Ratna Cafe

Ratna Cafe is a South Indian fast food restaurant chain and F&B services firm headquartered in Chennai, India. It operates restaurants and food courts in Tamil Nadu. It was initially named Ratna Cafe, it was re-branded as Triplicane Ratna Cafe after the brand started expanding to various parts of Chennai City. Ratna Cafe is one of the longest-standing restaurants in Chennai, popular for its sambar-idly and unique taste maintained over the years.[2]

Ratna Cafe
TypeFast food chain
IndustryFood
Founded1948
FounderTrilokNath Gupta[1]
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
Rajendra Gupta
ProductsSouth Indian food, sweets

History

Ratna Cafe or Triplicane Ratna Cafe was founded and established in 1948 by Mr. Jaggilal Gupta,[3] originally hailing from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

Rajendra Gupta, the current promoter of the group, acquired it from his uncle Mr. TrilikNath Gupta in 2002[4] and continued developing the business by expanding outside its flagship store in Triplicane. The group is being currently headed by Lokesh Gupta, the fourth generation successor who took over the reins of the restaurant business from Rajendra Gupta in 2012.[5]

In 2006, Ratna Cafe established itself in the field of Corporate and Institutional catering.[6]

Popularity

The restaurant chain is prominent in Chennai for its traditional nostalgic dishes and customer loyalty. Lokesh Gupta said the following about Ratna Cafe's long-term success with the customers:

"We have been trying to maintain the same taste and quality, because that is what people keep coming back for. For years now we have been following the same ratio of onion, tomato, spices and the dal that goes into making the sambar.”[7]

See also

References
  1. Srikanth, R. (9 August 2014). "The secrets of sambar and 66 years of tradition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. "Pilgrimage To Triplicane - Anvar Alikhan". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. Ravi, Nandita. "A Taste of Tradition in Triplicane". Chennai Times. Times of India.
  4. "- Moneycontrol.com". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. Ravi, Nandita (20 April 2016). "A Taste of Tradition in Triplicane". Times of India.
  6. Srikanth, R. (9 August 2014). "The secrets of sambar and 66 years of tradition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  7. "The Man From Mathura Who Made Chennai Go Wild For his Sambar". The Better India. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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