bhopal cafes smaller and big restaurants veg and nonveg joints healthy food joints eateries mainly catering to a particular kind of food pizzas burger garlic bread and more they are all cropping up in the city postpandemic as never before i live near aura mall in trilanga and in the strip of 500 metres on both sides of the road at least six to seven new cafes eateries and food joints have come up post pandemic yes a few eateries and food joints closed down during the pandemic but i never saw so many cafes food joints and eateries cropping up in such a short span of time in such a small area as now said arun joshi he said in the past few days he saw a cafe a burger shop a nonveg eatery and a veg hotel coming up in the area which according to him is not a coincidence but indicates towards a new business trend dhanraj ahirwar who also lives in the same locality though admitting to opening up of several cafes eateries and food joints in the area however said its not a new trend but something which was already happening but was stalled during the pandemic in fact some of the food joints and cafes which were doing well before the pandemic broke down closed down now new cafes and eateries are coming up he further said that its a developing area where the population is expanding and so is the market and opening an eatery in such an area is not an expensive affair doesnt require much investment and if you have the culinary expertise and know about the changing food preferences you have made the cut he also pointed out that restaurants and eateries have come up in other areas also but while its mainly the newcomers or persons with limited resources who are operating in areas like trilanga in areas like 10 no market you have multinational chain of restaurants and cafes who were till now limited to malls but are now opening their outlets in upmarket areas as well yes a number of restaurants cafe shops bakeries dairies bars have come up in the 10 no market over the past couple of years in the line ahead of 10 no market you only had one bakery bake shake where you could sit and have coffee or something to eat but now you have kfc starbucks belgian waffle gagar and what not in the same row said shantanu sharma who lives in e3 arera colony a person who works with an online food delivery company on the condition of anonymity said its the youth who have given a boost to the food industry they are the ones who mainly occupy the new food joints or cafes and they are the ones who order food online they dont like conventional food and if you have a novel name menu and ambience at your restaurant you have made it of