Originally called Albert Hall, the Indian Coffee House was founded in 1876. The likes of eminent personalities like Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose have frequented the iconic Coffee House. This place with its humongous high-ceiling hall has been the breeding ground of several political and cultural movements. Many literary magazines were born during adda sessions that went on forever. The Bangladesh Muktijudhyo and even the Naxalite Movement in the early 1970s had its roots in the Coffee House. And the USP of this place still continues to be the students and intellectuals who occupy the space. Go there and you will see that Coffee House-er adda is still very much alive over their infusion (black coffee), shingaras and sandwiches.
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