Finding a place to eat in Mumbai is not a hard task. Be it any time of the day or night for any class of people. From a five-star hotel to a roadside stall, people are ready to eat anything, anywhere. But food stalls, hotels and restaurants end up flouting rules and norms. They rue that to set up an eatery, greasing palms of authorities is a way of life in Mumbai.

But the fire at a Grade-III hotel in Kurla — that claimed eight lives — casts an ugly shadow on this entire process. The fire department found four irregularities in the restaurant. To begin with, the eatery had constructed a mezzanine floor, for customers.