the kilo. Get there early, buy more than you planned to.
Thali
2 spots01Shivajinagar
Shabree
ORDER
The unlimited Maharashtrian thali
The unlimited Maharashtrian thali for the full spread: bhakri, pithla, the works. Homely, generous, no fuss.
02Sadashiv Peth
Durvankur
ORDER
The Maharashtrian thali
Old-school pure-veg thali in the Peths, unlimited and honest. The meal Pune families have had for decades.
Cafe
2 spots01Camp
Marz-O-Rin
ORDER
The sandwiches, mawa cake
A Camp-era tea room frozen in time. The layered sandwiches and mawa cake are the order. Quiet, old, lovely.
02Koregaon Park
German Bakery
ORDER
Coffee and the bakes
The KP hangout that outlived its own legend. Coffee, cakes, long lazy mornings. Touristy, still a Pune fixture.
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