The stream of customers is steady, despite it being a muggy 35-plus degree Celsius outside. It’s always been like this at Eat Well Cold Storage, as long as one can remember during each visit to this mini landmark. Today, as it completes 40 years, late Dattatray Phadnis’ dream of offering cold storage options to a suburb that was starved of fresh meat and poultry options, stands realised, and how.

Parag Phadnis (left) shares a rapport with regulars. Pic/Sameer Markande