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“GAYLORD’S DRAMATIC BLACK-
AND-WHITE FLOORING, A CEILING-
TO-FLOOR GLASS FAÇADE,
MAJESTIC ARCHES, GOLD ACCENTS
AND 150 ORIGINAL BLACK-AND-
WHITE PHOTOS, DEFINITELY DRAW
INSPIRATION FROM THE RICH
HISTORICAL ERA OF THE PAST.”

who photographed some of the images of UNESCO
Indian heritage sites and curated art deco images from
Mumbai to add a romantic, timeless quotient to the
space.”

GAYLORD
Back in the day, Gaylord was the place that celebrities
partied at – from Bollywood veterans Raj Kapoor and
Dilip Kumar to Rishi Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar and
Pandit Ravi Shankar as well as several Hollywood stars
who dropped into then Bombay. The 67-year-old
fine-dining establishment stood as an absolute ode to
art deco glamour.
And, recently, it was refurbished to bring back that
opulence to today’s food cognoscenti. The Churchgate-
based eatery’s dramatic black-and-white flooring, a
ceiling-to-floor glass façade, majestic arches, gold
accents and 150 original black-and-white photos,
definitely draw inspiration from the rich historical era of
the past.
Affirming this, co-owner Divij Lamba states, “This
was definitely a deliberate move as Gaylord is a part of
Bombay’s history and culture. For us, the prime most
concern was to harness the rich history of the place,
many generations worth of cultural knowledge and to
update the surroundings, yet in a historically

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