{
  "id": 10639186,
  "title": "'Kyani & Co. Is Horrible Place To Eat!': Netizens React To Mumbai's 122-Year-Old Irani Café Licence Suspension Over Rat Droppings And Hygiene Violation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/kyani-co-is-horrible-place-to-eat-netizens-react-to-mumbais-122-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T06:50:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/kyani-co-is-horrible-place-to-eat-netizens-react-to-mumbais-122-year-old-irani-caf-licence-suspension-over-rat-droppings-and-hygiene-violation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's historic Irani café, Kyani & Co., has been forced to suspend its food licence following a recent FDA inspection that uncovered numerous hygiene and safety violations. The café, located in Kalbadevi, was cited for having rat droppings, live flies, dead cockroaches, blood inside a refrigerator, and raw food being stored on the floor. Inspectors also found that raw and ready-to-eat food was not being properly separated. The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration ordered Kyani & Co. to cease all food-related activities immediately. This sudden action has sparked strong reactions from Mumbaikars, both on social media and among those familiar with the café's long-standing reputation. Some have described the establishment as \"horrible to eat\" and say the FDA's intervention was long overdue, while others have questioned the café's well-deserved historical status.",
  "summary": "Mumbai’s old-school Irani cafés have a certain nostalgia attached to them, from marble-topped tables and cups of tea to familiar bakery treats that have been part of the city’s food culture for generations. But a recent FDA inspection at one of the city’s best-known names has put that nostalgia under a very different spotlight. Kyani & Co., the historic Irani café in Kalbadevi, has had its food…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Cats, rat droppings: Licence of Mumbai’s 122-year-old Kyani & Co suspended",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/cats-rat-droppings-licence-of-mumbais-122-year-old-kyani-co-suspended",
        "published": "2026-09-29T02:17:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}