Here is a young lady who is passionate about doing things she likes and
ended up starting a café in T.Nagar after getting bored about her monotonous
job in Australia. I 'am talking about Mamatha Seshadri, a young entrepreneur
and sole proprietor of Coffee Central in T Nagar which was started recently.
"My friend
Preethika wanted
me to start a
pastry shop as I
bake cakes, but
I ended up
starting a
coffee shop
which is more
like a bakery
only!" quips
Mamatha who came
down from
Australia
getting inputs
about the
interiors and
ambience of
Australian
hotels and
cafe's. With a
neat teak wood
finish and a dim
brown light,
this is one
place youngsters
would love to
visit. "I have
seen a lot of
café's there and
I had basic
ideas and
inspirations of
how my shop
should be. I
wanted
mix-matched
chairs and not
the uniform and
monotonous
corporate cook.
I also wanted it
to be a place
where friends
can come over
and have some
good time chit
chatting and
gossiping."
The one and a
half months old
cafe's has a
book cupboard
consisting of
fiction,
non-fiction,
comic books and
they also have
few famous board
games like
Scrabble,
Scotland Yard.
Customers are
welcome to come
and play a game
and have a sip
of their range
of coffee's and
sandwiches.
Quiz her on
how she manages
this business
all alone and
pat comes the
reply, "I
micro-manage
things. Right
from purchasing
things I manage
everything on my
own. Though this
is a small
venture, I
dedicate all my
time into this.
I wanted
everything about
this to be
exclusive and
distinct."
Coffee
Central has the
regular hot
coffees, cold
coffees, mock
tails, pastries
and mousses
(which they
claim is their
speciality),
black teas and
sandwiches.
Having a place
constraint and
being health
conscious, she
did not want to
have fries and
meals which will
demand oil and
thus make
everybody
horizontally
challenged. So
any extra
add-ons onto
this café in
future? "We are
planning to have
somebody who can
play the music
and entertain
the crowd or
starting a book
club, thus
encouraging
people to read
books." The
prices are
economical and
none of the
items cross
Rs.80. Hot and
cold coffees are
placed anywhere
between Rs.30-75
while sandwiches
are priced
between Rs.50-60
and pastries
Rs.40-65.
So if your
looking out for
a friendly and a
quiet place away
from the T.Nagar
crowd and want
to sip a cup of
coffee and read
a book or coming
down with your
friends for a
birthday treat
or a party (they
do organize
birthday
parties) or
spending some
time with your
lover, then
Coffee Central
is your right
place!
Address:
Coffee Central
No.11,
Dr.B.Narasimhan
Road (Old North
Boag Road),
T.Nagar,
Chennai- 17
Number: 28152045
Anitha.R