The pandemic has made every industry re-invent its business model and the food and beverage sector is no exception. 

Take the example of Binge Central, a unique space dedicated to a variety of food and beverage outlets located in Powai Business District (managed by Brookfield Properties). 

It nests some of the most renowned restaurants in the area like, The Sassy spoon, The House of Mandarin, Social, etc. Brookfield Properties has put the social distancing marking across the Central Avenue Pavement and under one roof.  

The House of Mandarin is a quaint suburban eatery for party lounge and excellent ambiance, food, and a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. 

The restaurant serves authentic vegetarian and non-vegetarian food along with Chinese teas and cocktails.

 The outlet is allowing no- contact delivery. The group is ensuring contact-less delivery and hygiene and sanitisation, an inspection of their staff who enter their premises by measuring the temperature with an infrared thermometer and are also checking that person does not have any symptoms like cough, cold, fever and headache. 

The Sassy Spoon is ideal for sandwiches, flatbread and burgers and takes care of your cravings for desserts with its cakes, pastries, cupcakes, brownies and macarons, it has started delivering food. 

Launched late last year, the restaurant is situated in, Delphi Building. The group is ensuring that all the restaurants and QSR’s are following norms laid down by authorities to wear mask, gloves and sanitise their hands for every entrant in their abode and maintain working distance of at least 1 meter  for working in the kitchen.

 Apart from frequent hand washing with soap and water before wearing gloves, they ensure the rigorous sanitisation of all the kitchen equipment, utensils, storage areas, toilets and other work surfaces inside the restaurants.

Mainland China offers diverse and exotic Chinese cuisine to excel at preparing authentic dishes that delight the taste buds. 

The restaurant is ensuring contact-less delivery and hygiene and sanitisation inspection of their staffs who enters their premises by measuring the temperature with an infrared thermometer and are also checking that person does not have any symptoms like cough, cold, fever and headache. 

Also following norms laid down by authorities to wear mask, gloves and sanitise their hands for every entrant in their abode and maintain working distance of at least 1 meters  for working in the kitchen.

Starbucks the coffee chain recently resumed take-away and delivery services across a dozen stores in the area. Placing the health and safety of customers and employees as a priority, Tata Starbucks has introduced a slew of precautionary measures in its operational stores, some of which include, temperature checks, designated waiting area for takeaway orders, etc. 

Chaayos, a contemporary interpretation of the ‘chai adda’, is serving a freshly made chai. Famous for customised cup of tea like you can add ginger, chilies, cinnamon, masala and pair it with bun maska, vada pav, or bun omlette. 

They follow the WHO safety guidelines. Checking temperatures of their team members and all delivery valets, strict hand wash/sanitisation practices for their teams and delivery staff, all staff members are wearing gloves and masks, all equipment and surfaces are being regularly sanitised.