Set up as early as 1890, Basanta Cabin was a popular haunt of iconic Bengali superstars Uttam Kumar and Basanta Chowdhury. Of the five cabins that once delighted movie stars and commoners alike, the last remaining bastion stands today in College Street. The interiors may be lacklustre now, but the delectable smell of fish kabiraji still entices both regulars and passers-by. If fish doesn’t make the cut for you, then don’t give the Basanta special thin Mughlai Paratha and Aloo Dum a miss.
