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A bungalow. Thousands of books. One perfect cup of chai. This is everything.
Category: Cafes | Type: Literary Cafe | Location: Baner, Pune
Pagdandi — Books Chai Café is a concept so simple it seems obvious in retrospect: a cafe where you can buy, borrow, and read books while drinking good chai. Housed in a converted bungalow in Baner, it has become one of Pune's most beloved cultural spaces.
Pagdandi is designed as an antidote to both the corporate coffee chain and the noisy restaurant. Mismatched furniture, books lining every wall, soft light filtering through old windows, and the particular quiet of a space that respects that some people come here to be left alone with their thoughts and their reading.
The menu centres on masala chai served in elegant glasses, along with simple food — sandwiches, cakes, and light snacks — that will not distract you from the page.
Beyond the day-to-day cafe experience, Pagdandi hosts regular book readings, author talks, poetry evenings, and writing workshops. These events have made it a hub for Pune's Anglophone and Marathi literary communities — a place where readers meet writers and ideas get exchanged.
The book selection itself is carefully curated — you will not find airport fiction here, but rather thoughtful non-fiction, literary novels, and Marathi titles rarely stocked elsewhere.
Pagdandi is the cafe Pune's readers always wanted. They are still turning up, book in hand, every single day.
📍 Pagdandi Books Chai Cafe — Baner, Pune (look for the bungalow signage on the main road)
The signature cold coffee here is literally life-changing. The vibes at night are unmatched in Hinjewadi.
Best place to catch the IPL live. The sound system is great and the bun maska is exactly like old Irani cafes.
Finally a place that understands 'cool but quiet' early in the morning. Great for working on a laptop too.
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