Wednesday, August 27, 2014

All good things…


Bar Name – Quarter Pillar

Price of Beer - Rs.200

Location – Right next to Khar Station and 3 Wise Monkeys

Size of the Bar – Medium

Place Availability – Gets pretty packed so get there early!

Ambience – There's always your typical edm/rock/pop playing and there's a giant screen. There's an AC section and a pretty comfortable smoking section outside. 

Unique Plus Point – Open very late!

Rating – 4 out of 5 Beers



I usually get very, very upset when someone shuts down a bar I like. Bounce, opposite Mini Punjab, for example. They replaced it with some random Pan Asian crap.

Even now, when I walk past Nom Nom or whatever that shithole is called, I glare at it, give the security guard the stink eye and play Eric Carmen’s All By Myself at full volume on my boom box.

The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. There was a lovely little joint called Samrat Bar in Khar, right outside Khar station. It wasn’t a great bar, it had decent food and it was cheap. But I’ll tell you what it did have. It had a god damn PALM READER!

Right there. In the bar. He sat there and if you gave him some cash he’d read your freaking palm.

It was amazing! How often do you find a bar with a built-in palm reader. It was great!

So of course they shut that shit down!  

But when I saw what came up in its place, I was not angry. Instead, I was happy as shit.

It’s called Quarter Pillar and its punny name tells you everything you need to know. It’s fun and it serves by the quarter.

It’s got a giant screen that usually plays big matches, it’s got reasonable prices that ensure you get properly wasted and it’s got some really good food (The reshmi chicken that comes wrapped in a sort of omelette is reminiscent of old school Gokul!)

Yes, of course, the palm reader is gone but he’s been replaced by really good service and a bar that’s open to the wee hours. 3 am if you’re lucky.

The location is also amazing! Right next to 3 Wise Monkeys and a couple of other yuppy joints, it gives you the option to pre-drink and then bar hop. This also ensures that the crowd you usually see here is pretty alright.

In a word, it’s fantastic. 

Photo Courtesy: Twitter - @QuarterPillar

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