Sector 5 and around
The city centre has the most choice: restaurants and cafés around the Sector 5 market, food courts and chains near Shalimar Mall, and sweet shops along the main roads.
Sectors 9, 10 and 11
Neighbourhood markets with cafés, bakeries and family restaurants. Hops n Grains in Sector 9 is a long-running microbrewery and restaurant.
Mansa Devi Complex
Simple vegetarian eateries and sweet shops serve pilgrims near the temple.
Across the Ghaggar
The newer sectors (20 to 28) have food courts and cafés in commercial complexes near the big housing societies.
On the highway
Dhabas along the Kalka and Shimla roads are a classic stop on the way to the hills.
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