Here’s one from the archives. Cafe Zoe emerged on the scene in Bombay back in 2012, in a very pre-Instagram era. When we first walked into the space with suuuperjoujou and tarinimohindar it was a back store for a printing press, with a low false ceiling and freshly gutted ash-smeared walls from a recent fire. What we started first up was a careful dismantling, just looking for forensic clues to the building’s original avatar, and for what we could discover. . What emerged was a magical space, filled with the famous shadowless Bombay North light, that allowed the city to become a textile powerhouse rivalling the best in the world and physically sculpt the mill district that Cafe Zoe was a part of. Hidden arches emerged behind chipped plaster and old Kota was patched up with newer shades. With the design we removed a lot more than we added. . What Cafe Zoe managed at the time was to be casual and sexy at the same time, curating a dining room ambience that made eavesdropping easier and ma...