Beauty Lacchi and Faluda
{{Short description|Store in Dhaka, Bangladesh}}
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| founder = Abdul Aziz
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| native name = বিউটি লাচ্ছি ও ফালুদা
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| founding_location = 30/1 Johnson Road, Dhaka
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| products = Lassi, Lemonade, Falooda, Biryani
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| owner = Mohammad Manik Hossain and Jabed Hossain
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Beauty Lacchi and Faluda is a store that was established on 15 June 1922 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British Raj (now Dhaka, Bangladesh). It was opened by Abdul Aziz in the purpose of selling Lassi and Lemonade.{{cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/media-en/100-years-of-beauty-lassi|title=100 years of ‘Beauty Lassi’|date=9 April 2022|access-date=6 March 2023|website=Bdnews24.com|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306102202/https://bdnews24.com/media-en/100-years-of-beauty-lassi|url-status=live}}
File:Beauty lachchi.webm at its Nazirabazar branch]]
History
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In 1922, Beauty Lacchi and Faluda was established. After the partition of India, Abdul Aziz, who was its founder, moved its temporary shop in 30/1 Johnson Road, Dhaka.{{cite web|url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/lifestyle/article2048063.bdnews|title=৩ প্রজন্মের বিউটি লাচ্ছির ১০০ বছর|lang=bn|first=Sakibunnahar|last=Lipi|date=4 May 2022|access-date=6 March 2023|website=Bdnews24.com|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328234412/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/lifestyle/article2048063.bdnews|url-status=live}} After the death of the founder, his son Mohammad Abdul Gaffar became its next proprietor. In 2000, Falooda and five years later some other items were added.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/life-living/food-recipes/news/beauty-lassi-legacy-taste-2230431|title=Beauty Lassi: A legacy of taste|first=Ashif Ahmed|last=Rudro|date=15 November 2021|access-date=6 March 2023|newspaper=The Daily Star|archive-date=4 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304160645/https://www.thedailystar.net/life-living/food-recipes/news/beauty-lassi-legacy-taste-2230431|url-status=live}} After Mohammad Abdul Gaffar, Mohammad Manik Hossain and Jabed Hossain, his two sons, got the ownership of the shop in 2001.{{cite news|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/dhaka-360/2017/04/26/490951|title=৯৫ বছরে পুরান ঢাকার ঐতিহ্যবাহী ‘বিউটি লাচ্ছি’|lang=bn|date=26 April 2017|access-date=6 March 2023|newspaper=Kaler Kantho|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306121211/https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/dhaka-360/2017/04/26/490951|url-status=live}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Beauty Lacchi and Faluda was closed on 26 March 2020. It then opened in June but closed again due to lack of customers. It was then reopened around September.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbangla24.com/news/154560/I-have-been-enjoying-unbroken-beauty-for-hundreds-of-years|title=শতবর্ষেও স্বাদে অটুট বিউটি লাচ্ছি|lang=bn|first=Mehrabul Islam|last=Soudip|date=28 August 2021|access-date=6 March 2023|website=Newsbangla24.com|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306122824/https://www.newsbangla24.com/news/154560/I-have-been-enjoying-unbroken-beauty-for-hundreds-of-years|url-status=live}}
Branches and products
File:Beauty lachchi at puran dhaka 06.jpg
File:Nazirabazar, Dhaka at Night.jpg]]
With the original store in Johnson Road, it opened more two branches in Nazirabazar and Lalbagh Thana. In present, only branches at Johnson Road and Nazirabazar are open.
It offers five items{{cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/feature/2019/07/06/walking-down-the-food-lane|title=Walking down the food lane|first=Ahmed Hasam|last=Rabbi|date=6 July 2019|access-date=6 March 2023|website=Dhaka Tribune|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306104053/https://archive.dhakatribune.com/feature/2019/07/06/walking-down-the-food-lane|url-status=live}} including Sweet lassi, Salted lassi, Falooda, and Lemonade. Its Lemonade, the most popular item of the shop, is made from lemon, ice, sugar and salt.{{cite news|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/128575/Old-Dhaka-and-Beauty-Lassi|title=Old Dhaka and Beauty Lassi|date=14 April 2016|access-date=6 March 2021|newspaper=Daily Sun|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331060614/http://www.daily-sun.com/post/128575/Old-Dhaka-and-Beauty-Lassi|url-status=live}} Its Nazirabazar branch sells Biryani.
Gallery
Beauty lachchi, puran dhaka.jpg|Lassi preparation
Beauty lachchi, puran dhaka 2.jpg|Glasses in the Nazirabazar branch
Beauty lachchi at puran dhaka 01.jpg|Biryani in Beauty Lacchi
Beauty lachchi at puran dhaka 05.jpg|Lemonade in Beauty Lacchi
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/beauty-lassi-steps-its-100th-year-260941|title=Beauty Lassi steps into its 100th year|first=Sheikh Rafi|last=Ahmed|date=15 June 2021|access-date=6 March 2023|website=The Business Standard}}
Category:Food and drink companies of Bangladesh
Category:Confectionery companies
Category:Retail companies of Bangladesh