Speakeasies + Hidden Bars in Paris

Hid­den behind the back door of an Indi­an restau­rant, there’s a patchouli-scent­ed pas­sage­way that will take you to aboard the train leav­ing to a mys­ti­fy­ing king­dom of cock­tails and naan bread. The inspi­ra­tion for this place was a sto­ry con­nect­ed to the 1949 Bom­bay Pro­hi­bi­tion Act, times in which those in pos­ses­sion of alco­hol could face even 5 years in prison. But the liquer lovers found a solu­tion — a mys­te­ri­ous train, leav­ing Mum­bai every evening at 6 pm, tak­ing its pas­sen­gers to a neigh­bour­hood state, where the law did not apply. While the alco­hol is basi­cal­ly any­thing but for­bid­den in Paris, the cock­tails in Baranaan taste so good they almost *should* be ille­gal. They also have a nice selec­tion of liqueurs from around the world, if that whole train sto­ry made you want to trav­el as well.