In the context of Mumbai’s vibrant, hyper-evolutionary F&B culinary scene, if there ever were such a thing as an award for the city’s most showcased PIN code, it would go to Juhu’s much-feted 400049. Referred to simply as ‘49’, not only is the main, arterial Juhu Tara Road dotted with all sorts of dining and drinking-out options, but the number 49 itself has been repeatedly co-opted by local establishments, both as prefixes and suffixes to their brand names.

While readers of a certain vintage like this writer might remember boogieing our Saturday nights away at the popular J49 nightclub in the ’90s, the PIN code is enjoying a different outing these days. The recently-opened Cafe 49 is as far away as it can get from a dark adrenaline-charged nightclub in terms of (its) vibe and ambience.