Byculla Restaurant & Bakery’s Darius Ferzandi Is No More

85-year-old Darius Ferzandi, senior partner of the popular Iranin café – ‘Byculla Restaurant & Bakery’, passed away on 21st May, 2020. He had been running the 105-year-old café since the early 1950s and was known to provide great quality food at very affordable prices. 

His daily ritual at the gullah (counter) of the café included performing the religious loban every evening. He will especially be missed by his regular clientele, especially the residents of the close-by Rustom Baug, whose generations of Parsis have grown up relishing the delicious chicken patties, Byculla syrup (a raspberry drink), and bun-maska at the restaurant.   

The Byculla Restaurant and Bakery, like its peers, had been struggling to keep up operations with their low-priced menu. Many of Ferzandi’s employees have been with him for over 45 years. Despite the escalating costs in the later years, the prices at the Byculla Restaurant and Bakery continued to remain low.

Byculla Restaurant and Bakery was established by Ferzandi’s father, who had come from Iran and settled in Mumbai. Darius started working here since the young age of 18 years and was known for his large heartedness. May his soul attain Garothman Behest!