3 Mumbai eateries you can head to, to read to your heart’s content

In JD Salinger’s short story A Boy in France, the author writes, ‘I’ll read my books, and I’ll drink coffee, and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.’ Salinger’s words sure find resonance with bibliophiles, for whom it’s all about finding that perfect book and curling up in a comfortable chair with a cuppa coffee (and maybe a bite or two!). In a city starved of public libraries, it’s a delight to walk into an eatery to find shelves upon shelves of books lined up to just walk over, pick up one and give in to the need to read. Here’s a look at some city eateries that offer more than food for the soul…

Door No 1, Bandra

“We truly believe that music and drinks and food are great, but sometimes books make the best company,” says Mihir Bijur, the co-founder of Door No 1. Going by this philosophy, the Orange Library at the retro bar is equipped with more than 300 titles, including music biographies by Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins and Michael Jackson, etc to the entire Calvin & Hobbes collection, Tinkle Digests, Archie, Tintin and the Asterix & Obelix collection, to Indian music and musicians, to legendary …read more