The Broadway Bar is a legendary no-frills drinking den attached to the old Broadway Hotel near Esplanade, little changed in decades. Beneath whirring ceiling fans, marble-topped tables and bright lights host a democratic mix of office workers, students and old-timers over cheap beer and stiff drinks. Utterly without pretension, it is a Kolkata institution and an atmospheric, only-here place to soak up the character of the city over an affordable pint.