The first time that we visited Garage Inc was on August 21 this year, three days before the place opened its doors to the public. We remember sitting with the owner at a table, listening to her story about how she acquired the property on the ground floor of a SoBo family home, soaking in the old-world charm of the interiors. The restaurant had been empty, of course. But a few curious customers had peeked in through the door towards the end of our visit and were lucky enough to be seated before the actual launch date. Meanwhile, we had been sipping on a mix of carefully curated cocktails and dishes from different parts of the world, some of which had worked for us, and some that fell flat. And in the end, we had left with a feeling of curiosity about how this new venture that's tucked away in a Colaba bylane would fare once its "Welcome" sign was displayed.