Baba Ka Dhaba Couple Forced To Return To Old Roadside Stall After Their New Restaurant Shut Down
Kanta Prasad and his wife Badaami Devi have now returned to their roadside stall after the restaurant they opened last year wasn't successful and shut down in February 2021.
Each and every one of us remembers the overnight success of Baba Ka Dhaba and the controversy that followed - the old couple had accused food blogger and YouTuber Gaurav Wasan of using them as props and scamming people into making his own bank account hefty.
The scandal was the talk of the town and now, a year after that, the elderly couple has found themselves in another fix - Kanta Prasad and his wife Badaami Devi have now returned to their roadside stall after the restaurant they opened last year wasn't successful and shut down in February 2021.
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According to a report by Hindustan Times, the money raised for the couple last year allowed Prasad to open a new restaurant, settle all his pending debts and also buy smartphones for himself and his family.
However, the restaurant didn't last for long and had to be shut down. Now, the couple is back to the roadside stall and once again, struggling to find customers due to the lockdown caused by the second wave of COVID-19 in Delhi.
Prasad told Hindustan Times, ¡°The daily footfalls at our dhaba have declined because of the ongoing Covid lockdown, and our daily sales have come down from Rs 3,500 before the lockdown to Rs 1,000 now. The income is not sufficient for our family of eight.(sic)"
Delhi: Kanta Prasad, the 80-year-old owner of 'Baba Ka Dhaba', starts a new restaurant in Malviya Nagar.
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"We're very happy, god has blessed us. I want to thank people for their help, I appeal to them to visit my restaurant. We will serve Indian & Chinese cuisine here," he says. pic.twitter.com/Rg8YAaJ1zk
Last year, Prasad had made an investment of Rs 5 lakh to open the new restaurant; he had also hired three workers. However, the taste of success for brief for him and customers decreased significant ally which led to Prasad shutting down the eatery.
He also said, ¡°The average monthly sales never crossed Rs 40,000. I had to bear all the losses. In hindsight, I feel we were wrongly advised to open a new restaurant."
He added, ¡°Of the total investment of
Rs
5 lakh, we managed to recover only Rs 36,000 from the sale of chairs, utensils, and cooking machines, after the restaurant shut down." He blamed Tushant Adlakha, a social worker who had apparently encouraged and helped him to open the new restaurant at a rented place.
¡°Essentially it was he (Adlakha) and his team who managed and supervised everything, including the investment and sales. He said he would make it a success, but he never gave enough time for the restaurant,¡± said Prasad.
The HT report further added that Adlakha denied the allegations and blamed Prasad and his two sons for the new restaurant¡¯s failure.
¡°From setting up the restaurant to bringing customers and orders for home delivery of food, we did everything. What else could we do? Prasad¡¯s two sons took charge of the restaurant, but they hardly ever stayed at the counter. There were enough orders for home delivery, but the two failed to deliver them,¡± he said.
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Prasad had filed a cheating complaint against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan for allegedly misappropriating the donation he had received in his bank account. He had claimed that Wasan had intentionally shared only his and his family/friends bank account details and mobile numbers with the donors in order to receive money through different mode of payments.
