Based on American Sitcom Friends, Central Perk Café is New Attraction in Kashmir
Taking the Friends obsession to another level, an entrepreneur couple Afra and Faheem started the café in Srinagar three months back. “Friends wouldn’t be Friendswithout Central Perk café, the place where the characters Monica, Rachel, Chandler, Joey and Ross used to sit on the iconic orange couch and share their highs and lows,” said Afra who is an MBA graduate. The idea of having the Friendstheme came to Afra during the period of lockdown post article 370 abrogation when she discovered the drama from her hard disk. Enjoying it while watching, she immediately decided to have the café with the same theme. “We started the construction work in 2019 and this year we opened it to the public. The idea took a huge time to come to reality because of the pandemic and other reasons but finally we are rolling and it’s been just three months, we are getting huge love and support from people,” she said. The designing of the café was handled by Afra while the construction process w...