A hand-crafted mud cafe · Bir, Himachal

Silver Linings

Every cloud hides a spark

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Silver Linings

Down the memory lane

  1. The stone building under a new slate roof, still without doors or windows, corn growing beside it
    October 2016
  2. The original mud house with its slate roof, seen across the garden in February 2018
    February 2018
  3. Bhalu, a golden dog, and Romeo, a small white dog, in the tall corn
    August 2018
  4. The cafe at dusk under a purple spring sky
    March 2018
  5. Marigolds in front of the cafe at dusk, lights on inside
    Spring 2018
  6. The cafe in spring sunshine with wild flowers in the meadow
    Spring 2018
  7. A hand-painted blue plank reading THIS MAYBE A CAFE propped on rocks in front of the cafe
    May 2018
  8. The mud house in monsoon, corn taller than the porch
    August 2018
  9. The half-built wall of plastic bottles set in blue-painted mud, bottle bases showing
    June 2018
  10. The cafe on its second birthday: purple door, corn and beans in the garden, evening light
    13 October 2018
  11. The wooden gate with red hand-painted CAFE and SILVER LININGS signs, the mud house behind
    2020
  12. The cafe and garden from above under a storm sky, the gate in the foreground
    2021
  13. A double rainbow over the cafe gate and bougainvillea after rain
    December 2021
  14. The cafe at dusk from above, its porch lit under an orange and blue sky
    October 2025 @travleensekhon

Moments

From the garden

The original mud house from the air, four people waving from the porch, the garden gone wild in monsoon

August 2024, from the air.

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Staff at the counter under a Timings sign

Good news: open every day.

@silve…

Banana and chocolate pancakes held up in the garden

Kisi ne banana pancake order kia tha?

@vanik…

Paraglider packs piled on the grass, pilots resting on the porch of the stone room

October: the landing site empties into the garden.

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A whole pizza on a wooden board

@thefo…

A man and a fluffy dog at a table with two cappuccinos

Right kind of coffee date.

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A dog asleep in the sun by a shrub

@thecr…

A slice of strawberry pie on the garden table

@tanu_…

A book and a juice on a garden table under prayer flags

Slowest life.

@jiyou…

A slice of banoffee pie held up in the garden

Apne ghar aagyi hun.

@vanik…

Watercolour of four people at a table on the terrace under the yellow wall and slate roof

Painted at the table.

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Local produce and artists

Made with love in Bir

Jars of Kangra Bliss teas, a bottle and tins of sea buckthorn pulp and a bag of Ney Thuk porridge on the wooden counter

Local produce

Kangra Bliss teas from Palampur (rose, blue pea, Kashmiri kahwa, tulsi ginger, jasmine green), sea buckthorn pulp from the high valleys, and Ney Thuk, a Tibetan barley porridge from 4,200 m.

Hand-painted cartoon magnets, clay magnets on watercolour cards, a basket of art cards and a stand of 3D-printed bookmarks

Artists

Made by people who sit here. Clay magnets from Bir Clay Studio, 3D-printed bookmarks by Red Kite Studio, hand-painted Shin-chan magnets and watercolour cards. Pay the maker directly.

Every day is an event when you believe in silver linings

Events

A market stall of handmade jewellery on a white cloth in the garden, a cane chair beside it @colourmejewels

Weekends, spring

Artists' Market

Local makers set up on the grass: jewellery, prints, pottery, and the garden open late.

A musician in a pink turban playing a stringed instrument on a chair in the garden

Whenever

Music, any and all the time

No stage, no schedule. Someone sits on the terrace with an instrument and the afternoon changes.

Storm passes, coffee stays

Find us

Bir Colony Road

Suja, Himachal Pradesh 176077

Near the paragliding landing site

+91 83509 74903 · WhatsApp

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Hours

9am – 7pm

Closed on Wednesdays

Silver Linings

9am – 7pm · Closed on Wednesdays

Bir Colony Road, Suja, Himachal Pradesh 176077

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