Mumbai's Iconic 'Jimmy Boy' Cafe Shuts Down Before 100th Anniversary Amid Safety Fears: Reports
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Jimmy Boy, an Irani cafe, has ben shut down due to the hazardous condition of building housing it. Despite a prior audit flagging structural concerns, no timely repairs were made.
Jimmy Boy, a popular cafe in Mumbai, has shut down just months before it was to mark 100 years of its operations, multiple media reports have suggested.
The cafe was located near the Horniman Circle at Fort, and according to Mint, it shut down due to the dilapidated condition of the Vikas Building, where it was housed.
The cafe was supposed to complete 100 years of its functioning in September this year.
On its official website, those operating Jimmy Boy said, 'The restaurant has been there in the Irani Family since 1925. Like any other Parsi restaurant, we served Keema Pav, Brun Maska, Irani chai, Omelette Pav, Mava Cake, Mava Samosa, etc."
The website also confirmed the cafe has been operating for 'three generations".
'The rebranding to Jimmy Boy took place in 1999, and wanting to take it further, we upped the ante by adding a host of other Parsi favourites to the menu," it stated.
According to Mint, an engineer, on June 20, alerted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) disaster management cell after detecting major cracks in the four‑storey Vikas Premises building.
Subsequently, immediate evacuation was ordered the following morning, after inspections confirmed the structure was unsafe for occupancy.
However, no actions were later taken in this direction, which led to the building being labelled 'extremely dilapidated".
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June 30, 2025, 12:14 IST
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