Annavilas to serve free food on its second anniversary.

Coimbatore-based vegetarian restaurant Annavilas is gearing to celebrate its second anniversary.

P Venugopal, Managing Partner, Annavilas Hotels, said the restaurant would offer ‘Thalaivazha Illai Virundhu’ to any customer walking in on July 3, from 8 am to 9 pm. “We will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and treat every customer as our family guest. It is our way of expressing our gratitude to the people who supported us through this journey,” he said.

The hotel will open all its floors to guests on this special day to accommodate and serve 600 guests at a time. “We are looking to serve 6,000 guests,” he added.

The group is now contemplating to spread its wings. An outlet at Phoenix mall in Chennai will be opened on July 14, followed by an outlet in Mumbai a month later on August 15.

“We have signed up a property in Mumbai,” he said, without indicating the location.

Besides these two places, Annavilas is also planning to enter the national capital and to strengthen its presence in Tamil Nadu. “The second outlet in Coimbatore is scheduled before the close of this calendar year. We will have half-a-dozen outlets in the city before the end 2019. Our presence outside Coimbatore will not happen in quick succession as space is proving to be very costly. We will take measured steps,” he said.

The group’s international foray is also on the cards. “It will be in Germany,” Venugopal said.