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Ratna Cafe
Company typeFast food chain
IndustryFood
Founded1948
FounderTrilokNath Gupta
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
Rajendra Gupta
ProductsSouth Indian food, sweets

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. Originally 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 that has been maintained over the years.[1]

History

Ratna Cafe or Triplicane Ratna Cafe was founded and established in 1948 by the Gupta family and particularly by Mr. Jaggilal Gupta,[2] originally hailing from Mathura, UP. A news segment on CNBC said that "If South India invented the idli-sambar one could say that Ratna Cafe popularized it. The chain was started by a man from Mathura who ended up giving the city its most popular dish; idli-sambhar.[3]

Rajendra Gupta, who is 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 the Lokesh Gupta, who took over the reins of the restaurant business from Rajendra Gupta in 2012[5]

In 2006, Ratna Cafe established itself into the field of Corporate and Institutional catering.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pilgrimage To Triplicane - Anvar Alikhan". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ Ravi, Nandita. "A Taste of Tradition in Triplicane". Chennai Times. Times of India.
  3. ^ "- Moneycontrol.com". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ^ "- Moneycontrol.com". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. ^ Ravi, Nandita (April 20, 2016). "A Taste of Tradition in Triplicane". Times of India.