VERVEMAGAZINE.IN 175The coffee is sticky and too sweet, and the
sandwiches can sometimes be dry, but there
is an undeniable old-world charm to the Indian
Coffee House in the city’s university district
that makes up for all that it lacks in culinary
prowess. Spread over two floors, it is known
for being a space that the city’s foremost
intellectuals — among them the celebrated poet
and thinker Rabindranath Tagore, practically a
deity in Bengal — regularly visited.
Revolutionaries hatched plans against the
British at Paramount Sherbats & Syrups, close to
the Indian Coffee House. As small as the Coffee
House is expansive, Paramount is a great place
to step into once you’re done browsing through
the millions of books available for education
and enjoyment all over College Street — or if
you just need a bit of a break.
INDIAN COFFEE HOUSE AND
PARAMOUNT SHERBATS & SYRUPS,
COLLEGE STREET