Destination Guides·29 min read
Best Cafes in Every Himachal Pradesh Town: A Kullu Writer's Map (2026)
Eight HP towns, eight different cafe scenes, organised by destination. Shimla's heritage (Indian Coffee House since 1957), McLeod Ganj's books (Illiterati), Old Manali's rivers (Cafe 1986), Kasol's hummus (and the locals-ban controversy at Free Kasol Cafe), Bir's artisanal coffee, Jibhi-Shoja's emerging scene (Ailyak, Tenzin), and Spiti's altitude (Sol Cafe Kaza, world's highest at Komic). Written from Kullu with the Hindi-press and Reddit-deep-mine backbone English guides miss.
Rajesh Thakur·6/1/2026